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Miss World Bulgaria
Formation1988
FounderStrahil Ganovski
Typebeauty pageant
HeadquartersSofia
Location
Membership
Miss World
Official language
Bulgarian
President
Veneta Krasteva
Key people
Julia Morley
Websitemissworldbulgaria.org/en/

Miss World Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Мис Свят България) is a national beauty pageant in the Bulgaria that selects Bulgarian representatives to compete in two of the Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss World and Miss Universe and selects five other titleholders to participate in minor international pageants such as Miss Grand International, Miss Asia Pacific, Top Model of the World, Miss Tourism International and Miss Model of the World.

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Miss World Bulgaria was established in 1988. Strahil Ganovski founded and organized the first beauty contest in Bulgaria with international participation and named it "Miss Rodina" in 1988. That was the first time in the history of Bulgaria that the country sent a representative to the Miss World contest. Additionally, the first and only Bulgarian at two of the largest and oldest international pageants in the world Miss World and Miss Universe - Miss World Bulgaria 2015 and Miss Universe Bulgaria 2013 Veneta Krasteva is the exclusive licensee and national director of Miss World Bulgaria, Mister World Bulgaria, Miss Universe Bulgaria and Miss Grand Bulgaria a national pageants that searches for Bulgarian' representative to the Miss World, Mister World, Miss Universe and Miss Grand International contest respectively.

Over the years, Bulgarian representatives to the international Miss World pageants were chosen from candidates at the Miss World Bulgaria and Miss Bulgaria pageants.

Bulgarian representatives at Miss World

Color key
Year Miss World Bulgaria Placement at Miss World
1988 Sonia Vassilieva
1990 Violeta Galabova
1991 Liubomira Slavcheva
1992 Elena Draganova
1993 Vera Roussinova
1994 Stella Ognianova
1995 Evgenia Kalkandzhieva Top 10
1996 Viara Kamenova
1997 Simona Velitchkova
1998 Polina Petkova
1999 Violeta Zdravkova
2000 Ivanka Peytcheva
2001 Stanislava Karabelova
2002 Desislava Antoniya Guleva
2003 Rajna Naldzhieva
2004 Gergana Guncheva
2005 Rositsa Ivanova
2007 Paolina Racheva
2008 Julia Yurevich
2009 Antonia Petrova
2010 Romina Andonova
2011 Vanya Peneva[1]
2012 Gabriela Vasileva
2013 Nansi Karaboycheva
2014 No pageant in 2014
2015 Veneta Krasteva
2016 Galina Mihaylova
2017 Veronika Stefanova
2018 Kalina Miteva
2019 Margo Cooper
2020 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2021 Eva Dobreva[2]
2022 Kristiyana Yordanova[3] Did not compete
2023 Ivana Subeva
2024 No competition held
2025 TBA TBA

References

  1. ^ cite web=url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/129788/Miss+Bulgaria+2011+Still+Looking+for+Mr+Right%7Ctitle=Vanya Peneva Miss Bulgaria 2012|website=novinite.com
  2. ^ "Miss World Bulgaria 2021". Miss World.
  3. ^ "И Мис Свят България дойде от Канада" [Miss World Bulgaria hails from Canada] (in Bulgarian). Bulgaria Dnes. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

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