The Miss Universe Czechia () is a national

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in the

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. The pageant was founded in 2005, where the winners were sent to

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History

The Czech Miss was established in 2005 and is organized and produced by Michaela Maláčová, Miss Czechoslovakia 1991 and director of Miss Marketing s.r.o. From 2005 to 2009, the pageant selected a winner to represent the country in

, and a first runner up participated in the

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 one ...

pageant. In 2010, Czech Miss and its rival pageant,

Miss Czech Republic Miss Czech Republic is a national beauty pageant in the Czech Republic where the winner represents the country at Miss World. History Miss Czech Republic was founded by Taťána Makarenko, who still organizes the pageant. The organization was ...

() merged under the direction of Maláčová, and two winners were selected. The winner of Czech Miss 2010 competed in

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and Czech Miss World 2010 vied in

Miss World 2010 Miss World 2010 was the 60th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China, on 30 October 2010, after Vietnam backed out of the hosting contract. Kaiane Aldorino of Gibraltar crowned Alexandria ...

, while the first runner up competed in

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pageant. Since 2011 the pageant has selected three winners: Czech Miss, Czech Miss World, and Czech Miss Earth to compete in Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Earth respectively. In 2015 Marcela Krplová became co-owner. After that previous runner up of Miss Czech Republic Ivana Kubelková became patron. In 2016 company was taken over by Martin Ditmar and Eva Čerešňáková. Since 2016 Ceska miss lost the license of Miss

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to Miss Czech Republic. In 2018 Čerešňáková sold her part in company to Miss Events a.s. and Juliette Armand. In 2012, Czech Miss pageant produced an international winner for the first time when

Tereza Fajksová Tereza Fajksová (born 17 May 1989) is a Czech model and beauty queen who won Miss Earth 2012. Fajksová is the first delegate from the Czech Republic to win the Miss Earth title. Biography Fajksová comes from the small town of Ivančice in ...

won

Miss Earth 2012 Miss Earth 2012 was the 12th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Versailles Palace in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines, on November 24, 2012. Olga Álava of Ecuador crowned Tereza Fajksová of the Czech Republic as her succe ...

in the Miss Earth pageant. Since 2025, Czech Miss change their competition name to Miss Universe Czechia.

International crowns

* One –

winner: Tereza Fajksová (

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) * One – Miss Global winner: Karolína Kokešová (2019)

Titleholders

Titleholders under Česká Miss org.

Current franchise

Miss Universe Česko

::''From 1993 to 2004, the Czech Republic competed at the

under the

Miss České republiky Miss České republiky, originally named Miss Československo (), is the most prestigious national beauty pageant in the Czech Republic. History Early winners The First Czech Queen: 1910 The Czech Republic had its first beauty queen in 19 ...

organization which the winners represented the nation. In 2005, Michaela Maláčová established Czech Miss, whose winner then competed in the Miss Universe pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify due to the age requirement, a runner-up is sent.''

Past franchise

Česká Miss Earth

::''The Czech Republic was first represented in Miss Earth in 2002 by Apolena Tůmová who was chosen by another organization. The Czech Republic was not represented in Miss Earth in 2001, 2003 and 2004. From 2005 to 2009, after Michaela Maláčová established Czech Miss, the runner-up of the pageant competed at the Miss Earth pageant. Since 2010, Czech Miss has selected three national winners, where the third winner is awarded the title of Czech Miss Earth and goes on to represent the Czech Republic in the Miss Earth pageant.''

Česká Miss World

::''From 1993 to 2009, the Czech Republic competed at

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, Mi ...

through the

organization. However, in 2010, after the pageant went bankrupt, Michaela Maláčová took over the Miss World franchise in the Czech Republic. The second placed of the Česká Miss was assigned to Miss World. In 2016 due to police investigation of previous owner Marcela Krplová, Miss World decided to stopped down cooperation with Czech Miss.''

Galleries

Barbora Hodačová for CHI 44 Iron Guard.jpg, Česká Miss 2019,
Barbora Hodačová,

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Andrea Bezdekova 2016.jpg, Česká Miss 2016,
Andrea Bezděková,

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Nikol Švantnerová seated, Show Jana Krause.jpg, Česká Miss 2015,

Nikol Švantnerová Miss Universe 2015 was the 64th Miss Universe pageant, held at The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 20, 2015. This was the first edition of the pageant to be held under the ownership of WME/IMG, which purchased the Miss Un ...

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Gabriela Frankova 2014.jpg, Česká Miss 2014,
Gabriela Franková,

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Gabriela Kratochvílová 2013.JPG, Česká Miss 2013,

Gabriela Kratochvílová Gabriela Lašková (née Kratochvílová; born 11 February 1990) is a Czech model, anchor, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Czech Miss 2013 and represented Czech Republic at Miss Universe 2013 Miss Universe 2013 was the 62nd M ...

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Vysočina Jitka Nováčková for Answear.jpg, Česká Miss 2011,

Jitka Nováčková Jitka Nováčková (born 28 April 1992) is a Czech model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Czech Miss 2011 and subsequently represented the Czech Republic in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant. Early life Born in České Budějovice, No ...

Portrait of Jitka Válková in 2013 in Prague.jpg, Česká Miss 2010,

Jitka Válková Jitka Boho, née Válková (born 11 November 1991) is a Czech singer, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Česká Miss 2010 and finished in the top 15 in Miss Universe 2010. Early life Originally from Třebíč, Válkova studied ...

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Vysočina Iveta Lutovska.jpg, Česká Miss 2009,
Iveta Lutovská,

Eliska Buckova Olympia 2013.jpg, Česká Miss 2008,

Eliška Bučková Miss Universe 2008 was the 57th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008. This was the first time that the Miss Universe pageant was broadcast in 1080i High-definition television, High-de ...

Lucie Hadašová 2013.JPG, Česká Miss 2007,
Lucie Hadašová,

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Nikola Buranská 2014.JPG, Česká Miss Earth 2014

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Monika Leova Olympia 2013.jpg, Česká Miss Earth 2013

Monika Leová Monika Leová (born 23 July 1991 in Prague) is a Czech TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Czech Miss 2013 and represented her country at Miss Earth 2013. Monika was born in the Czech Republic to a Vietnamese father (Lê Đình ...

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Tereza Fajksova Olympia 2013.jpg, Česká Miss Earth 2012

Karolina Kokesova osobni.jpg, Česká Miss Global 2019 and Miss Global 2019
Karolína Kokešová,

References

External links

Official Česká Miss website
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