Miss Estonia is a national

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. The main winners mostly competed at

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History

The first Miss Estonia was elected in April 1923, her name was Sinaida Tamm. The competition was arranged by "Estonia Film" and the main aim was to find a new actress. In 1925 the competition was arranged by a major newspaper "Päevaleht". In 1931, Lilli Silberg was the first runner-up at the Miss Europe contest in Paris. In 1932, Nadezda Peedi-Hoffmann was elected Miss Estonia and she held the title for 56 years, until 1988, when Heli Mets was awarded the title. Since then Estonia has had 15 beauty queens. Miss Estonia has been participating in the

pageant since 1993, starting with Kersti Tänavsuu.

Cancellation

In 2019, the Eesti Miss beauty pageant was cancelled due to the lack of supporters for the annual project.

Mister Estonia

Valeri Kirss also produced the annual Mister Estonia (Mister Eesti) under Eesti Miss Estonia but the pageant does not exist since 2009. Here mentioned the recent winners: *2008 — Kaido Matson *2006 — Villu Loonde

Franchise holders

* Estonia Film (1920s) * Valeri Kirss (1988―2013) Miss Estonia licence holder ( -2031) * Yuliia Pavlikova (2024) * Leo-Sergei Täht Miss World Estonia license holder (2021- )

Titleholders

Big Four pageants representatives

Miss Universe Estonia

Miss World Estonia

Notes

* In 1993, Kersti Tänavsuu (Miss Estonia 1993 First runner up) became the first Estonian representative in the Miss Universe pageant. * Other times that the first runner up replaced the original winner in Miss Universe competition are Mari Loorens (1998), Katrin Susi (2003) and Julia Kovaljova (2008). * In 2005, Jana Kuvaitseva didn't compete in

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for personal reasons but none of her runners up was sent to Thailand. * The pageant produces 4 Miss Baltic Sea winners: Liis Tappo (1992), Eva Maria Laan (1995), Kadri Väljaots (1999) and Dagmar Makko (2001).

References

{{Miss World countries and territories Miss Universe by country Beauty pageants in Estonia Recurring events established in 1923 1923 establishments in Estonia Estonian awards