{{Short description|Beauty pageant}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{More footnotes needed|date=November 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss World Bulgaria |image = Miss World logo.svg |formation = 1988 |founder = Strahil Ganovski |type = [[beauty pageant]] |membership = [[Miss World]] |headquarters = Sofia |location = Bulgaria |language = [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] |leader_title = President |leader_name = [[Veneta Krasteva]] |key_people = [[Julia Morley]] |website = {{URL|missworldbulgaria.org/en/}} }}
'''Miss World Bulgaria''' ([[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Мис Свят България) is a national [[beauty pageant]] in the Bulgaria that selects [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] representatives to compete in two of the [[Big Four international beauty pageants]]: [[Miss World]] and [[Miss International]] and selects five other titleholders to participate in [[List of beauty pageants#Minor international pageants|minor international pageants]] such as [[Miss Grand International]], [[Miss Asia Pacific]], [[Top Model of the World]], [[Miss Tourism International]] and [[Miss Model of the World]].
== Owners == {{unreferenced section|date=March 2024}} Miss World Bulgaria was 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, the first and only Bulgarian at two of the largest and oldest international pageants in the world Miss World and Miss Universe – Miss World Bulgaria 2015 and Miss Universe Bulgaria 2013 Veneta Krasteva is the exclusive licensee and national director of Miss World Bulgaria, Mister World Bulgaria, Miss Universe Bulgaria and Miss Grand Bulgaria a national pageants that searches for Bulgarian' representative to the [[Miss World]], [[Mister World]], [[Miss Universe]] and [[Miss Grand International]] contest respectively.
Over the years, Bulgarian representatives to the international Miss World pageants were chosen from candidates at the Miss World Bulgaria and Miss Bulgaria pageants.
==Bulgarian representatives at Miss World== ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists }} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center" !width="60"|Year||width="250"|Miss World Bulgaria||width="250"|Placement at Miss World |- | 1988 || Sonia Vassilieva || |- | 1989 | colspan=3 {{n/a|No pageant in 1989}} |- | 1990 || Violeta Galabova || |- | 1991 || Liubomira Slavcheva || |- | 1992 || Elena Draganova || |- | 1993 || Vera Roussinova || |- | 1994 || Stella Ognianova || |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1995 || Evgenia Kalkandzhieva || Top 10 |- | 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 || |- | 2006 | colspan=3 {{n/a|No pageant in 2006}} |- | 2007 || Paolina Racheva || |- | 2008 || Julia Yurevich || |- | 2009 || [[Antonia Petrova]] || |- | 2010 || Romina Andonova || |- | 2011 || Vanya Peneva<ref>cite web=url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/129788/Miss+Bulgaria+2011+Still+Looking+for+Mr+Right|title=Vanya Peneva Miss Bulgaria 2012|website=novinite.com</ref> || |- | 2012 || Gabriela Vasileva || |- | 2013 || [[Nansi Karaboycheva]] || |- | 2014 | colspan=3 {{n/a|No pageant in 2014}} |- | 2015 || [[Veneta Krasteva]] || |- | 2016 || Galina Mihaylova || |- | 2017 || Veronika Stefanova || |- | 2018 || Kalina Miteva || |- | 2019 || Margo Cooper || |- | 2020 | colspan=3 {{n/a|Due to the impact of [[COVID-19 pandemic]], no pageant in 2020}} |- | 2021 || Eva Dobreva<ref>{{Cite web|title=Miss World Bulgaria 2021|url=https://www.missworld.com/#/contestants/5741|website=[[Miss World]]}}</ref> || |- | 2022 || Kristiyana Yordanova<ref>{{cite news|title=И Мис Свят България дойде от Канада|trans-title=Miss World Bulgaria hails from Canada|language=bg|url=https://www.bgdnes.bg/Article/13271582|publisher=[[Bulgaria Dnes]]|date=9 December 2022|accessdate=22 January 2023}}</ref> || {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- | 2023 || Ivana Subeva || |- | 2024 || Elvira Yordanova || {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- | 2025 || Teodora Miltenova || |}
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==External links== *[http://www.bokstarmodels.com/en/ Miss World Bulgaria Official Website]
{{Miss World countries and territories}}
[[Category:Miss World by country|Bulgaria]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in Bulgaria]] [[Category:Bulgarian awards]] [[Category:Bulgarian women]] [[Category:Awards established in 1988]] [[Category:Recurring events established in 1988]] [[Category:1988 establishments in Bulgaria]]