Miss Croatia

Last updated

Formation1992
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Zagreb
Location
Membership
Official language
Croatian
National director
Maja Vračarić
Website www.miss.hr

Miss Croatia (Croatian: Miss Hrvatske) is a national beauty pageant in Croatia. Pageant held in Croatia since 1991, when Croatia gained its independence. The pageant is organized by the Miss Universe Croatia organization, with the winner representing Croatia in the Miss Universe pageant. [1] [2]

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The first Miss Croatia was Vanja Kovačević, who was crowned in 1991. Since then, Croatia has had a total of 15 Miss Universe Croatia winners.

Miss World Croatia

Color key
YearMiss World CroatiaHometownPlacementSpecial Awards
1992 Elena ŠuranRovinjUnplaced
1993 Fani ČapalijaSplit3rd Runner-upQueen of Europe
1994 Branka BebićMetković4th Runner-upQueen of Europe
1995 Anica Martinović Berlin1st Runner-upQueen of Europe
1996 Vanja Rupena UmagUnplaced
1997 Martina NovoselZagrebUnplaced
1998 Lejla ŠehovićDubrovnikUnplaced
1999 Ivana PetkovićZagrebTop 15
2000 Andreja ĆuporOzaljUnplaced
2001 Rajna RagužDrenovciUnplaced
2002 Nina SlamićŠibenikUnplaced
2003 Aleksandra Grdić ViroviticaUnplaced
2004 Ivana Žnidarić ČakovecUnplaced
2005 Maja Cvjetković ŠibenikUnplaced
2006 Ivana ErgićVodiceUnplaced Best Dress Designer Award
2007 Tajana JeremićVukovarUnplaced
2008 Josipa KusićImotskiTop 16 Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 25), Miss World Top Model (Top 10), Miss World Talent (Top 19)
2009 Ivana VašiljZagrebUnplaced Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20)
2010 Katarina BanićTriljUnplaced
2011 Katarina PrnjakŠibenikUnplaced
2012 Maja NikolićZagrebUnplaced
2013 Lana GržetićRijekaUnplaced
2014 Antonija GogićZagrebUnplaced
2015 Maja SpahijaŠibenikUnplaced
2016 Angélica Zacchigna [3] IstriaUnplaced Miss World Sport (1st Runner-up), Miss World Talent (Top 10)
2017 Tea MlinarićSenjTop 40 Miss World Top Model (2nd Runner-up)
2018 Ivana Mudnić DujminaDubrovnikUnplaced Miss World Top Model (Top 32)
2019 Katarina MamićLika-SenjUnplaced Miss World Top Model (Top 40)
2020Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2021Did not compete
2022 Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022
2023 Lucija Begić [4] ZagrebTop 40 Sports challenge Awards
2024No competition held
2025 Tomislava Dukić [5] TomislavgradTBA

Miss Earth Croatia

Color key
YearMiss Earth CroatiaHometownPlacementSpecial Awards
2001 Ivana GalesicZagrebUnplaced
2002 Ivana MuciçZagrebDid not compete
2014 Ana Batarelo ZagrebUnplaced
2015 Ana Marija JurišićKiseljakUnplacedSnowman Building Competition (Bronze)
2016 Nera Torlak Baška VodaUnplaced
2017 Bonita KristićZagrebUnplaced
2018 Michelle KorenicZagrebUnplaced
2019 Nera NikolićZagrebUnplaced
2020 Stefanie Topic [6] ZagrebUnplaced
2021 Ana BrajčićVisUnplaced
2022 Patricia Hanžek [7] OsijekUnplaced
2023 Michelle Salome Kursar [8] PulaUnplaced
2024 TBATBATBA

Miss Supranational Croatia

Color key
YearMiss Supranational CroatiaHometownPlacementSpecial Awards
2010Kristina JezernikovićRijekaUnplaced
2011Lara ToplekZagrebUnplaced
2012 Ana Batarelo ZagrebUnplaced
2015Lucija GrmušaZagrebUnplaced
2016 Petra Bojić [9] ZagrebUnplaced
2017 Eni Šukunda [10] ZagrebUnplaced
2018 Tihana BabijZagrebUnplaced
2019 Helena KrnetićZagrebUnplaced
2020Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2022Did not compete
2023 Anetta Rajkovic [11] VinkovciUnplaced
2024 Esmeralda SlavicekZagrebTBA

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