Czech Republic at major beauty pageants

This is a list of Czech Republic's (not Czechoslovakia) representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]

The country has won two victories:

Czech Republic's Big Four Titleholders
Color Key
  •   Ended as Runner-up or Finalists
  •   Ended as one of the Semi-finalists or Quarter-finalists
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2021 TBA Karolína Kopíncová
TBA		 TBA TBA
2020 Klára Vavrušková
TBA		 ↑ No Pageant Held x
2019 Barbora Hodačová Denisa Spergerová Andrea Prchalová Klára Vavrušková
2nd Runner-Up
2018 Lea Šteflíčková Kateřina Kasanová Daniela Zálešáková Tereza Křivánková
2017 Michaela Habáňová x Alice Činčurová Iva Uchytilová
Top 8
2016 Andrea Bezděková Natálie Kotková x Kristýna Kubíčková
2015 Nikol Švantnerová Andrea Kalousová x Karolína Mališová
Top 16
2014 Gabriela Franková Tereza Skoumalová x Nikola Buranská
2013 Gabriela Kratochvilová Lucie Kovandová x Monika Leová
2012 Tereza Chlebovská Linda Bartošová x Tereza Fajksová
WINNER
2011 Jitka Nováčková Denisa Domanská x Šárka Cojocarová
2010 Jitka Válková
Top 15		 Veronika Machová Lucie Smatanová Carmen Justová
Top 14
2009 Iveta Lutovská
Top 10		 Aneta Vignerová Darja Jacukevičová Tereza Budková
2008 Eliška Bučková
Top 15		 Zuzana Jandová Zuzana Putnářová
4th Runner-Up		 Hana Svobodová
Top 16
2007 Lucie Hadašová
Top 15		 Kateřina Sokolová Veronika Pompeová
Top 15		 Eva Čerešňáková
Top 16
2006 Renata Langmannová Taťána Kuchařová
WINNER		 Kateřina Pospíšilová Petra Soukupová
Top 8
2005 Kateřina Smejkalová Lucie Králová Petra Macháčková Zuzana Štěpanovská
Top 16
2004 Lucie Váchová Jana Doleželová
Top 15		 Michaela Wostlová x
2003 Kateřina Smržová
Top 10		 Lucie Váchová x x
2002 Diana Kobzanová Kateřina Smržová Lenka Taussigová Apolena Tůmová
2001 Petra Kocarova Andrea Fišerová Andrea Vranová ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines. Czech Republic send their first delegate in 2002.)
2000 Jitka Kocurová Michaela Salačová Markéta Svobodná
Top 15
1999 Petra Faltýnová Helena Houdová Šárka Sikorová
Top 15
1998 Kristina Fridvalská Alena Šeredová
Top 5		 Petra Faltýnová
Top 15
1997 Petra Minářová Terezie Dobrovolná Gabriela Justinová
1996 Renata Hornofová Petra Minářová Zdenka Zadražilová
1995 Eva Kotulanová Kateřina Kasalová Renata Hornofová
2nd Runner-Up
1994 x Lenka Beličková ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. Czech Republic send their first delegate in 1995)
1993 Pavlína Barbuková
Top 10		 Simona Smejkalová
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States. Czech Republic send their first delegate in 1993)		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom. Czech Republic send their first delegate in 1993)


× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Pageant Placements Best result
Miss Universe 6 Top 10 (1993, 2003, 2009)
Miss World 3 Winner (2006)
Miss International 6 2nd Runner-up (1995)
Miss Earth 9 Winner (2012)
Total 24 2 TITLES

References
  1. Ornos, Riza (30 September 2013). "Philippines, Brazil And Venezuela: Three Countries To Win The Big Four International Beauty Pageants". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. Kanja, Kirstin (20 December 2019). "Beauty with a purpose: What it means to be Miss World, Miss Universe". Standard Media. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  7. News, Reuters (13 December 2013). "The Philippines earns another crown". Reuters. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  8. Joel, Guinto (13 March 2015). "PH Cinderellas 'duck walk' to world stage". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  9. Joel, Guinto (12 March 2015). "In beauty pageants, Philippines' modern day Cinderellas seize world stage". GMA News Online. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  10. Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  11. Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  12. Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

See also


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