{{Short description|Female or male beauty competition}} {{Expand Turkish|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox organization |name = Best Model of the World |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_caption = |formation = {{Start date and age|1990}} |type = Beauty pageant |headquarters = Istanbul |location = Turkey |leader_title= |leader_name= |membership = |language = English |website= }} '''Best Model of Turkey''' is a female or male beauty competition. From 1988 to 1993, only Turkey's best female model was chosen in the competition. Since 1993, male models are also included. There were two exceptions: in 2004 when in addition to a male model, two female winners were selected; and in 2009, when the opposite happened and also two male models won.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
'''Best Model of the World''' is a female or male beauty competition. From 1990 to 1995 Istanbul, Turkey, in 1990 with 44 countries participating.
==Titleholders== {{More citations needed section|date=March 2021}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:0.906em; " ! rowspan="3" |Year ! colspan="2" |Best Model of Turkey ! rowspan="38" | ! colspan="6" |Best Model of the World |- ! rowspan="2" | Female ! rowspan="2" | Male ! colspan="2" |Female ! colspan="2" |Male ! rowspan="2" |Host city ! rowspan="2" |Entrants |- !Country !Titleholder !Country !Titleholder |- | 1988 || Sibel Tan || {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{flag|Colombia}} | Victorio Azuero | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | rowspan="21" | Istanbul, Turkey | ''Unknown'' |- | 1989 || Begüm Özbek || {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{flag|France}} | Kao Ardon | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | ''Unknown'' |- | 1990 || Esin Moralıoğlu || {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} |{{flag|Sweden}} ||Melissa Gromell | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} |44 |- | 1991 || Deniz Pulaş || {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} |{{flag|France}} ||Lohengrin Loret | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} |44 |- | 1992 || Maide Erçelebi || {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} |{{flag|Togo}} ||Rebecca Ayoko | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} |64 |- | 1993 || Ebru Ürün || Berke Hürcan |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Ebru Ürün | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} |53 |- | 1994 || Sema Şimşek || Burak Hakkı |{{flag|Spain}} ||Carlota Sosa | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} | {{n/a|''Pageant not yet established''}} |47 |- | 1995 || Eylem Çeliker || Volkan Kademlioğlu |{{flag|France}} ||Muriel Letacq |{{flag|Greece}} ||Halil Haris Kinadi |46 (30 female, 16 male) |- | 1996 || Güzide Duran || Fuat Cingiler |{{flag|Kazakhstan}} ||Rimma Rakhimkovlova |{{flag|Portugal}} ||Miguel Teixeira |62 (34 female, 28 male) |- | 1997 ||Deniz Akkaya||Kenan İmirzalıoğlu<ref name="culture">{{cite web|title=Who's who in Turkish culture and art|url=http://www.turkishculture.org/whoiswho/movie-documentary-tv/kenan-imirzalioglu-1722.htm|publisher=Turkish Cultural Foundation|accessdate=14 October 2010}}</ref> |{{flag|United Kingdom}} ||Joanne Bradbury |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Kenan Imirzalioğlu |65 (39 female, 26 male) |- | 1998 || Burcu Kutluk || Çağdaş Karasu |{{flag|Singapore}} ||Annetha Ayyavoo |{{flag|France}} ||Gres Manuel |58 (30 female, 28 male) |- | 1999 || Tuğba Karaca || Faik Ergin |{{flag|Senegal}} ||Mar Kewe |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Faik Ergin |70 (38 female, 32 male) |- | 2000 || Şenay Akın ||Alp Kırşan |{{flag|Azerbaijan}} ||Sevda Aliyeva |{{flag|Senegal}} ||Sidy Arc Sissoko |68 (38 female, 30 male) |- | 2001 || Şenay Akay ||Mehmet Akif Alakurt |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Şenay Akay |{{flag|France}} ||Sylvain Larochelle |92 (44 female, 47 male) |- | 2002 || Irmak Atuk ||Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ |{{flag|Portugal}} ||Evelina Pereira |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ |92 (45 female, 47 male) |- | 2003 || Şebnem Sürücü || Yusuf Şahan Gürdal |{{flag|Ukraine}} ||Yuliya Lischuke |{{flag|France}} ||Stefan Alie |73 (39 female, 34 male) |- | 2004 || Fatma Yaman ----Simge Tertemiz |Mert Öcal |{{flag|Egypt}} ||Arwa Gouda |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Mert Öcal |92 (48 female, 44 male) |- | 2005 ||Tuğçe Güder|| Burak Özçivit |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Tuğçe Güder |{{flag|India}} ||Siddarth Ashok Shukla |98 (57 female, 41 male) |- | 2006 || Neslihan Önder || Fatih Cansız |{{flag|Russia}} ||Yuliya Leskova |{{flag|Mali}} ||Téne Gaye |88 (44 female, 44 male) |- | 2007 ||Senem Kuyucuoğlu|| Kaan Aypulat |{{flag|Nigeria}}||Ademokoya Olubunmi Olubokula |{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||Rustem Abil Cebrayilov |89 (43 female, 46 male) |- | 2008 || Yelda Kara || Armağan Oğuz |{{flag|Central African Republic}} ||Chrstie Juillet |{{flag|France}} ||Maxime Coutuier |91 (45 female, 46 male) |- | 2009 || Eda Sedalı ----Tuğçe Sarıkaya | Erkan Meriç ----İlhan Şen |{{flag|Mali}} ||Aïcha Amirou Dicko |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Erkan Meriç |Sofia, Bulgaria |137 (67 female, 70 male) |- | 2010 || Açelya Kartal ||Çağatay Ulusoy |{{flag|Bulgaria}} ||Iva Nikolaeva Atanasova |{{flag|Serbia}} ||Danijel Mihailovic |Plovdiv, Bulgaria |110 (53 female, 57 male) |- | 2011 ||Tuğba Melis Türk<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/magazin/magazinhatti/19257908.asp |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=1'incilik Hakkımdı |author=Vural, Sinem|language=Turkish |accessdate=2011-11-17 }}</ref>||Furkan Palalı<ref>{{cite news |url=http://magazin.haberturk.com/herkes-bunu-konusuyor/haber/689032-asil-best-model-benim |newspaper=Habertürk |title=Best Model Benim |author=Doğan, Oya |language=Turkish |accessdate=2011-11-16 }}</ref> ----Serkan Tanırgan |{{flag|Colombia}} ||Silvia Catalina Llanes Acevedo |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Furkan Palalı | rowspan="2" |Istanbul, Turkey |76 (34 female, 42 male) |- | 2012 ||Sezgi Sena Akay<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.f5haber.com/sacit-aslan/sezgi-sena-akay-dan-iddiali-aciklamalar-haberi-4022735/ |newspaper=F5 Haber |title=Sezgi Sena Akay'dan iddialı açıklamalar!.. |author=Aslan, Sacit |date=2013-06-29 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2013-07-23 }}</ref>||Berk Atan |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Sezgi Sena Akay |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Berk Atan |98 (48 female, 50 male) |- | 2013 || Ayşenur Özkan ||Burak Çelik |{{flag|Nigeria}} ||Onyinye Emeasoba |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Burak Çelik |Sofia, Bulgaria |56 (28 female, 28 male) |- |2014<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/?p=476919 | title = Cansu ve Caner birinciliği aldı | date = 10 June 2014 | publisher = Kıbrıs Newspaper | accessdate = 30 August 2014 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150621233734/http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/?p=476919 | archivedate = 21 June 2015}}</ref>||Cansu Melis Karakuş||Caner Tanrıverdi* |{{flag|Angola}} ||Ema Diogo |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Caner Tanriverdi |Istanbul, Turkey |62 (33 female, 29 male) |- |2015 |Yağmur Ayrık |Yılmaz Kunt* |{{flag|Belgium}} ||Myriam Mawule |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Yılmaz Kunt |Brussels, Belgium |36 (18 female & 18 male) |- |2016 |Gizem Kayalı |Onur Seyit Yaran* |{{flag|Nigeria}} ||Ejiro Joy Akpokiniovo |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Onur Seyit Yaran |Istanbul, Turkey |39 (19 female, 20 male) |- |2017 |Aslıhan Karalar |Efe Sorarlı** |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Aslıhan Karalar |{{flag|Sri Lanka}} ||Januka Sachitya Bandara Rajapaksha |Paris, France |47 (22 female, 25 male) |- |2018 |Türkan Geyik |Ulaş Özgür |{{flag|Morocco}} ||Iman Casablanca |{{flag|Italy}} ||Marco Sarra | rowspan="2" |Istanbul, Turkey |56 (24 female, 32 male) |- |2019 |Derya Ekşioğlu |Tolga Kandemir |{{flag|Turkey}} ||Derya Ekşioğlu |{{flag|Azerbaijan}} ||Nuru Ahmedov<ref name="The Best Model of the World">{{cite web |url=http://www.bestmodeloftheworld.com/ |title= The Best Model of the World |author= |date= |website=www.bestmodeloftheworld.com|publisher= |language=tr |access-date=|archive-url = |archive-date = }}</ref> |43 (24 female, 19 male) |- |2020 | rowspan="2" |Oğulşat Gagşalova |Oğuzhan Bolat | colspan="6" {{n/a|''No pageant held due to the COVID-19 pandemic''}} |- |2021 | Bartu Dilmen |{{flag|Azerbaijan}} |Aydan Yeşildağ |{{flag|Lebanon}} |Nader Alayan | rowspan="2" |Istanbul, Turkey |35 (15 female, 20 male) |- |2022 |Büşra Karakaş |Emir Mayacı |{{flag|Turkey}} |Büşra Karakaş |{{flag|Belgium}} |Theo Groene |43 (24 female, 19 male) |}
== Runner-Up == {{unreferenced section|date=December 2025}} {| style="font-size:100%;" |- valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 83%; text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" width="8" |Year ! colspan="2" |Best Model of the World (Female) |- ! width="220" |1st Runner-Up ! width="220" |2nd Runner-Up |- |2022 |Maylin Uyanık {{flag|USA}} |Florinda Loki {{flag|Albania}} |- |2021 |Marta Piasliak<br>{{flag|Belarus}} |Oğulşat Gagşalova<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |- |2019 |Magali Hadji<br>{{flag|Andorra}} |Sirikul Prayoonsiri<br>{{flag|Thailand}} |- |2018 |Türkan Geyik<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Anjali Vinodya Ramachandra Brahakmanage<br>{{flag|Sri Lanka}} |- |2017 |Natsupa Thiansri<br>{{flag|Thailand}} |Laurette Pea<br>{{flag|Gabon}} |- |2016 |Gizem Kayalı<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Valerie Breemans<br>{{flag|Belgium}} |- |2015 |''Unknown'' |''Unknown'' |- |2014 |Cansu Melis Karakuş<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Rebecca Enz<br>{{flag|Liechtenstein}} |- |2013 |Ayşenur Özkan<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Yang Zishuo<br>{{flag|China}} |- |2012 |Anais Garnier<br>{{flag|Belgium}} |Antonella Ponso<br>{{flag|Argentina}} |- |2011 |Tuğba Melis Türk<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Kenlly Yuriskar Palacios Aranguren<br>{{flag|Venezuela}} |- |2010 |Gunay Musayeva<br>{{flag|Azerbaijan}} |Anahi de Jesus Robles Vazquez<br>{{flag|Mexico}} |- |2009 |Dhurata Lipovica<br>{{flag|Kosovo}} |Tuğçe Sarıkaya<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |- |2008 |Yelda Kara<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Herlys Alejandra Ruiz Aguilar<br>{{flag|Venezuela|name=Margarita Island}} |- |2007 |Senem Kuyucuoğlu<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Liu Xiao-Ou<br>{{flag|Macau}} |- |2006 |Neslihan Önder<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Manette Mercado<br>{{flag|Philippines}} |- |2005 |Oleksandra Reznik<br>{{flag|Ukraine}} |Alexandra Ivancenco<br>{{flag|Romania}} |- |2004 |Bridgette Tolentino Inoferio<br>{{flag|Philippines}} |''Unknown''<br>{{flag|Uzbekistan}} |- |2003 |Melissa Ann Andales Frye<br>{{flag|Philippines}} |Şebnem Sürücü<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |- |2002 |Irmak Atuk<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Liu A Nan<br>{{flag|China}} |- |2001 |Katerina Kiper<br>{{flag|Ukraine}} |Yamila Coba<br>{{flag|Cuba}} |- |2000 |Tatiana Raway<br>{{flag|Rwanda}} |Georgana Petkova Dinova<br>{{flag|Bulgaria}} |- |1999 |Alina Selesnyova<br>{{flag|Ukraine}} |Gabriela Stoica<br>{{flag|Romania}} |- |1998 |Yulia Bochkova<br>{{flag|Russia}} |Patricia Lang<br>{{flag|Austria}} |- |1997 |Oumy Bah<br>{{flag|Senegal}} |Jacqueline Lienard<br>{{flag|Republic of the Congo}} |- |1996 |Geraldine Lisek<br>{{flag|Monaco}} |Karolina Bednarz<br>{{flag|Poland}} |- |1995 |Agnieszka Jarocka<br>{{flag|Poland}} |Caroline Chazelles<br>{{flag|Monaco}} |- |1994 |Lucy Seruwagi<br>{{flag|Uganda}} |Anja Weise<br>{{flag|Germany}} |- |1993 |Georgia<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}} |Militza<br>{{flag|Monaco}} |- |1992 |Victoria Silvstedt<br>{{flag|Sweden}} |Khoudia Seye<br>{{flag|Senegal}} |- |1991 |Deniz Pulaş<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Christina Wong<br>{{flag|Malaysia}} |- |1990 |Mônica Valéria Ponce Rodrigues<br>{{flag|Brazil}} |Helen Chua<br>{{flag|Singapore}} |} | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 83%; text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" width="8" |Year ! colspan="2" |'''Best Model of the World (Male)''' |- ! width="220" |1st Runner-Up ! width="220" |2nd Runner-Up |- |2022 |Emir Mayacı {{flag|Turkey}} |Noah Leon Simon {{flag|Spain}} |- |2021 |Oğuzhan Bolat<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Leo P.J. Colin<br>{{flag|France}} |- |2019 |Fabio Ponzo<br>{{flag|Belgium}} |Tolga Kandemir<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |- |2018 |Shakir Ahmedzade<br>{{flag|Azerbaijan}} |Ulaş Özgür<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |- |2017 |Efe Sorarli<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Gregory Oplynus<br>{{flag|Denmark}} |- |2016 |Okan Demirok<br>{{flag|Serbia}} |Khaan Roland<br>{{flag|Germany}} |- |2015 |Roussouw Steenkamp<br>{{flag|Belgium}} |''Unknown'' |- |2014 |Sébastien Maeyens<br>{{flag|Belgium}} |Jonathan Bwanga<br>{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} |- |2013 |Douglas Schwengber da Silva<br>{{flag|Brazil}} |Lucas Maspimby Carriel<br>{{flag|Martinique|snake}} |- |2012 |Nicolas Ruel<br>{{flag|France}} |Seïd Mahamat<br>{{flag|Chad}} |- |2011 |Raphael Ventura<br>{{flag|Belgium}} |Frédéric Cantillon<br>{{flag|Canada}} |- |2010 |Abdullah Ibrahim Gayberi<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Alex Martínez Prunez<br>{{flag|Spain}} |- |2009 |Vasa Nestorovic<br>{{flag|Serbia}} |Bruno Damasceno e Souza Fernandes<br>{{flag|Brazil}} |- |2008 |Armağan Oğuz<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Christian Trenche Ocasio<br>{{flag|Puerto Rico}} |- |2007 |Lionel Denis<br>{{flag|Colombia}} |Guillaume Duranton<br>{{flag|Liechtenstein}} |- |2006 |Sven Kiebooms<br>{{flag|Belgium}} |Adrien Condeni<br>{{flag|France}} |- |2005 |Burak Özçivit<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Grégory Destordeur<br>{{flag|Luxembourg}} |- | |''Unknown'' |''Unknown'' |- |2003 |Jimmy Gravillon<br>{{flag|Guadeloupe|local}} |Roshan Massillamany Ranawana<br>{{flag|Sri Lanka}} |- |2002 |Fabrice Bertrand Wattez<br>{{flag|France}} |Ji Huan Bo<br>{{flag|China}} |- |2001 |Mehmet Akif Alakurt<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |Edward Kazanov<br>{{flag|Russia}} |- |2000 |Adnan Taletovich<br>{{flag|Slovenia}} |Alp Kirşan<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |- |1999 |Johann Berndt<br>{{flag|Belgium}} |Vishal Singh Yadav<br>{{flag|India}} |- |1998 |Peter Eriksen<br>{{flag|Sweden}} |Çağdaş Karasu<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |- |1997 |Marc Grosy<br>{{flag|France}} |Gerald Suitner<br>{{flag|Austria}} |- |1996 |Patrick Musimu<br>{{flag|Zaire}} |Fuat Cingiler<br>{{flag|Turkey}} |- |1995 |Darryl Osada<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}} |Christian Forcher<br>{{flag|Austria}} |} |}
== See also ==
== References == {{reflist}} {{Hatnote|This article incorporates information from its corresponding article in Turkish.}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101210174047/http://www.bestmodelofturkey.net/ Best Model of the Turkey Official website] {{in lang|tr}}
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