Panos Papadopoulos is the founder, designer and entrepreneur behind Panos Emporio

Panos Emporio

Panos Emporio AB was founded by Panos Papadopoulos who is also the head of design. The company is today represented in over 30 countries throughout Europe and the Caribbean. Panos markets swimwear and accessories under the brand name Panos Emporio...

 AB, established 1986 in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, the largest swimwear supplier in Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

. He is known as the bathing suit king. He is also well known as the man who desired to change the face of beauty competitions when he purchased the Miss Sweden

Miss Sweden

Miss Sweden , is the title of the Swedish beauty pageant, which ran from 1949-2003, by the female magazine VeckoRevyn and production company Strix in partnership with MTG. The competition qualified delegates to the global contests Miss Universe and first runner ups to Miss World...

contest and changed the name to New Miss Sweden.

External links

• Official Website
• Miss Sweden website