Miss Hungary
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Miss Hungary is a national beauty contest in Hungary
first held in 1929. Present titleholder is Anett Maximovits.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
first held in 1929. Present titleholder is Anett Maximovits.
History
- 1929 - World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
The first pageant was held in 1929 and the winner of it won the Miss EuropeMiss EuropeMiss Europe is a popular regional beauty pageant among female contestants from the nations of the European continent established in 1928 and re-established at the end of World War II by Roger Zeiler of the French Committee of Elegance and Claude Berr...
title. In 1936 Zsa Zsa GaborZsa Zsa GaborZsa Zsa Gabor is a Hungarian-born American stage, film and television actress.She acted on stage in Vienna, Austria, in 1932, and was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and became a sought-after actress with "European flair and style", with a personality that...
won the title, but she was underaged so she couldn't compete in Miss Europe. Later she became a Hollywood actress and celebrityCelebrityA celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
and wife of Conrad HiltonConrad HiltonConrad Nicholson Hilton was an American businessman and investor. He is well known for being the founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.-Early life:Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico...
. - From the World War II till 1985 the pageant was not held because of political reasons: Hungary was a communist country.
- 1985 The pageant was held again. More than 2,000 contestants vied for the crown, and it was won by a 16-year-old girl, Csilla MolnárCsilla MolnárCsilla Andrea Molnár was a Hungarian beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Hungary on 5 October 1985, in Budapest, the first Hungarian beauty queen after a 50-year interval...
. In 1985 she competed in the unofficial Miss Europe pageant when in the preliminaries she was to win, but at the end she came as 2nd runner-up. In the summer of 1986 she committed suicide. - 1986-1988 Because of Ms Molnar's death the pageant wasn't held.
- 1989 This year was the first when Hungary competed in Miss WorldMiss WorldThe Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
. - 1989-1996 The winner of this pageant was sent to the Miss World (except in 1993, when there wasn't Hungarian contestant). Since 1996 the winner of the Miss World Hungary pageant has been sent to this event.
- 1997 the pageant wasn't held
- since 1998 the event has been held again.
List of winners
| Year | Miss Hungary | Competed in | Result | ||||||||
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| 1929 | Böske Simon | Miss Europe Miss Europe Miss Europe is a popular regional beauty pageant among female contestants from the nations of the European continent established in 1928 and re-established at the end of World War II by Roger Zeiler of the French Committee of Elegance and Claude Berr... 1929 |
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| 1930 | Mária Papst | Miss Europe 1930 | - | ||||||||
| 1931 | Mária Tasnády-Fekete | Miss Europe 1931 | - | ||||||||
| 1932 | Ica Lampel | Miss Europe 1932 | - | ||||||||
| 1933 | Júlia Gál | Miss Europe 1933 | 1st runner-up | ||||||||
| 1934 | Renée Gosztony | Miss Europe 1934 | - | ||||||||
| 1935 | Mária Nagy | Miss Europe 1936 | - | ||||||||
| 1936 | Gábor Sára (Gábor Zsazsa Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor is a Hungarian-born American stage, film and television actress.She acted on stage in Vienna, Austria, in 1932, and was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and became a sought-after actress with "European flair and style", with a personality that... ) |
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| 1937 | ? | ||||||||||
| 1938 | Anna Zalain (Zalán?) | Miss Europe 1938 | >- | 1940s 1940s File:1940s decade montage.png|Above title bar: events which happened during World War II : From left to right: Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day"; Adolf Hitler visits Paris, soon after the Battle of France; The Holocaust occurred during the war as Nazi Germany... -1984 |
wasn't held | ||||||
| 1985 | Csilla Molnár Csilla Molnár Csilla Andrea Molnár was a Hungarian beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Hungary on 5 October 1985, in Budapest, the first Hungarian beauty queen after a 50-year interval... |
unofficial Miss Europe | 2nd runner-up | ||||||||
| 1986-1988 | wasn't held | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Magdolna Gerlóczy | Miss World 1989 Miss World 1989 The 39th Miss World marked the very first staging of the Miss World pageant in a foreign location. The pageant was held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. 78 contestants took part in the pageant... |
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| 1990 | Kinga Czuczor Kinga Czuczor Kinga Czuczor, born in Czechoslovakia, is a Hungarian beauty pageant contestant. She is notable for winning the title of “Miss Hungary”. Czuczor went on to represent Hungary in the Miss World pageant which was held on November 8, 1990 in the London Palladium... |
Miss World 1990 Miss World 1990 Miss World 1990, the 40th Miss World pageant was held on 8 November 1990 in the London Palladium, London, United Kingdom. The winner was Gina Tolleson, representing the United States.-Placements:-Special awards:-Continental Queens:... és Miss International 1991 Miss International 1991 Miss International 1991 was held at Tokyo, Japan on October 13, 1991. Agnieszka Kotlarska earned Poland's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Norma Jean Cepeda*Photogenic: ', Melissa Vargas... |
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| 1991 | Orsolya Michna | Miss World 1991 Miss World 1991 Miss World 1991, the 41st Miss World pageant, was held on December 28, 1991 in Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The winner was Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez representing Venezuela.-Results:-Order of Semi-finalists:# France# Turkey... |
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| 1992 | Bernadett Papp | Miss World 1992 Miss World 1992 Miss World 1992, the 42nd Miss World pageant was held on December 12, 1992 in Sun City Entertainment Center, Sun City, South Africa. The winner was Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina from Russia.-Results:-Order of Semi-finalists:*1. Finland*2. Venezuela... |
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| 1993 | wasn't held | ||||||||||
| 1994 | Tímea Farkas | Miss World 1994 Miss World 1994 Miss World 1994 was the 44th Miss World pageant and marked the third consecutive staging of Miss World in Sun City, South Africa. Actor Blair Underwood and supermodel Naomi Campbell served as presenters. The pageant attracted 87 contestants from around the world... |
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| 1995 | Ildikó Veinbergen | Miss World 1995 Miss World 1995 The 45th Miss World Pageant was held for the fourth straight year at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa on 18 November 1995. The 1995 pageant attracted 84 delegates. The pageant was hosted by Richard Steinmetz, Jeff Trachta and Bobbie Eakes and was also particiapted by... |
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| 1996-1997 | wasn't held | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Leila Sas | - | >- | 1999 | Dammak Jázmin | Queen of the World Queen of the World Queen of the World is a remix album from Arthur Loves Plastic and was released in 2004. The album was reissued in 2011 with a revised running order that includes the previously unreleased track "Ravish" .- Release notes :... 2002 |
>- | 2000 | Melinda Erdélyi | - | - |
| 2001 | Szabina Stedra | - | - | ||||||||
| 2002 | Szilvia Tóth | Miss Earth 2002 Miss Earth 2002 Miss Earth 2002, the second edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held in Quezon City, Philippines on October 29, 2002. In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants in Miss International 2002, thereby becoming the world's third biggest international pageant... |
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| 2003 | Edina Balogh Edina Balogh Edina Balogh Hungarian actress, Beauty Queen.- Career :She won Miss Hungary in 2003. She has been an actress since 2004. She waschosen as a character of the Hungarian soap opera Barátok közt . She has the role of Kinga Nádor... |
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| 2004 | Nóra Nagy | - | - | ||||||||
| 2005 | Noémi Oláh | - | - | ||||||||
| 2006 | Kitti Szabó | - | |||||||||
| 2007 | Katalin Koller | - | - | ||||||||
| 2008 | Ildikó Polgár | - | >- | 2009 | Anett Maximovits |
Statistics
| Number of pageants | 26 (at least) |
| International pageant's winner | 1 |
| 1st runner-up | 0 |
| 2nd runner-up | 1 |
| Finalist | 0 |
| Semi-finalist | 0 |
| Number of special awards | 0 |
Crossovers
| Name | Miss Universe Hungary Miss Universe Hungary Miss Universe Hungary is a national beauty contest for Miss Universe. The pageant under the new management of Magyarorszag Szepe Kft. started to choose three equal winners in 2008 to represent Hungary in Miss Universe, Miss Earth, and Miss World competitions under the name of The Queen.-History:*... |
Miss World Hungary Miss World Hungary Miss World Hungary is a national beauty contest for Miss World. The pageant under the management of The Magyarorszag Szepe Kft. started to choose three equal winners in 2008 to represent Hungary in Miss Universe, Miss Earth, and Miss World competitions under the name of The Queen.-History:*... |
Miss Hungary | Miss Balaton Miss Balaton Miss Balaton, officially called Gillette Venus Miss Balaton, is a national beauty contest to choose the hostess of the Lake Balaton, which is the largest lake and touristic attraction in Hungary .... |
Belle of the Anna-ball Belle of the Anna-ball This title is the most known one in Hungary, but this is not a national contest, because the winner of this title is chosen among the paying guests of the ball. This is the only pageant that was held under the communist era... |
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| Jazmin Dammak | winner 2008 | winner 1999 | 1st runner-up 2007 | ||
| Szilvia Magony | winner 2000 | winner 2000 | |||
| Noemi Olah | 1st runner-up 2006 | winner 2005 | |||
| Adrienn Bende Adrienn Bende Adrienn Bende is the winner of the Miss Universe Hungary contest in 2006, and one of the 20 semi-finalists of the Miss Universe 2006 contest from Los Angeles.-References:... |
winner 2006 | 1st runner-up 2005 | |||
| Anett Maximovits | winner 2009 | 2nd runner-up 2006 |
See also
other Hungarian beauty pageants are- Miss Universe HungaryMiss Universe HungaryMiss Universe Hungary is a national beauty contest for Miss Universe. The pageant under the new management of Magyarorszag Szepe Kft. started to choose three equal winners in 2008 to represent Hungary in Miss Universe, Miss Earth, and Miss World competitions under the name of The Queen.-History:*...
- Miss World HungaryMiss World HungaryMiss World Hungary is a national beauty contest for Miss World. The pageant under the management of The Magyarorszag Szepe Kft. started to choose three equal winners in 2008 to represent Hungary in Miss Universe, Miss Earth, and Miss World competitions under the name of The Queen.-History:*...
- Miss BalatonMiss BalatonMiss Balaton, officially called Gillette Venus Miss Balaton, is a national beauty contest to choose the hostess of the Lake Balaton, which is the largest lake and touristic attraction in Hungary ....
- the Belle of the Anna-ballBelle of the Anna-ballThis title is the most known one in Hungary, but this is not a national contest, because the winner of this title is chosen among the paying guests of the ball. This is the only pageant that was held under the communist era...
- Hungarian contestants on international beauty pageantsHungarian contestants on international beauty pageantsThese lists show all Hungarian contestants have ever competed in international beauty pageants with their result.-Miss Universe:The actual winner has the Miss Universe Hungary title* 1992 Dora Patko* 1993 Zsanna Pardy* 1994 Szilvia Forian* 1995 Andrea Harsanyi...