# Miss World Bulgaria

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Miss World Bulgaria Formation 1988 Founder Strahil Ganovski Type beauty pageant Headquarters Sofia Location Bulgaria Members Miss World Official language Bulgarian President Veneta Krasteva Key people Julia Morley Website missworldbulgaria.org/en/

**Miss World Bulgaria** ([Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarian_language): Мис Свят България) is a national [beauty pageant](/source/Beauty_pageant) in the Bulgaria that selects [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarians) representatives to compete in two of the [Big Four international beauty pageants](/source/Big_Four_international_beauty_pageants): [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) and [Miss International](/source/Miss_International) and selects five other titleholders to participate in [minor international pageants](/source/List_of_beauty_pageants#Minor_international_pageants) such as [Miss Grand International](/source/Miss_Grand_International), [Miss Asia Pacific](/source/Miss_Asia_Pacific), [Top Model of the World](/source/Top_Model_of_the_World), [Miss Tourism International](/source/Miss_Tourism_International) and [Miss Model of the World](/source/Miss_Model_of_the_World).

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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](/source/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](/source/Miss_World), [Mister World](/source/Mister_World), [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) and [Miss Grand International](/source/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**

- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year Miss World Bulgaria Placement at Miss World 1988 Sonia Vassilieva 1989 No pageant in 1989 1990 Violeta Galabova 1991 Liubomira Slavcheva 1992 Elena Draganova 1993 Vera Roussinova 1994 Stella Ognianova 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 No pageant in 2006 2007 Paolina Racheva 2008 Julia Yurevich 2009 Antonia Petrova 2010 Romina Andonova 2011 Vanya Peneva[1] 2012 Gabriela Vasileva 2013 Nansi Karaboycheva 2014 No pageant in 2014 2015 Veneta Krasteva 2016 Galina Mihaylova 2017 Veronika Stefanova 2018 Kalina Miteva 2019 Margo Cooper 2020 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 2021 Eva Dobreva[2] 2022 Kristiyana Yordanova[3] Did not compete 2023 Ivana Subeva 2024 Elvira Yordanova Did not compete 2025 Teodora Miltenova

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** cite web=url=[http://www.novinite.com/articles/129788/Miss+Bulgaria+2011+Still+Looking+for+Mr+Right%7Ctitle=Vanya](http://www.novinite.com/articles/129788/Miss+Bulgaria+2011+Still+Looking+for+Mr+Right%7Ctitle=Vanya) Peneva Miss Bulgaria 2012|website=novinite.com

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Miss World Bulgaria 2021"](https://www.missworld.com/#/contestants/5741). *[Miss World](/source/Miss_World)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["И Мис Свят България дойде от Канада"](https://www.bgdnes.bg/Article/13271582) [Miss World Bulgaria hails from Canada] (in Bulgarian). [Bulgaria Dnes](/source/Bulgaria_Dnes). 9 December 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

## External links

- [Miss World Bulgaria Official Website](http://www.bokstarmodels.com/en/)

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