The World Championship of Public Speaking began in 1938 and has grown to over 50,000 participants in 149 countries in 2022. In its early decades, it was referred to as the Toastmasters Speech Contest.[1] By the 1990s, there were about 10,000 participants every year.[2] The contest's popularity grew rapidly in the 2000s.[3] The contest has been called the "largest speech contest in the world" by Daijiworld.[4]
1960 champion Glenn E. Carroll is the first non-American (from Canada) to win the title. 1977 champion Evelyn Jane Burgay is the first woman to win the title. 1982 champion Kenneth Bernard is the first from outside North America (Australia) to win the title. 1985 champion Marie C. Pyne is the first European (Ireland) to win the title. 1995 Champion Mark Brown is the first and only Jamaican to win the title. 2014 champion Dananjaya Hettiarachchi of Sri Lanka was the first Asian to win the championship. In 2008, Lashunda Rundles became the first African American woman to ever win the title of World Champion of Public Speaking. She also was the first woman to win in almost two decades. In 2018, Ramona J. Smith became the second African American woman to win, it had been a decade since a woman took the title. Also in 2018, for the first time ever in the history of Toastmasters International, three women became the top speakers in the world. Sherri Su of China took 2nd place. Anita Fain Taylor of Florida, USA took 3rd place, Ramona J. Smith took 1st place. In 2021 Verity Price (South Africa) became the 6th woman to ever win the international speech contest, and the first speaker in history to win from Africa.
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^Santos, Jenny Delos (23 June 2017). "Hawaii News Maui orator gets set to enter Toastmasters championship". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^Blake, John (14 October 2016). "Stop texting and start speaking: The Olympians of storytelling show you how". CNN. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^"Mangalurean advances in the world's largest speech contest in USA". Daijiworld. July 9, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^"WORLD CHAMPION OF PUBLIC SPEAKING TO VISIT BAHRAIN". Daily Tribune. 22 October 2014. ProQuest 1615139200.
^"Toastmasters International -2019 World Championship of Public Speaking".
^ abc"Toastmasters International -Word Championship of Public Speaking". www.toastmasters.org. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
^"Cyril Junior Dim Linkedin profile". www.linkedin.org. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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The World Championship of Public Speaking began in 1938 and has grown to over 50 000 participants in 149 countries in 2022 In its early decades it was referred to as the Toastmasters Speech Contest 1 By the 1990s there were about 10 000 participants every year 2 The contest s popularity grew rapidly in the 2000s 3 The contest has been called the largest speech contest in the world by Daijiworld 4 World Championship of Public SpeakingTournament informationEstablished1938Number oftournaments81Current championJocelyn Tyson Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit1960 champion Glenn E Carroll is the first non American from Canada to win the title 1977 champion Evelyn Jane Burgay is the first woman to win the title 1982 champion Kenneth Bernard is the first from outside North America Australia to win the title 1985 champion Marie C Pyne is the first European Ireland to win the title 1995 Champion Mark Brown is the first and only Jamaican to win the title 2014 champion Dananjaya Hettiarachchi of Sri Lanka was the first Asian to win the championship In 2008 Lashunda Rundles became the first African American woman to ever win the title of World Champion of Public Speaking She also was the first woman to win in almost two decades In 2018 Ramona J Smith became the second African American woman to win it had been a decade since a woman took the title Also in 2018 for the first time ever in the history of Toastmasters International three women became the top speakers in the world Sherri Su of China took 2nd place Anita Fain Taylor of Florida USA took 3rd place Ramona J Smith took 1st place In 2021 Verity Price South Africa became the 6th woman to ever win the international speech contest and the first speaker in history to win from Africa 5 relevant Year Name From1938 Henry Wiens Reedley California1939 William Roberts Huntington Park California1940 David MacFarlane Santa Monica California1941 John McGinnis San Francisco California1942 Cavett Robert Phoenix Arizona1943 Lloyd Prante Monrovia California1944 NO CONVENTION1945 NO CONVENTION1946 Thor Myhre Spokane Washington1947 Douglas Sherwin Clearlake Iowa1948 Robert Dellwo Spokane Washington1949 Dalton McAllister Fort Wayne Indiana1950 Charles Hilton Mason City Iowa1951 Albert Green Jr Seattle Washington1952 George W Armstrong Omaha Nebraska1953 Theodore B Furlow Long Beach California1954 Herbert Thompson Wood River Illinois1955 Charles W Bryant Tacoma Washington1956 David Holmes Jr Toledo Ohio1957 Charles Jones Fort Smith Arkansas1958 Edmund J Shine Hamburg New York1959 Dean F Berkeley Bloomington Indiana1960 Glenn E Carroll Kitchener Ontario Canada1961 John J Carver Seattle Washington1962 Robert Garton Columbus Indiana1963 Larry Beitel Winston Salem North Carolina1964 Anthony C L Bishop Northridge California1965 John L Nydegger Lewiston Idaho1966 Michael Yaconelli San Diego California1967 Dale Smith Goshen Indiana1968 Grant R Sheehan Washington D C 1969 Dennis Mangers Delano California1970 Stephen D Boyd Bloomington Illinois1971 Bert Angus Transcona Manitoba Canada1972 Rudy Valle Canoga Park California1973 Charles W Stewart San Antonio Texas1974 Bennie Powell Los Angeles California1975 Andy McKay Rochester New York1976 William Johnson Aberdeen Maryland1977 Evelyn Jane Burgay Springfield Virginia1978 Michael Aun II Lexington South Carolina1979 Dick Caldwell Calgary Alberta Canada1980 Jeff Young Los Angeles California1981 Jim Joelson Reno Nevada1982 Kenneth Bernard Australia1983 Roy Fenstermaker Downey California1984 Joe Boyd Bellingham Washington1985 Marie C Pyne Ireland1986 M Arabella Bengson Islington Ont Canada1987 Harold Patterson Oklahoma City Oklahoma1988 Jerry Starke Milwaukee Wisconsin1989 Don Johnson Torrance California1990 David Brooks Austin Texas1991 David Ross Norman Oklahoma1992 Dana LaMon Lancaster California1993 Otis Williams Jr Cincinnati Ohio1994 Morgan McArthur Idaho Falls Idaho1995 Mark Brown Mount Vernon New York1996 David Nottage Auckland New Zealand1997 Willie Jones Honolulu Hawaii1998 Brett Rutledge Auckland New Zealand1999 Craig Valentine Ellicott City Maryland2000 Ed Tate Aurora Colorado2001 Darren LaCroix Auburn Massachusetts2002 Dwayne Smith Decatur Georgia2003 Jim Key Rowlett Texas2004 Randy Harvey Sherwood Oregon2005 Lance Miller Glendale California2006 Edward Hearn Chicago Illinois2007 Vikas Jhingran Cambridge Massachusetts2008 LaShunda Rundles Dallas Texas2009 Mark Hunter Albany Creek QLD Australia2010 David Henderson San Antonio Texas2011 Jock Elliott Bongaree QLD Australia2012 Ryan Avery Portland Oregon2013 Presiyan Vasilev Chicago Illinois2014 Dananjaya Hettiarachchi Nawala Rajagiriya Sri Lanka2015 Mohammed Abdullah Qahtani Dhahran Saudi Arabia2016 Darren Tay Singapore2017 Manoj Vasudevan Singapore2018 Ramona J Smith Cleveland Ohio2019 Aaron Beverly 6 Philadelphia Pennsylvania2020 Mike Carr Austin Texas2021 Verity Price 7 Cape Town South Africa2022 Cyril Junior Dim 7 Wroclaw Poland 8 2023 Jocelyn Tyson 7 Mt Laurel New JerseySee also editPublic speakingReferences edit Toastmasters Speech Contest Begins in Boston Tomorrow A 1 Boston Globe 23 March 1958 ProQuest 845465194 Santos Jenny Delos 23 June 2017 Hawaii News Maui orator gets set to enter Toastmasters championship Honolulu Star Advertiser Retrieved 12 June 2018 Blake John 14 October 2016 Stop texting and start speaking The Olympians of storytelling show you how CNN Retrieved 12 June 2018 Mangalurean advances in the world s largest speech contest in USA Daijiworld July 9 2019 Retrieved January 6 2020 WORLD CHAMPION OF PUBLIC SPEAKING TO VISIT BAHRAIN Daily Tribune 22 October 2014 ProQuest 1615139200 Toastmasters International 2019 World Championship of Public Speaking a b c Toastmasters International Word Championship of Public Speaking www toastmasters org Retrieved 2023 12 23 Cyril Junior Dim Linkedin profile www linkedin org Retrieved 2022 08 22 External links editToastmasters International Official website 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