Miss Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi) is a national

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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey Universe, Miss Turkey World and Miss Turkey Supranational.

History

Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspaper ''

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''. Since 1980, it has been run by the "Miss Turkey Organization". Between the years 1980–1990, the contest was sponsored by the newspapers '' Güneş'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Bulvar'', and some others.

Broadcasts

With the establishment of private TV channels in Turkey in 1990, the channels Magic Box,

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, Channel D,

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, NTV, CNBC-e and

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took over the promotion of the pageant. The title "Miss Turkey" is a registered

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National franchise holders

The main winner of Miss Turkey goes to

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss In ...

. The Miss Turkey Organization also crowns delegates to

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, and Miss Supranational beauty pageants.

International winners

''Note: Not all winners are determined by the current Miss Turkey Organization.'' - ''

'' * 2002:

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- '' Miss Top Model of the World'' * 2001: Yeliz Celiskan * 2003: Nihan Akkuş - ''Miss Intercontinental'' * 1999: Mine Erbaykent - ''Miss Asia Pacific'' * 1979: Ayla Atlas * 1984: Melek Gurkan * 1998: Arzu Albayrak - ''

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'' * 1952:

Günseli Başar Günseli Başar (22 January 1932 – 20 April 2013) was a Turkish beauty contestant and columnist who was crowned Miss Turkey 1951 and Miss Europe 1952. Biography Başar was born on February 22, 1932, to an officer's family in İstanbul, w ...

* 1971:

Filiz Vural Filiz Vural (born 1953) is a former Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1971. She participated at a beauty pageant organized by the newspaper ''Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the major Turkish newspapers, founded in 1 ...

* 1982:

Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu (born c. 1960) is a Turkish ballet dancer and a former beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1982. Biography She was educated in ballet dancing at the Conservatory of Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, Turkey. She danced in ...

* 1984:

Neşe Erberk Neşe Erberk (born October 14, 1964) is a Turkish businesswoman, a former fashion model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1984. Biography She was born on October 14, 1964, in Istanbul, Turkey. She completed her education at Robert College an ...

* 1993:

Arzum Onan Arzum Onan (born October 31, 1973) is a Turkish actress, former model and Miss Europe 1993. Biography She was born on October 31, 1973, in Ankara, Turkey. Her family is of Circassian descent. After the primary school in Ankara, her family moved ...

- ''

'' * 1932:

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Unsuccessful attempts to participate

''(DNC)'' = Did not compete (*) The Miss Universe-delegate during the year 2000,

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, was forbidden by the Turkish Government to travel to the 2000 Miss Universe pageant, in

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, unless she could pass through

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, which was then forbidden for any visitor to the Republic of Cyprus. The competition committee in Turkey made arrangements for her to travel through

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, but the day before her departure the government refused to let her go, "for political reasons". This was the second delegate that was not allowed to represent Turkey that year. (*) Ahu Ağırbaş who was crowned Miss Turkey/International 2013 did not compete, due to maximum age recruitment. (**) Competition was arranged after the deadline of the Miss Universe pageant, and the competition committee could not send a delegate. The delegate who was supposed to enter the Miss Universe pageant, competed the following year instead.

Titleholders

1929-1991

: Winner International Title : Miss Turkey Universe : Miss Turkey World : Miss Turkey International : Miss Turkey Europe

1992-2016

2017-present

Representatives to international beauty pageants

::''Miss Turkey sends representatives to the Big Four, the world's four most important beauty contest. Traditionally, the major titleholders of Miss Turkey represent the country at the

and

Miss Supranational Miss Supranational is an annual international female beauty pageant, started in 2009, and with most contests held in Poland and a parallel male contest, Mister Supranational, began in 2016, also in Poland. The current owners of Miss and Mister ...

and other titles might go to

and

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is on ...

pageants.''

Miss Turkey Universe

::''On some occasions, the winner of Miss Turkey Universe represents her country at the

.''

Miss Turkey World

::''On some occasions, the winner of Miss Turkey World represents her country at the

.''

Miss Turkey Supranational

::''On some occasions, the winner of Miss Turkey Supranational represents her country at the

.''

References

External links

Miss Globe official website

Miss Turkey official website
{{Beauty contests in Europe Beauty pageants in Turkey Annual events in Turkey

1929 establishments in Turkey Recurring events established in 1929 Turkish awards