Miss World Bulgaria

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Miss World Bulgaria
Formation1988
FounderStrahil Ganovski
Type beauty pageant
Headquarters Sofia
Location
Membership
Miss World
Official language
Bulgarian
President
Veneta Krasteva
Key people
Julia Morley
Website missworldbulgaria.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
YearMiss World BulgariaPlacement at Miss World
1988Sonia Vassilieva
1990Violeta Galabova
1991Liubomira Slavcheva
1992Elena Draganova
1993Vera Roussinova
1994Stella Ognianova
1995Evgenia Kalkandzhieva Top 10
1996Viara Kamenova
1997Simona Velitchkova
1998Polina Petkova
1999Violeta Zdravkova
2000Ivanka Peytcheva
2001Stanislava Karabelova
2002Desislava Antoniya Guleva
2003Rajna Naldzhieva
2004Gergana Guncheva
2005Rositsa Ivanova
2007Paolina Racheva
2008Julia Yurevich
2009 Antonia Petrova
2010Romina Andonova
2011Vanya Peneva [1]
2012Gabriela Vasileva
2013 Nansi Karaboycheva
2014No pageant in 2014
2015 Veneta Krasteva
2016Galina Mihaylova
2017Veronika Stefanova
2018Kalina Miteva
2019Margo Cooper
2020Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2021Eva Dobreva [2]
2022Kristiyana Yordanova [3] Did not compete
2023Ivana Subeva
2024No competition held
2025TBA TBA

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References

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  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.