Miss World Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Мис Свят България) is a national beauty pageant in Bulgaria that selects the Bulgarian’s representatives to compete in four of the Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss World and Miss Universe. Additionally, it selects semifinalist titleholders to participate in the Miss Grand International and Miss Earth pageants.
Owners
Miss World Bulgaria was established in 1988. Strahil Ganovski founded and organized the first beauty contest in Bulgaria with international participation and named it "Miss Rodina" in 1988. That was the first time in the history of Bulgaria that the country sent a representative to the Miss World contest. Additionally, the first and only Bulgarian at two of the largest and oldest international pageants in the world Miss World and Miss Universe – Miss World Bulgaria 2015 and Miss Universe Bulgaria 2013 Veneta Krasteva is the exclusive licensee and national director of Miss World Bulgaria, Mister World Bulgaria, Miss Universe Bulgaria and Miss Grand Bulgaria a national pageants that searches for Bulgarian' representative to the Miss World, Mister World, Miss Universe and Miss Grand International contest respectively.
Over the years, Bulgarian representatives to the international Miss World pageants were chosen from candidates at the Miss World Bulgaria and Miss Bulgaria pageants.
Bulgarian representatives at Miss World Color key
YearMiss World BulgariaPlacement at Miss World 1988 Sonia Vassilieva 1989 colspan=3 1990 Violeta Galabova 1991 Liubomira Slavcheva 1992 Elena Draganova 1993 Vera Roussinova 1994 Stella Ognianova 1995 Evgenia Kalkandzhieva Top 10 1996 Viara Kamenova 1997 Simona Velitchkova 1998 Polina Petkova 1999 Violeta Zdravkova 2000 Ivanka Peytcheva 2001 Stanislava Karabelova 2002 Desislava Antoniya Guleva 2003 Rajna Naldzhieva 2004 Gergana Guncheva 2005 Rositsa Ivanova 2006 colspan=3 2007 Paolina Racheva 2008 Julia Yurevich 2009 Antonia Petrova 2010 Romina Andonova 2011 Vanya Penevacite web=url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/129788/Miss+Bulgaria+2011+Still+Looking+for+Mr+Right|title=Vanya Peneva Miss Bulgaria 2012|website=novinite.com 2012 Gabriela Vasileva 2013 Nansi Karaboycheva 2014 colspan=3 2015 Veneta Krasteva 2016 Galina Mihaylova 2017 Veronika Stefanova 2018 Kalina Miteva<ref> 2019 Margo Cooper 2020 colspan=3 2021 Eva Dobreva 2022 Kristiyana Yordanova colspan=3 2023 Ivana Subeva 2024 Elvira Yordanova colspan=3 2025 Teodora Miltenova 2026 Tsevetelina Lozanova TBA
References
External links Miss World Bulgaria Official Website