Poland at major beauty pageants
This is a list of Poland's official 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 four victories:
- One — Miss World crown (1989)
- Three — Miss International crowns (1991 • 1993 • 2001)
Poland's Big Four titleholders
Poland has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][13] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[14][15][16]
- Color Key
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | TBA | Karolina Bielawska TBA |
TBA | TBA |
2020 | Magdalena Kasiborska TBA |
↑ No Pageant Held | Sabina Półtawska Top 8 | |
2019 | Olga Buława | Milena Sadowska Top 40 |
Karina Szczepanek | Krystyna Sokołowska Top 10 |
2018 | Magdalena Swat Top 20 |
Agata Biernat | Marta Pałucka | Aleksandra Grysz |
2017 | Katarzyna Włodarek | Magdalena Bieńkowska Top 40 |
Paulina Maziarz | Dominika Szymańska |
2016 | Izabella Krzan | Kaja Klimkiewicz | Magdalena Bieńkowska Top 15 |
Magdalena Kucharska |
2015 | Weronika Szmajdzińska | Marta Pałucka Top 20 |
Ewa Mielnicka | Magdalena Ho |
2014 | Marcela Chmielowska | Ada Sztajerowska | Zaneta Pludowska | Patrycja Dorywalska |
2013 | Paulina Krupińska | Katarzyna Krzeszowska | Katarzyna Oracka | Aleksandra Szczęsna Top 8 |
2012 | Marcelina Zawadzka Top 16 |
Weronika Szmajdzińska | Rozalia Mancewicz | Justyna Rajczyk Top 16 |
2011 | Rozalia Mancewicz | Angelika Ogryzek | Adrianna Wojciechowska | x |
2010 | Maria Nowakowska | Agata Szewioła | Zaneta Sitko | Beata Polakowska |
2009 | Angelika Jakubowska | Anna Jamróz Top 16 |
Angelika Jakubowska | Izabela Wilczek Top 8 |
2008 | Barbara Tatara | Klaudia Ungerman | Anna Maria Tarnowska 2nd Runner-Up |
Karolina Filipkowska Top 16 |
2007 | Dorota Gawron | Karolina Zakrzewska | Dorota Gawron | Barbara Tatara |
2006 | Francys Sudnicka | Marzena Cieślik | Marta Jakoniuk | Francys Sudnicka Top 8 |
2005 | Marta Kossakowska | Malwina Ratajczak | Monika Szeroka | Katarzyna Borowicz 2nd Runner-Up |
2004 | Paulina Panek | Katarzyna Borowicz Top 5 |
Marta Matyjasik | Karolina Gorazda Top 16 |
2003 | Iwona Makuch | Karolina Gorazda | x | Marta Matyjasik 3rd Runner-Up |
2002 | Joanna Drozdowska | Marta Matyjasik | Monika Angermann Top 12 |
Agnieszka Portka |
2001 | Monika Gruda | Joanna Drozdowska | Małgorzata Rozniecka WINNER |
x |
2000 | Emilia Raszynska | Justyna Bergmann | Emilia Raszynska | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines) |
1999 | Katarzyna Pakula | Marta Kwiecień | Adrianna Gerczew Top 12 | |
1998 | Sylwia Małgorzata Kupiec | Izabela Opęchowska | Agnieszka Osińska Top 12 | |
1997 | Agnieszka Zielińska | Roksana Jonek | Agnieszka Myko Top 12 | |
1996 | Monika Chróścicka-Wnętrzak | Agnieszka Zielińska | Monika Adamek | |
1995 | Magdalena Pęcikiewicz | Ewa Jzabella Tylecka | x | |
1994 | Joanna Brykczyńska | Jadwiga Flank | Ilona Felicjańska | |
1993 | Marzenna Wolska | Aleksandra Spieczyńska | Agnieszka Pachalko WINNER | |
1992 | Izabela Filipowska | Ewa Wachowicz Top 5 |
Elżbieta Dziech | |
1991 | Joanna Michalska | Karina Wojciechowska | Agnieszka Kotlarska WINNER | |
1990 | Małgorzata Obieżalska | Ewa Szymczak Top 10 |
Ewa Szymczak Top 10 | |
1989 | Joanna Gapińska 3rd Runner-Up |
Aneta Kręglicka WINNER |
Aneta Kręglicka 1st Runner-Up | |
1988 | x | Joanna Gapińska | x | |
1987 | x | Monika Nowosadko Top 6 |
Monika Nowosadko | |
1986 | Brygida Bziukiewicz 3rd Runner-Up |
Renata Fatla | Renata Fatla | |
1985 | Katarzyna Zawidzka | Katarzyna Zawidzka Top 15 |
Katarzyna Zawidzka | |
1984 | Joanna Karska | Magdalena Jaworska | x | |
1983 | x | Lidia Wasiak | x | |
1982 | x | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom. Poland send their first delegate in 1983) |
x | |
1981 | x | x | ||
1980 | x | x | ||
1979 | x | x | ||
1978 | x | x | ||
1977 | x | x | ||
1976 | x | x | ||
1975 | x | x | ||
1974 | x | x | ||
1973 | x | x | ||
1972 | x | x | ||
1971 | x | x | ||
1970 | x | x | ||
1969 | x | x | ||
1968 | x | x | ||
1967 | x | x | ||
1966 | x | ↑ No Pageant Held | ||
1965 | x | x | ||
1964 | x | x | ||
1963 | x | x | ||
1962 | x | x | ||
1961 | x | x | ||
1960 | x | Marzena Malinowska Top 15 | ||
1959 | Zuzanna Cembrowska Top 16 |
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan) | ||
1958 | Alicja Bobrowska 4th Runner-Up | |||
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States. Poland send their first delegate in 1958) | ||||
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 6 | 3rd Runner-Up (1986, 1989) |
Miss World | 10 | Winner (1989) |
Miss International | 12 | Winner (1991 • 1993 • 2001) |
Miss Earth | 10 | 2nd Runner-Up (2005) |
Total | 38 | 4 TITLES |
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