Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
Styria is a state, or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area it is the second largest of the nine Austrian federated states, covering 16,401 km2 (6,332 sq mi). It borders Slovenia and the Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia. The capital city is Graz which had 276,526 inhabitants at the beginning of 2015.
Slovenia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Olympiad after Slovenia seceded from Yugoslavia. 35 competitors, 29 men and 6 women, took part in 34 events in 12 sports.
Slovenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 24 times since its debut in 1993. Since then, the country has missed only two contests, in 1994 and 2000.
Miss Europe is a beauty pageant with female contestants from all over Europe. It was established in February 1929 by French journalist Maurice de Waleffe (1874-1946), who also created, in 1920, what by 1927 had become the Miss France pageant. Miss Europa was first held at the Paris Opera with participants from 18 countries.
Miss Universe Croatia is a beauty pageant which decides Croatia's contestant at the Miss Universe finals.
"Samo ljubezen" was the Slovenian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The lyrics were written by Barbara Pešut and the music by Robert Pešut. It was performed by Sestre, a trio of transvestite men dressed as airflight attendants, and marked the first time an entire ensemble had performed at Eurovision in drag, sparking anti-gay protests in Slovenia as well as debate in the Slovenian Parliament and the European Parliament about the song and the public reaction. It came equal thirteenth on 33 points with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belgium.
Rebeka Dremelj is a Slovene singer, model, fashion designer, actress, and TV Host. She was chosen to represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia with the song "Vrag naj vzame".
The Miss Universe Slovenia is a national beauty pageant that selected Slovenia's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.
Tina Zajc won the Slovenia national beauty contest, Miss Slovenia 2003, in 2003 and attended the Miss World 2003 competition. At the time, she was a 19-year-old geology student, studying earthquakes and volcanos. She also had a modelling and acting career, and had recorded a song. As the winner of Miss Slovenia 2003, she won a Peugeot 206 car, a ring, a set of Samsonite suitcases, and an all-expense trip to the Miss World competition held in China in December 2003. She liked crime novels, horror films and comedy, and spoke English and German, and Croat.
The Miss Slovenia is a national Beauty pageant in Slovenia. Miss Slovenia is not related to the previous Miss Universe Slovenia.
Marika Savšek is a Slovenian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Slovenije and represented her country in Miss Universe 2010.
"Verjamem" is a song by singer Eva Boto. It represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 but missed out on the final.
Eva Boto is a singer who represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with Verjamem. She missed out on the grand final, finishing 17th of 18 entrants. In 2014, she wrote a song called Na kožo pisana.
Nina Đurđević; is a Slovene model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned titleholder of Miss Universe Slovenia 2013 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2013 pageant.
Patricia Peklar is a Slovenian beauty pageant title holder. She was selected Miss Earth Slovenia in 2014.
The Miss Earth Slovenia is an annual national pageant that selected Slovenia's representative to the Miss Earth pageant.
Urška Bračko is a Slovene model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe Slovenia 2014 and represented Slovenia at Miss Universe 2014.
Tjaša Kokalj is a Slovene actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Slovenia 2007 and was represented Slovenia at the Miss Universe 2007.
