WCPS number crunching

If a World Champion of Public Speaking comes from outside the US, they're more likely to be from Australia or New Zealand than anywhere else.

Other intriguing factoids:

• The first non-US World Champion was Glenn Carroll of Canada, in 1960 (assuming the winners with no locations listed are all from the US).
• The first World Champion from outside North America was Kenneth Bernard of Australia, in 1982.
• The last (and only) time a World Champion came from anywhere other than North America, Australia or New Zealand was 1985, when Marie Pyne of Ireland was the winner.
• Judging from first names only, there have been only six female World Champions. The latest of these was (of course) LaShunda Rundles of Texas, in 2008, star of the documentary Speak.

Source: http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/MemberExperience/Contests/WorldChampionsofPublicSpeaking.aspx