Miss World Bulgaria

Miss World Bulgaria

Formation	1988
Founder	Strahil Ganovski
Type	beauty pageant
Headquarters	Sofia
Location	Bulgaria
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 International 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.

Owners

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

•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Miss World Bulgaria	Placement at Miss World
1988	Sonia Vassilieva
1989	No pageant in 1989
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
2006	No pageant in 2006
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	Elvira Yordanova	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.

External links

• Miss World Bulgaria Official Website