Face of Denmark

Not to be confused with Miss Denmark.

Face of Denmark

Formation	2015
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Copenhagen
Location	Denmark
Membership	Miss Universe Miss International Miss Earth
Official language	Danish
President	Anders de Voss & John Paul Hamilton
Website	www.faceofdenmark.dk

Face of Denmark was a national beauty pageant in Denmark that selected the representative to the Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth. ^[1]

Organization

In 2015 the Face of Denmark organization formed, and began their national competitions, run by Anders Hamilton de Voss and his partner John Paul Hamilton de Voss.

Several former titleholders who achieved success representing Denmark at international beauty pageants are on the board of directors of the Face of Denmark organization, including: Catharina Svensson, the first Miss Earth winner from Denmark; Aino Korva, Miss Denmark 1963 and first runner-up at Miss Universe 1963; Pia Larsen, Miss Denmark 1986, and first runner-up at Miss International 1986 and Miss World 1986; Zaklina Sojic, Miss Universe Denmark 2007 and top 15 at Miss Universe 2007; and Mette Riis Sørensen, Miss International Denmark 2015. ^{[2] [3]}

Big Four pageants

The following women have represented Denmark in three of the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageant under the ownership of Face of Denmark organization. ^{[4] [5]} These are Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth with the exception of Miss World which belongs to another national franchise organization, Miss Denmark. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Miss Universe Denmark

Color key

•   Declared as the Winner
•   Ended as a Runner-Up
•   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semifinalists

List of Miss Universe Denmark representatives

The Face of Denmark winner was automatically declared as Miss Universe Denmark and represented Denmark at the Miss Universe pageant. ^[9]

Year	Represented	Face of Denmark	Placement	Special Awards
2016	Copenhagen	Christina Mikkelsen	Unplaced	later dethroned
2015	Rungsted Kyst	Cecilie Wellemberg	Unplaced

Miss International Denmark

Color key

•   Declared as the Winner
•   Ended as a Runner-Up
•   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semifinalists

The Third title of Face of Denmark automatically declares as Miss International Denmark and represents Denmark at the Miss International pageant.

Year	Represented	Face of Denmark	Placement	Special Awards
2016	Odense	Sara Skals Danielsen	Unplaced
2015	Østerbro	Mette Riis Sørensen	Unplaced

Miss Earth Denmark

Color key

•   Declared as the Winner
•   Ended as a Runner-Up
•   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semifinalists

The second title of Face of Denmark was automatically declared as Miss Earth Denmark and represented Denmark at the Miss Earth pageant. In 2017, the Miss Earth franchise was awarded to Lisa Lents, national director of Miss Denmark.

Year	Represented	Face of Denmark	Placement	Special Awards
2016	Vejle	Klaudia Persberg	Unplaced	Best in Resorts Wear by Jhong Sudlon
2015	Faroe Islands	Turið Elinborgardóttir	Unplaced	Snowman Building

• ^a Turið Elinborgardóttir resigned after representing Denmark at Miss Earth 2015, due to pregnancy. The runner-up, Laila Karim first runner-up, of Nørrebro took the title as Miss Earth Denmark 2015. ^[10]
• ^[b] Klaudia was a top 6 finalist and "First Princess" at Face of Denmark 2015. She was appointed to be Miss Earth Denmark by the Face of Denmark organization after Alexandria Eissinger decided to not compete at Miss Earth due to scheduling conflicts.

Notes

Supermodel Helena Christensen began her career in 1986 as Miss Universe Denmark. In the same year, Pia Rosenberg Larsen won Miss Denmark and competed at Miss International, where she placed as first runner-up. In 1993, TV personality and actress Maria Hirse won Miss Universe Denmark, but like Helena Christensen, failed to place at Miss Universe. ^{[11] [12]}

This contest is unrelated to the Miss Denmark pageant.

See also

• Denmark portal

• Miss Universe

References

1. "Den Officielle Miss Universe Denmark Konkurrence". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
2. "Jagten på Miss Universe Denmark er i gang: Mød de håbefulde ansøgere". 24 May 2015.
3. "Korva Design.com". Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
4. Jun, Kwanwoo (3 December 2003). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 9 November 2015.
5. "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
6. "Những scandal của Miss World" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Express. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
7. Ibrahim, Lynda (13 September 2013). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post . Retrieved 9 November 2015.
8. Lowe, Aya (25 January 2016). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia . Retrieved 25 January 2016.
9. "Den Officielle Miss Universe Denmark Konkurrence - Home". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
10. http://www.in.fo/index.php?id=42&tx_news_pi1[news]=319011&tx_news_pi1[controller]=News&tx_news_pi1[action]=detail&cHash=ad0763462d96958d62fa5cdd722def65^{[ permanent dead link ]}
11. Mueller, Andrew (31 August 2003). "Reversing the lens: Helena Christensen". Sunday Tribune . Ireland. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
12. Mottram, James (10 June 2006). "Helena Christensen: Role Model". The Independent . London. Retrieved 12 September 2010.^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• Official site