Miss Ukraine

Miss Ukraine (Міс України or Панна України, Panna Ukrayiny) is a national beauty contest in Ukraine and was first held in 1991 in the National Palace "Ukraina".^[1]

Today it is one of the top three national beauty contests in Ukraine, others being Miss Ukraine Universe and Queen of Ukraine. Miss Ukraine serves as preliminary for the Miss World and sometimes Miss International. Until 2006 it was the only national beauty contest, participants of which were qualifying for all the international pageant contests. Miss Ukraine still is the most prestigious and broadcast, however other concourses such as Miss Ukraine Universe with the help from Oleksandra Nikolayenko becomes well accepted also.

Historical overview

The first national pageant Miss Ukraine became an eighteen-year-old university student Olha Ovcharenko/Rechdouni, who was also a semi finalist in "Miss USSR" beauty pageant, and the first runner-up in 1990 Miss Kiev beauty pageant. The participants of Miss Ukraine would qualify to represent Ukraine on the international level such as the Big Four Pageants, Miss Intercontinental as well as continental beauty contests. Miss Universe contest usually was attended by the first runner up of Miss Ukraine but sometimes the winner can also compete. The national beauty contest was reorganized after Miss Ukraine Organization lost its franchise to one of the former pageant winners Oleksandra Nikolayenko (2001). Since 2006 Oleksandra Nikolayenko organizes Miss Ukraine Universe concourse as qualification to Miss Universe independently.

The contest takes place out of 26 candidates from all the regions of Ukriane. The major regional contests are Miss Kiev, Miss Odessa, Miss Donbass, Miss Western Ukraine and Bukovina, Miss Dnipropetrovsk, and others.

In 2002 Miss World 2002 was attended by the first runner up of Miss Ukraine Iryna Udovenko as the winner of the national contest Yelena Stohniy was over the age restriction to participate on the international level.

Since 2005 Miss Ukraine is being broadcast every year by one of the leaders of the national TV-networks Inter.

In 2010 the Ukrainian National pageant took place in fall on Saturday, September 4. The winner received a crown estimated at 250,000 euros, an automobile "Renault", and various make-up products.

Sponsors

• Pharos, a mobile media marketing company
• Stolytsia (Insurance Company)^[2]
• META.ua, an internet company
• DESSANGE

Guests and jury

Venues

• 2013: Fairmont Grand Hotel^[5]
• 2012: National Opera of Ukraine^[6]
• 2010-2011: Palace Ukraina^[7][8]

Titleholders

Iryna Zhuravska

Lika Roman

Color key

The winner of Miss Ukraine represents her country at Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Traditionally there are titles for Winner, Runner-ups and People's Choice Award.^[3]

Year	Miss Ukraine	Represented	Placement	Special awards	Notes
2014	Andriana Khasanshin	Lviv	Unplaced
2013	Hanna Zayachkivska	Ivano-Frankivsk	Top 20
2012	Karina Zhyronkina	Kharkiv	Unplaced
2011	Yaroslava Kuryacha[9]	Vinnytsia	Top 15
2010	Kateryna Zakharchenko[3][10][11]	Odessa	Unplaced
2009	Yevhenia Tulchevska[12][13][14]	Dnipropetrovsk	Unplaced
2008	Iryna Zhuravska[15][16]	Kiev	Top 15
2007	Lilia Roman[17]	Uzhhorod	Unplaced
2006	Olha Shylovanova[18][19]	Kharkiv	Unplaced
2005	Yulia Pinchuk	Novovolynsk	Unplaced
2004	Olesya Matveyeva	Kiev	Unplaced
2003	Ilona Yakovleva[20]	Kharkiv	Unplaced
2002	Yelena Stohniy[21]	Kiev	Did not compete
2001	Oleksandra Nikolayenko	Odessa	Top 10		President of Miss Ukraine Universe
2000	Yulia Lineva[22]	Zaporizhia	Did not compete		Competed in Miss Universe 2001
1999	Olha Savinska	Kharkiv	Unplaced
1998	Olena Spirina	Kharkiv	Did not compete		Competed in Miss Universe 1998
1997	Oksana Kuzmenko	Kharkiv	Unplaced
1996	Natalia Shvachko[23]	Yenakieve	Unplaced		Competed in Miss Universe 2000
1995	Vlada Kerdina	Brovary	Did not compete
1994	Terezia Lazarenko	Uzhhorod	Did not compete
1993	Iryna Barabash	Kharkiv	Did not compete
1992	Oksana Szabo	Kirovohrad	Unplaced
1991	Olha Ovcharenko[24]	Kiev	Did not compete
1990	Yulia Shestopalova[25]	Mykolaiv	Did not compete

Miss International Ukraine

The second title of Miss Ukraine represents her country at Miss International. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Sometimes Miss Ukraine Organization will be appointing the contestants to represent Ukraine at Miss International by castings.

Year	Miss International Ukraine	Represented	Placement	Special awards	Notes
2014	Sofia Oleinyk	Ternopil	TBA	TBA	Elected as Miss Ukraine International 2014
2013	Margaryta Gorbyk	Kiev	Unplaced		Appointed from Top 6
2012	Yuliya Gershun	Dnepropetrovsk	Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
2011	Oleksandra Krysha	Kiev	Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
2010	Inna Bezobchuk	Kiev	Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
2008	Yuliya Galichenko	Mariupol'	Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
2007	Mariya Varyvoda		Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
2006	Inna Goruk		Unplaced		Appointed from Top 6
2005	Mariya Zhukova	Kiev	Top 12		Appointed from Top 6
2004	Yuliya Kumpan	Kiev	Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
2003	Veronika Dmitrievna Bondarenko		Top 10		Appointed from contestant
2001	Nataliya Ivanovna Bakulina		Top 10		Appointed from contestant
2000	Yana Anatoleyevna Razumovska				Appointed from contestant
1999	Liliya Zalunina		Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
1997	Yuliya Zharkova		Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
1996	Nataliya Vasilievna Kozitskaya		Top 10		Appointed from contestant
1994	Helen Vladimirovna Bakaeva		Unplaced		Appointed from contestant
1993	Natalya Vorona[24]	Kiev	2nd Runner-up		Appointed from 1st Runner-up (1991)

Other contests

• Golden Crown of Ukraine (Золота Корона України), was conducted for the first time on November 6, 2004 at the Lviv Opera Theater. The winner of the contest Yelena Klepko from Poltava won the automobile Peugeot-206, a golden crown, and the title Miss Transport of Ukraine 2004. She also was allowed to participate at the Top Model of the World contest.^[26]
• In March 2010 there took place a Miss Bukovel contest as part of popularization of the Prykarpattya ski-resort Bukovel. The contest was won by a representative from Luhansk who later participated in Miss Ukraine 2010 as Miss Bukovel.^[27]
• Throughout Ukraine take place numerous other regular regional pageant contests among such are Transcarpathian Open ( 2010), Miss Kiev City (2009), Miss Crimean Champaign (2010), Miss Sevastopol (2009, 2010), pageant contest of Chernihiv Region (1996), and others.
• In Chicago every year from about a thousand Ukrainian Americans one Miss Ukrainian Diaspora is chosen.^[28][29]

See also

• Miss Ukraine Universe
• Miss Ukraine Earth
• Miss Europe
• Miss World

References

External links

• Info on Miss Ukraine and participants of 2009 event
• Main site (Ukrainian)/(Russian)
• Miss Ukraine 2007 at natali.ua
• Official website of InterModels model agency, the agency conducts the Golden Crown of Ukraine contest
• List of miscellaneous pageant contests in Ukraine.
• List of previous winners
• Another list