{{Short description|Beauty contest}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox organization | image = | caption = | map = | formation = 1994 | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | language = [[Bangla language|Bangla]] | budget = | name = Miss Bangladesh | image_border = | image_size = | map_size = | map_caption = | headquarters = [[Dhaka]] | location = Bangladesh | membership = [[Miss World]]<br />(1994-2001) | num_staff = | successor = [[Miss World Bangladesh]] | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = | parent_organisation = | website = {{URL|www.missbangladesh.com}} }}
'''Miss Bangladesh''' is the oldest national [[beauty pageant]] in [[Bangladesh]] that annually selected representatives to compete [[Miss World]] from 1994 to 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/miss-world-bangladesh-2019-announced-today-1795954|title=Miss World 2019 launched in Bangladesh|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref>
==History== The Miss Bangladesh Contest was first organized in 1994, but the event did not attract national media attention. In 1994, Anika Taher first represented Bangladesh at the beauty pageant [[Miss World 1994]] held in [[Sun City, South Africa]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/28484/the-story-of-beauty-contest-in-bangladesh|title=The story of beauty contest in Bangladesh|work=[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]]}}</ref> Shaila Simi was awarded the Miss Ruposhi Dhaka, Bangladesh award in 1998. Sonia Gazi (who was Miss Bangladesh 2000) received media attention.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/year-old-sonia-gazi-of-bangladesh-enter-the-stage-news-photo/51506143|title=Sonia Gazi of Bangladesh enter the stage contending in the Miss World 2000}}</ref> Bangladesh has not sent a representative to Miss World since 2001. The pageant returned briefly for one year in 2007 and was organized by Apurbo.com and sponsored by Motherland Group/Cinevision.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/tags/miss-bangladesh-2007|title=Miss Bangladesh 2007|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> However, the winner did not take part in [[Miss World]]. After 16 years later Antar Showbiz was created Miss World Bangladesh to give Bangladesh the opportunity to participate in the "Miss World" pageant again.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/jannatul-nayeem-stripped-crown-controversy-jessia-islam-new-miss-world-bangladesh-2017-1471516|title=Jannatul stripped of crown, Jessia new Miss World Bangladesh|date=4 October 2017|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref> Since 2024, the winner of Miss Bangladesh Beauty Pageant represents Bangladesh at [[Miss Earth]], one of the [[Big Four international beauty pageants]].
== Miss Bangladesh (1994-2007) == ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as finalist or semifinalist. }} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !width="30" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss Bangladesh !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss World !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards |- | [[Miss World 1994|1994]] | [[Anika Taher]] | Unplaced | |- |- | [[Miss World 1995|1995]] | [[Yasmin Bilkis Sathi]] | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss World 1996|1996]] | [[Rehnuma Dilruba Chitra]] | Unplaced | |- | Colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not compete Miss World 1997}} | |- | [[Miss World 1998|1998]] | [[Shaila Simi]] | Did not compete | |- | [[Miss World 1999|1999]] | [[Tania Rahman Tonni]] | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss World 2000|2000]] | [[Sonia Gazi]] | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss World 2001|2001]] | [[Tabassum Ferdous Shaon]] | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss World 2007|2007]] | [[Jannatul Ferdous Peya]] | Did not compete | |- |}
==See also== *[[Miss Universe Bangladesh]] *[[Miss World Bangladesh]] *[[Miss Earth Bangladesh]] *[[Miss Grand Bangladesh]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Miss Bangladesh}} * {{Official website|http://www.missworld.com}}
{{Miss World countries and territories}}
[[Category:Beauty pageants in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Women in Bangladesh]] [[Category:1994 establishments in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Bangladeshi awards]] [[Category:Competitions in Bangladesh]]