Miss Universe Czech Republic, officially known as Miss Universe Česko (Miss Universe Czechia), and previously referred to as Česká Miss Universe (Czech Miss Universe), is a national beauty pageant and organization in the Czech Republic. Founded in 2005, the winner of the pageant represents the country at the international competition of Miss Universe.
History
The Czech Miss was established in 2005 and is organized and produced by Michaela Maláčová, Miss Czechoslovakia 1991 and director of Miss Marketing s.r.o. From 2005 to 2009, the pageant selected a winner to represent the country in Miss Universe, and a first runner up participated in the Miss Earth pageant. In 2010, Czech Miss and its rival pageant, Miss Czech Republic () merged under the direction of Maláčová, and two winners were selected. The winner of Czech Miss 2010 competed in Miss Universe 2010 and Czech Miss World 2010 vied in Miss World 2010, while the first runner up competed in Miss Earth 2010 pageant.
Since 2011 the pageant has selected three winners: Czech Miss, Czech Miss World, and Czech Miss Earth to compete in Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Earth respectively. In 2015 Marcela Krplová became co-owner. After that previous runner up of Miss Czech Republic Ivana Kubelková became patron. In 2016 company was taken over by Martin Ditmar and Eva Čerešňáková. Since 2016 Ceska miss lost the license of Miss World to Miss Czech Republic. In 2018 Čerešňáková sold her part in company to Miss Events a.s. and Juliette Armand.
In 2012, Czech Miss pageant produced an international winner for the first time when Tereza Fajksová won Miss Earth 2012 in the Miss Earth pageant.
Since 2025, Czech Miss change their competition name to Miss Universe Czechia.
International crowns One – Miss Earth winner: Tereza Fajksová (2012) One – Miss Global winner: Karolína Kokešová (2019)
Titleholders YearČeská MissFirst Runner-UpSecond Runner-Up 2005 Kateřina SmejkalováOlomouc Zuzana ŠtěpanovskáJihlava Michaela ŠtoudkováChomutov 2006 Renata LangmannováIvanovice na Hané Miroslava KošťanováPrague Barbora KolářováPrague 2007 Lucie HadašováStrážnice Eva ČerešňákováPrague Lilian Sarah FischerováPlzeň 2008 Eliška BučkováStrážnice Hana SvobodováZadní Zhořec Elisavet CharalambiduBrno 2009 Iveta LutovskáJindřichův Hradec Tereza BudkováTábor Zina ŠťovíčkováNový Bor 2010 Jitka VálkováJihlava Veronika MachováRokycany Carmen JustováSokolov YearČeská MissČeská Miss WorldČeská Miss Earth 2011 Jitka NováčkováČeské Budějovice Denisa DomanskáKyjov Šárka CojocarováBruntál 2012 Tereza ChlebovskáTřemošná Linda BartošováVysoké Mýto Tereza FajksováIvančice 2013 Chotěboř Lucie KovandováDolní Kounice Monika LeováChoceň 2014 Gabriela FrankováBrno Tereza SkoumalováOstrava Nikola BuranskáPřerov 2015 Nikol ŠvantnerováOlomouc Andrea KalousováHradec Králové Karolína MališováOtice 2016 Andrea BezděkováHradec Králové Natálie KotkováÚstí nad Labem Kristýna KubíčkováOstravaYearČeská MissČeská Miss EarthČeská Miss Supranational 2017 Michaela HabáňováPrague Iva UchytilováPardubice Tereza VlčkováZlín 2018 Lea ŠteflíčkováÚstí nad Labem Tereza KřivánkováPrague Jana ŠiškováZlínYearČeská MissMiss Česko-Slovenské Runner-up 2019 Barbora HodačováÚstí nad Labem Klára VavruškováKostelec nad Orlicí Karolína KokešováPragueYearČeská MissFirst Runner-upSecond Runner-up 2022 Vanesa ŠvédováOlomouc Kristýna PavlovičováSouth Bohemian Marie DančiMoravian-Silesian YearMiss Universe ČeskoFirst Runner-upSecond Runner-up 2025 Michaela TomanováPrague 2026 Sophia Osako Moravia
International placements Current franchise Miss Universe Česko
Since 2025, the Czech Republic competes at Miss Universe under the Miss Universe Česko organization, which is headed by national director Sam Dolce.
YearRegionMiss Universe ČeskoPlacement at Miss UniverseSpecial awardsNotes 2026 Moravia Sophia Osako TBA TBA 2025 Prague Michaela Tomanová Unplaced She became the first mother to win Miss Universe Czech Republic title.
Česká Miss Universe
From 2005 to 2024, the Czech Republic competed at Miss Universe under the Česká Miss Universe organization, which was established by Michaela Maláčová. From 1993 to 2004, the Czech Republic competed at Miss Universe under the Miss České republiky organization.
YearRegionČeská Miss Universe Placement at Miss UniverseSpecial awardsNotes 2024 Moravia-Silesia Marie Danči Unplaced Appointed ― No pageant in 2024 and Marie was designated by Ceska Miss Organization. She was the second runner-up of 2022 edition. 2023 Olomouc Vanesa Švédová Unplaced 2022 Zlín Sára Mikulenková Unplaced Appointed — Due to date schedule management, Ceska Miss 2022 winner allocated to Miss Universe 2023. At this moment, Sára from Top 20 Ceska Miss 2022 designated to be Miss Universe Czech Republic 2022. 2021 Prague Karolína Kokešová Unplaced Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Česká Miss Global 2019 crowned as the Miss Universe Czech Republic 2021. 2020 Hradec Králové Klára Vavrušková Unplaced Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss Česko-Slovenské 2019 crowned as the Miss Universe Czech Republic 2020. 2019 Ústí nad Labem Barbora Hodačová Unplaced Miss Česko-Slovenské (Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky and Česká Miss held together on one final gala. 2018 Ústí nad Labem Lea Šteflíčková Unplaced 2017 Zlín Michaela Habáňová Unplaced 2016 Hradec Králové Andrea Bezděková Unplaced 2015 South Bohemia Nikol Švantnerová Unplaced 2014 South Moravia Gabriela Franková Unplaced 2013 Vysočina Gabriela Kratochvílová Unplaced The first short hairstyle winner. 2012 Moravia-Silesia Tereza Chlebovská Unplaced 2011 South Bohemia Jitka Nováčková Unplaced 2010 Vysočina Jitka Válková Top 15 2009 South Bohemia Iveta Lutovská Top 10 2008 South Moravia Eliška Bučková Top 15 2007 Prague Lucie Hadašová Top 15 2006 Prague Renata Langmannová Unplaced 2005 Prague Kateřina Smejkalová Unplaced Best National Costume (1st Runner-up)
Past franchise Česká Miss Earth
The Czech Republic was first represented in Miss Earth in 2002 by Apolena Tůmová who was chosen by another organization. The Czech Republic was not represented in Miss Earth in 2001, 2003 and 2004. From 2005 to 2009, after Michaela Maláčová established Czech Miss, the runner-up of the pageant competed at the Miss Earth pageant. Since 2010, Czech Miss has selected three national winners, where the third winner is awarded the title of Czech Miss Earth and goes on to represent the Czech Republic in the Miss Earth pageant.
YearRegionČeská Miss EarthPlacement at Miss EarthSpecial awardsNotes colspan=6 2024 colspan=5 2023 South Bohemian Kristýna Pavlovičová Unplaced 2022 Vysočina Anezka Heralecká Top 20 Appointed — Due to date schedule management, Runner-up Ceska Miss 2022 winner allocated to Miss Earth 2023. At this moment, Anezka from Top 20 Ceska Miss 2022 was designated or appointed to be Miss Earth Czech Republic 2022. After competing at Miss Earth 2022 on Nov 29th, Anezka went ahead and joined the rest of the delegates during the finals of Czech Miss Essens on Dec 11th, even though she already had the opportunity of representing Czech Republic at Miss Earth 2022, placing in the Top 20. 2021 Prague Adéla Štroffeková Top 20 Talent (Creative) The 2nd edition of Miss Earth ― Online version 2020 colspan=5 2019 Hradec Králové Klára Vavrušková Miss Water (2nd Runner-Up) Swimsuit (Air) National Costume (Europe) Miss Česko-Slovenské (Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky and Česká Miss held together on one final gala) — Miss Česko-Slovenské 2019. 2018 Prague Tereza Křivánková Unplaced 2017 Pardubice Iva Uchytilová Top 8 2016 Moravia-Silesia Kristýna Kubíčková Unplaced Talent (Group 3) 2015 Moravia-Silesia Karolína Mališová Top 16 Snowman Building 2014 Olomouc Nikola Buranská Unplaced Miss Placenta 2013 Pardubice Monika Leová Unplaced 2012 South Moravia Tereza Fajksová Miss Earth 2012 Miss Kaolin Sea Painting Challenge Resort Wear Evening Gown Miss Friendship 2011 Moravia-Silesia Šárka Cojocarová Unplaced Best in Swimsuit 2010 Karlovy Vary Carmen Justová Top 14 Best in Evening Gown (Top 5) 2009 South Bohemia Tereza Budková Unplaced Miss Photogenic Best in Eco-Bag Design Wear 2008 Vysočina Hana Svobodová Top 16 2007 Prague Eva Čerešňáková Top 16 2006 Prague Petra Soukupová Top 8 2005 Vysočina Zuzana Štěpanovská Top 16
Česká Miss World
From 1993 to 2009, the Czech Republic competed at Miss World through the Miss České republiky organization. However, in 2010, after the pageant went bankrupt, Michaela Maláčová took over the Miss World franchise in the Czech Republic. The second placed of the Česká Miss was assigned to Miss World. In 2016 due to police investigation of previous owner Marcela Krplová, Miss World decided to stopped down cooperation with Czech Miss.
YearRegionČeská Miss WorldPlacement at Miss WorldSpecial awardsNotes colspan=6 2016 Prague Natalie Kotková Unplaced Miss World Talent (Top 21) Miss World Sport (Top 24) 2015 Pardubice Andrea Kalousová Unplaced 2014 Moravia-Silesia Tereza Skoumalová Unplaced Miss World Top Model (Top 20) Miss World Sports (Top 32) 2013 South Moravia Lucie Kovandová Unplaced Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 34) 2012 Pardubice Linda Bartošová Unplaced Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 10) Miss World Talent (Top 25) 2011 South Moravia Denisa Domanská Unplaced Miss World Talent (Top 20) 2010 Plzeň Veronika Machová Unplaced Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20)
Galleries
See also Miss Universe Miss World Miss International Miss Earth Muž Roku
References
External links Official Česká Miss website