Miss World Bulgaria

Miss World Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Мис Свят България)
Motto Beauty with a Purpose
Formation 1988
Founder Strahil Ganovski
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Sofia
Location
Membership
Miss World
Official language
Bulgarian
President
 Strahil Ganovski
Key people
 Julia Morley
Website bokstarmodels.com/en/

Miss World Bulgaria is the annual national beauty pageant that has selected Bulgaria's representative to the Miss World pageant since 1988. Miss World Bulgaria 2016 is 26-year-old Galina Mihaylova from Sofia, Bulgaria, who was crowned at Yalta Club, Sofia on 26 July 2016 and who will compete at the international Miss World 2016 pageant on December 18 in Washington, D.C.

History

Miss World Bulgaria holds an annual pageant to identify young Bulgarian women who exemplify beauty, talent, intelligence and compassion. It aims to create and empower role models who will serve as ambassadors to charity, enrich the perception of beauty, and enhance a new strength, energy and spirit for the advancement of women, while positively impacting their communities.

Owners

Miss World Bulgaria is 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, he is the exclusive licensee and national director of Miss World Bulgaria and Mister World Bulgaria, a national pageants that searches for Bulgarian' representative to the Miss World and Mister World contest respectively. At the moment the license for the contests is property of Fashion Agency “BokStarModels”

Over the years, Bulgarian representatives to the international Miss World pageants were chosen from candidates at the Miss World Bulgaria and Miss Bulgaria pageants.

Miss World Bulgaria titleholders

Bulgarian representatives at Miss World pageant

Color key
  •      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YearMiss Bulgaria (World) Placement
1988 Sonia Vassilieva
1990 Violeta Galabova
1991 Liubomira Slavcheva
1992 Elena Draganova
1993 Vera Roussinova
1994 Stella Ognianova
1995 Evgenia Kalkandzhieva Top 10 Semi-finalist
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
2007 Paolina Racheva
2008 Julia Yurevich
2009 Antonia Petrova
2010 Romina Andonova
2011 Vanya Peneva
2012 Gabriela Vasileva
2013 Nansi Karaboycheva
2015 Veneta Krasteva
2016 Galina Mihaylova
2017 TBA TBA

References

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