Slovakia at major beauty pageants

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This is a list of Slovakia's (not Czechoslovakia ) representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has yet to win a victory on the four major pageants.

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, [1] widely covered and broadcast by media. [2] The Wall Street Journal, [3] BBC News, [4] CNN, [5] Xinhua News Agency, [6] and global news agencies such as Reuters [7] and Agence France-Presse [8] [9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth. [10] [11] [12]

The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on specific standards such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe. [13] [14]

Slovakia's Big Four Titleholders

Slovakia has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women. [3] [15] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.

Color Key
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2021TBALeona Novoberdaliu
TBA
Viktória Podmanická
TBA
TBA
2020Natália Hoštáková↑ No Pageant Heldx
2019 Laura Longauerová Frederika KurtulíkováAlica OndrášováStanislava Lučková
2018Barbora HanováDominika GrecováRadka Grendováx
2017Vanessa BottánováHanka ZávodnáPetra Varaliová
Top 15
x
2016Zuzana KollárováKristína Činčurová
Top 20
Michaela MeňkyováKristína Šulová
2015 Denisa Vyšňovská Lujza StrakováBarbora Bakošová Anita Polgáriová
2014 Silvia Prochádzková Laura Longauerová Lucia Semanková Dária Fabrici
Top 8
2013 Jeanette Borhyová Karolína Chomisteková
Top 20
Nikoleta DuchoňováLucia Slaninkova
2012Ľubica ŠtepanováKristína KrajčírováDenisa KrajčovičováMartina Grešová
2011Dagmar KolesárováMichaela ŇurcikováDušana LukáčováRomana Procházková
2010Anna Amenová Marína Georgievová Tatiana KohútováTimea Szabóová
2009Denisa MendrejováBarbora FranekováSoňa SkoncováLea Šindlerová
2008Sandra ManákováEdita KrešákováLenka SýkorováMartina Tóthová
2007Lucia Senášiová' Veronika Husárová Kristina ValuškováBarbora Palovičová
2006Judita HrubyováDagmar IvanováKateřina PospíšilováJudita Hrubyová
Top 16
2005Michaela DrenčkováIvica SlávikováLucia DebnárováDiana Ondrejičková
2004Zuzana DvorskáMária SándorováMichaela Wostlová↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines. Slovak Republic sent the first delegate in 2005.)
2003Petra MokrošováAdriana Pospíšilováx
2002Eva DžodlováEva VerešováZuzana Gunišová
2001Zuzana Uhrínová BaštúrováJana IvanováAndrea Vranová
2000Miroslava KysuckáJanka HorečnáMichaela Strahlová
Top 15
1999Aneta Kuklová Andrea Verešová Adela Bartková
1998Vladimíra HreňovčíkováKarolína ČičátkováMartina Kalmanová
1997Lucia PovraznikováMarietta SenkacováMonika Coculová
1996Iveta JankulárováPetra MinářováMartina Jajcayová
1995Nikoleta MeszárošováZuzana ŠpatinováJana Slúková
1994Silvia Lakatošová
Top 6
Karin Majtánová Nikoleta Meszárošová
1993↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States. Slovakia sent their first delegate in 1994.)
Dana Vojtechovská Karin Majtánová
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Slovakia sent their first delegate in 1994.)
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States. Slovakia sent their first delegate in 1993.)


× Did not compete
No pageant held

PageantPlacementsBest result
Miss Universe1Top 6(1994)
Miss World2Top 20(2013, 2016)
Miss International2Top 15(2000, 2017)
Miss Earth2Top 8(2014)
Total7Top 6(1994)(Miss Universe)

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