Past winners
| Contest # (Year) | 1st Prize Winner 🥇 | 2nd Prize Winner🥈 | 3rd Prize Winner🥉 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (1959) | Susanna Mildonian, Belgium | Suzan Hacket McDonald, USA | Edward Witsenburg, Holland |
| 2nd (1962) | Lynn Turner, USA | Guiliana Albisetti, Italy | Brigitte Deshais du Portail, France |
| 3rd (1965) | Martine Geliot, France | Emilia Moskvitina, USSR | Natalia Strebkova, USSR |
| 4th (1970) | Chantal Mathieu, France | Catherine Michel, France | Ayoko Shinokazi, Japan |
| 5th (1973) | Nancy Allen, USA | Grace Wong, USA | Caitriona Yeats, Ireland |
| 6th (1976) | Ivan Ion Roncea, Romania | Frédérique Cambreling, France | Hazel Kathleen Kienzie, USA |
| 7th (1979) | Emily Mitchell, USA | Barbara Allen, USA | Irena Kaganovska, Israel |
| 8th (1982) | Alice Giles, Australia | Linda Aiella, USA and Patricia Tassini, Italy | — |
| 9th (1985) | Naoko Yoshino, Japan | No Second Prize Winner | Ieuan Jones, Wales (UK) |
| 10th (1988) | Isabelle Moretti, France | Lucy Wakeford, UK | — |
| 11th (1992) | Marie-Pierre Langlamet, France | Jana Boušková, Czech Republic | Mariko Anraku, Canada |
| 12th (1994) | No First Prize Winner | Anna Makarova, Russia | Godelive Shram, Netherlands |
| 13th (1998) | Gwyneth Wentink, Netherlands | Christina Bianchi, Italy | Kyo-Jin Lee, Korea |
| 14th (2001) | Letizia Belmondo, Italy | Jessica Li Zhou, China | Lavinia Meijer, Netherlands |
| 15th (2003) | Varvara Ivanova, Russia | Julie Bunzel, Israel | Albane Mahe, France |
| 16th (2006) | Sivan Magen, Israel | Cécile Maudire, France | Etsuko Chida, Japan |
| 17th (2009) | No First Prize Winner | Ina Zdorovetchi, Moldova | Remy van Kesteren, Netherlands |
| 18th (2012) | Anaïs Gaudemard, France | Agne Keblyte, Lithuania | Mai Fukui, Japan |
| 19th (2015) | Yuying Chen, China | Anaelle Tourett, France | Eva Tomsic, Slovenia |
| 20th (2018) | Lenka Petrović, Serbia | Joel von Lerber, Switzerland | Marina Fradin, Israel |
| 21st (2021) | Claudia Lucia Lamanna, Italy | Lea Maria Löffler, Germany | Beatriz Cortesão, Portugal |