# Best Model of Turkey
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{{Short description|Female or male beauty competition}}
{{Expand Turkish|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox organization
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|formation = {{Start date and age|1990}}
|type = [Beauty pageant](/source/Beauty_pageant)
|headquarters = [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul)
|location = [Turkey](/source/Turkey)
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|language = [English](/source/English_language)
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'''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](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/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](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/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](/source/Burak_Hakk%C4%B1)
|{{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](/source/Deniz_Akkaya)||[Kenan İmirzalıoğlu](/source/Kenan_%C4%B0mirzal%C4%B1o%C4%9Flu)[{{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](/source/Turkish_Cultural_Foundation)|accessdate=14 October 2010}}]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}} ||Joanne Bradbury
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[Kenan Imirzalioğlu](/source/Kenan_%C4%B0mirzal%C4%B1o%C4%9Flu)
|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](/source/Alp_K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fan)
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}} ||Sevda Aliyeva
|{{flag|Senegal}} ||Sidy Arc Sissoko
|68 (38 female, 30 male)
|-
| 2001 || Şenay Akay ||[Mehmet Akif Alakurt](/source/Mehmet_Akif_Alakurt)
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||Şenay Akay
|{{flag|France}} ||Sylvain Larochelle
|92 (44 female, 47 male)
|-
| 2002 || Irmak Atuk ||[Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ](/source/K%C4%B1van%C3%A7_Tatl%C4%B1tu%C4%9F)
|{{flag|Portugal}} ||Evelina Pereira
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ](/source/K%C4%B1van%C3%A7_Tatl%C4%B1tu%C4%9F)
|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](/source/Simge_Tertemiz)
|[Mert Öcal](/source/Mert_%C3%96cal)
|{{flag|Egypt}} ||Arwa Gouda
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[Mert Öcal](/source/Mert_%C3%96cal)
|92 (48 female, 44 male)
|-
| 2005 ||[Tuğçe Güder](/source/Tu%C4%9F%C3%A7e_G%C3%BCder)|| Burak Özçivit
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[Tuğçe Güder](/source/Tu%C4%9F%C3%A7e_G%C3%BCder)
|{{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](/source/Senem_Kuyucuo%C4%9Flu)|| 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](/source/Sofia), [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)
|137 (67 female, 70 male)
|-
| 2010 || Açelya Kartal ||[Çağatay Ulusoy](/source/%C3%87a%C4%9Fatay_Ulusoy)
|{{flag|Bulgaria}} ||Iva Nikolaeva Atanasova
|{{flag|Serbia}} ||Danijel Mihailovic
|[Plovdiv](/source/Plovdiv), [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)
|110 (53 female, 57 male)
|-
| 2011 ||[Tuğba Melis Türk](/source/Tu%C4%9Fba_Melis_T%C3%BCrk)[{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/magazin/magazinhatti/19257908.asp |newspaper=[Hürriyet](/source/H%C3%BCrriyet) |title=1'incilik Hakkımdı |author=Vural, Sinem|language=Turkish |accessdate=2011-11-17 }}]||Furkan Palalı[{{cite news |url=http://magazin.haberturk.com/herkes-bunu-konusuyor/haber/689032-asil-best-model-benim |newspaper=[Habertürk](/source/Habert%C3%BCrk) |title=Best Model Benim |author=Doğan, Oya |language=Turkish |accessdate=2011-11-16 }}]
----Serkan Tanırgan
|{{flag|Colombia}} ||Silvia Catalina Llanes Acevedo
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||Furkan Palalı
| rowspan="2" |[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/Turkey)
|76 (34 female, 42 male)
|-
| 2012 ||[Sezgi Sena Akay](/source/Sezgi_Sena_Akay)[{{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 }}]||[Berk Atan](/source/Berk_Atan)
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[Sezgi Sena Akay](/source/Sezgi_Sena_Akay)
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[Berk Atan](/source/Berk_Atan)
|98 (48 female, 50 male)
|-
| 2013 || Ayşenur Özkan ||Burak Çelik
|{{flag|Nigeria}} ||Onyinye Emeasoba
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||Burak Çelik
|[Sofia](/source/Sofia), [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)
|56 (28 female, 28 male)
|-
|2014[{{cite web | url = http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/?p=476919 | title = Cansu ve Caner birinciliği aldı | date = 10 June 2014 | publisher = [Kıbrıs Newspaper](/source/K%C4%B1br%C4%B1s_(newspaper)) | accessdate = 30 August 2014 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150621233734/http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/?p=476919 | archivedate = 21 June 2015}}]||Cansu Melis Karakuş||Caner Tanrıverdi*
|{{flag|Angola}} ||Ema Diogo
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||Caner Tanriverdi
|[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/Turkey)
|62 (33 female, 29 male)
|-
|2015
|Yağmur Ayrık
|Yılmaz Kunt*
|{{flag|Belgium}} ||Myriam Mawule
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||Yılmaz Kunt
|[Brussels](/source/Brussels), [Belgium](/source/Belgium)
|36 (18 female & 18 male)
|-
|2016
|Gizem Kayalı
|[Onur Seyit Yaran](/source/Onur_Seyit_Yaran)*
|{{flag|Nigeria}} ||Ejiro Joy Akpokiniovo
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||[Onur Seyit Yaran](/source/Onur_Seyit_Yaran)
|[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/Turkey)
|39 (19 female, 20 male)
|-
|2017
|Aslıhan Karalar
|Efe Sorarlı**
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||Aslıhan Karalar
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}} ||Januka Sachitya Bandara Rajapaksha
|[Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France)
|47 (22 female, 25 male)
|-
|2018
|Türkan Geyik
|Ulaş Özgür
|{{flag|Morocco}} ||Iman Casablanca
|{{flag|Italy}} ||Marco Sarra
| rowspan="2" |[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/Turkey)
|56 (24 female, 32 male)
|-
|2019
|Derya Ekşioğlu
|Tolga Kandemir
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||Derya Ekşioğlu
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}} ||Nuru Ahmedov[{{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 = }}]
|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](/source/COVID-19_pandemic)''}}
|-
|2021
| Bartu Dilmen
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|Aydan Yeşildağ
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|Nader Alayan
| rowspan="2" |[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/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
{{flag|Belarus}}
|Oğulşat Gagşalova
{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|2019
|Magali Hadji
{{flag|Andorra}}
|Sirikul Prayoonsiri
{{flag|Thailand}}
|-
|2018
|Türkan Geyik
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Anjali Vinodya Ramachandra Brahakmanage
{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|-
|2017
|Natsupa Thiansri
{{flag|Thailand}}
|Laurette Pea
{{flag|Gabon}}
|-
|2016
|Gizem Kayalı
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Valerie Breemans
{{flag|Belgium}}
|-
|2015
|''Unknown''
|''Unknown''
|-
|2014
|Cansu Melis Karakuş
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Rebecca Enz
{{flag|Liechtenstein}}
|-
|2013
|Ayşenur Özkan
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Yang Zishuo
{{flag|China}}
|-
|2012
|Anais Garnier
{{flag|Belgium}}
|Antonella Ponso
{{flag|Argentina}}
|-
|2011
|Tuğba Melis Türk
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Kenlly Yuriskar Palacios Aranguren
{{flag|Venezuela}}
|-
|2010
|Gunay Musayeva
{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|Anahi de Jesus Robles Vazquez
{{flag|Mexico}}
|-
|2009
|Dhurata Lipovica
{{flag|Kosovo}}
|Tuğçe Sarıkaya
{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|2008
|Yelda Kara
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Herlys Alejandra Ruiz Aguilar
{{flag|Venezuela|name=Margarita Island}}
|-
|2007
|Senem Kuyucuoğlu
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Liu Xiao-Ou
{{flag|Macau}}
|-
|2006
|Neslihan Önder
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Manette Mercado
{{flag|Philippines}}
|-
|2005
|Oleksandra Reznik
{{flag|Ukraine}}
|Alexandra Ivancenco
{{flag|Romania}}
|-
|2004
|Bridgette Tolentino Inoferio
{{flag|Philippines}}
|''Unknown''
{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|-
|2003
|Melissa Ann Andales Frye
{{flag|Philippines}}
|Şebnem Sürücü
{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|2002
|Irmak Atuk
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Liu A Nan
{{flag|China}}
|-
|2001
|Katerina Kiper
{{flag|Ukraine}}
|Yamila Coba
{{flag|Cuba}}
|-
|2000
|Tatiana Raway
{{flag|Rwanda}}
|Georgana Petkova Dinova
{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|-
|1999
|Alina Selesnyova
{{flag|Ukraine}}
|Gabriela Stoica
{{flag|Romania}}
|-
|1998
|Yulia Bochkova
{{flag|Russia}}
|Patricia Lang
{{flag|Austria}}
|-
|1997
|Oumy Bah
{{flag|Senegal}}
|Jacqueline Lienard
{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|-
|1996
|Geraldine Lisek
{{flag|Monaco}}
|Karolina Bednarz
{{flag|Poland}}
|-
|1995
|Agnieszka Jarocka
{{flag|Poland}}
|Caroline Chazelles
{{flag|Monaco}}
|-
|1994
|Lucy Seruwagi
{{flag|Uganda}}
|Anja Weise
{{flag|Germany}}
|-
|1993
|Georgia
{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Militza
{{flag|Monaco}}
|-
|1992
|Victoria Silvstedt
{{flag|Sweden}}
|Khoudia Seye
{{flag|Senegal}}
|-
|1991
|Deniz Pulaş
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Christina Wong
{{flag|Malaysia}}
|-
|1990
|Mônica Valéria Ponce Rodrigues
{{flag|Brazil}}
|Helen Chua
{{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
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Leo P.J. Colin
{{flag|France}}
|-
|2019
|Fabio Ponzo
{{flag|Belgium}}
|Tolga Kandemir
{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|2018
|Shakir Ahmedzade
{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|Ulaş Özgür
{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|2017
|Efe Sorarli
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Gregory Oplynus
{{flag|Denmark}}
|-
|2016
|Okan Demirok
{{flag|Serbia}}
|Khaan Roland
{{flag|Germany}}
|-
|2015
|Roussouw Steenkamp
{{flag|Belgium}}
|''Unknown''
|-
|2014
|Sébastien Maeyens
{{flag|Belgium}}
|Jonathan Bwanga
{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|-
|2013
|Douglas Schwengber da Silva
{{flag|Brazil}}
|Lucas Maspimby Carriel
{{flag|Martinique|snake}}
|-
|2012
|Nicolas Ruel
{{flag|France}}
|Seïd Mahamat
{{flag|Chad}}
|-
|2011
|Raphael Ventura
{{flag|Belgium}}
|Frédéric Cantillon
{{flag|Canada}}
|-
|2010
|Abdullah Ibrahim Gayberi
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Alex Martínez Prunez
{{flag|Spain}}
|-
|2009
|Vasa Nestorovic
{{flag|Serbia}}
|Bruno Damasceno e Souza Fernandes
{{flag|Brazil}}
|-
|2008
|Armağan Oğuz
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Christian Trenche Ocasio
{{flag|Puerto Rico}}
|-
|2007
|Lionel Denis
{{flag|Colombia}}
|Guillaume Duranton
{{flag|Liechtenstein}}
|-
|2006
|Sven Kiebooms
{{flag|Belgium}}
|Adrien Condeni
{{flag|France}}
|-
|2005
|Burak Özçivit
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Grégory Destordeur
{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|-
|
|''Unknown''
|''Unknown''
|-
|2003
|Jimmy Gravillon
{{flag|Guadeloupe|local}}
|Roshan Massillamany Ranawana
{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|-
|2002
|Fabrice Bertrand Wattez
{{flag|France}}
|Ji Huan Bo
{{flag|China}}
|-
|2001
|Mehmet Akif Alakurt
{{flag|Turkey}}
|Edward Kazanov
{{flag|Russia}}
|-
|2000
|Adnan Taletovich
{{flag|Slovenia}}
|Alp Kirşan
{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|1999
|Johann Berndt
{{flag|Belgium}}
|Vishal Singh Yadav
{{flag|India}}
|-
|1998
|Peter Eriksen
{{flag|Sweden}}
|Çağdaş Karasu
{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|1997
|Marc Grosy
{{flag|France}}
|Gerald Suitner
{{flag|Austria}}
|-
|1996
|Patrick Musimu
{{flag|Zaire}}
|Fuat Cingiler
{{flag|Turkey}}
|-
|1995
|Darryl Osada
{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Christian Forcher
{{flag|Austria}}
|}
|}
== See also ==
* [List of beauty pageants](/source/List_of_beauty_pageants)
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Hatnote|This article incorporates information from its [corresponding article](/source/%3Atr%3ABest_Model_of_Turkey) 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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