World Championship of Public Speaking
Tournament information
Established1938
Number of
tournaments
81
Current champion
Jocelyn Tyson

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]

History

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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YearNameFrom
1938Henry WiensReedley, California
1939William RobertsHuntington Park, California
1940David MacFarlaneSanta Monica, California
1941John McGinnisSan Francisco, California
1942Cavett RobertPhoenix, Arizona
1943Lloyd PranteMonrovia, California
1944NO CONVENTION
1945NO CONVENTION
1946Thor MyhreSpokane, Washington
1947Douglas SherwinClearlake, Iowa
1948Robert DellwoSpokane, Washington
1949Dalton McAllisterFort Wayne, Indiana
1950Charles HiltonMason City, Iowa
1951Albert Green Jr.Seattle, Washington
1952George W. ArmstrongOmaha, Nebraska
1953Theodore B. FurlowLong Beach, California
1954Herbert ThompsonWood River, Illinois
1955Charles W. BryantTacoma, Washington
1956David Holmes Jr.Toledo, Ohio
1957Charles JonesFort Smith, Arkansas
1958Edmund J. ShineHamburg, New York
1959Dean F. BerkeleyBloomington, Indiana
1960Glenn E. CarrollKitchener, Ontario, Canada
1961John J. CarverSeattle, Washington
1962Robert GartonColumbus, Indiana
1963Larry BeitelWinston-Salem, North Carolina
1964Anthony C.L. BishopNorthridge, California
1965John L. NydeggerLewiston, Idaho
1966Michael YaconelliSan Diego, California
1967Dale SmithGoshen, Indiana
1968Grant R. SheehanWashington, D.C.
1969Dennis MangersDelano, California
1970Stephen D. BoydBloomington, Illinois
1971Bert AngusTranscona, Manitoba, Canada
1972Rudy ValleCanoga Park, California
1973Charles W. StewartSan Antonio, Texas
1974Bennie PowellLos Angeles, California
1975Andy McKayRochester, New York
1976William JohnsonAberdeen, Maryland
1977Evelyn Jane BurgaySpringfield, Virginia
1978Michael Aun IILexington, South Carolina
1979Dick CaldwellCalgary, Alberta, Canada
1980Jeff YoungLos Angeles, California
1981Jim JoelsonReno, Nevada
1982Kenneth BernardAustralia
1983Roy FenstermakerDowney, California
1984Joe BoydBellingham, Washington
1985Marie C. PyneIreland
1986M. Arabella BengsonIslington, Ont., Canada
1987Harold PattersonOklahoma City, Oklahoma
1988Jerry StarkeMilwaukee, Wisconsin
1989Don JohnsonTorrance, California
1990David BrooksAustin, Texas
1991David RossNorman, Oklahoma
1992Dana LaMonLancaster, California
1993Otis Williams Jr.Cincinnati, Ohio
1994Morgan McArthurIdaho Falls, Idaho
1995Mark BrownMount Vernon, New York
1996David NottageAuckland, New Zealand
1997Willie JonesHonolulu, Hawaii
1998Brett RutledgeAuckland, New Zealand
1999Craig ValentineEllicott City, Maryland
2000Ed TateAurora, Colorado
2001Darren LaCroixAuburn, Massachusetts
2002Dwayne SmithDecatur, Georgia
2003Jim KeyRowlett, Texas
2004Randy HarveySherwood, Oregon
2005Lance MillerGlendale, California
2006Edward HearnChicago, Illinois
2007Vikas JhingranCambridge, Massachusetts
2008LaShunda RundlesDallas, Texas
2009Mark HunterAlbany Creek, QLD, Australia
2010David HendersonSan Antonio, Texas
2011Jock ElliottBongaree, QLD, Australia
2012Ryan AveryPortland, Oregon
2013Presiyan VasilevChicago, Illinois
2014Dananjaya HettiarachchiNawala Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
2015Mohammed Abdullah QahtaniDhahran, Saudi Arabia
2016Darren TaySingapore
2017Manoj VasudevanSingapore
2018Ramona J. SmithCleveland, Ohio
2019Aaron Beverly[6]Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 Mike CarrAustin, Texas
2021 Verity Price[7] Cape Town, South Africa
2022 Cyril Junior Dim[7] Wrocław, Poland[8]
2023 Jocelyn Tyson[7] Mt. Laurel, New Jersey

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Toastmasters Speech Contest Begins in Boston Tomorrow (A 1)". Boston Globe. 23 March 1958. ProQuest 845465194.
  2. ↑ Santos, Jenny Delos (23 June 2017). "Hawaii News Maui orator gets set to enter Toastmasters championship". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Blake, John (14 October 2016). "Stop texting and start speaking: The Olympians of storytelling show you how". CNN. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mangalurean advances in the world's largest speech contest in USA". Daijiworld. July 9, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ "WORLD CHAMPION OF PUBLIC SPEAKING TO VISIT BAHRAIN". Daily Tribune. 22 October 2014. ProQuest 1615139200.
  6. ↑ "Toastmasters International -2019 World Championship of Public Speaking".
  7. 1 2 3 "Toastmasters International -Word Championship of Public Speaking". www.toastmasters.org. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  8. ↑ "Cyril Junior Dim Linkedin profile". www.linkedin.org. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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