The Miss Nederland is a national

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in the

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. The pageant was founded in 1929 in Amsterdam.

History

Former pageant

From 1929 to 1931, the Netherlands held a national pageant in Amsterdam for the first time called "Miss Holland". From 1932 to 1949 the pageant was briefly discontinued and later recommenced in 1951 by the Miss Holland Organization. In 1951 the Netherlands debuted at the

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pageant and the

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pageant in 1956. The national beauty pageant was called "Miss Holland" from 1950 until 1990, since that year the winner competed at the

, while runners-up traditionally competed at the

pageant and the

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pageant. Since 1991 it became known as "Miss Nederland" whose winner went on to the

pageant. From 1991 to 2008 the Miss Universe representatives were selected from "Miss Universe Netherlands" pageant. The program was televised live on Veronica television.

Organizers

*1929–1976 — “Het Leven” (the Life) *1977–1978 — Corinne Rottschaefer (De Telegraph) *1989–2008 — Hans Konings(CEO) Miss Nederland 0rganisatie in cooperation with RTL4 and SBS6 *1991–1994 — Miss Universe Nederland by Veronica TV *2009–2019 — Kim Kötter *2020–Present — Monica van Ee (Hannah)

Miss Nederland Organisation

In 2009, Kim Kötter became the national director of the Netherlands. She competed at the Miss Universe 2002 in

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. Usually, the Miss Nederland titleholder will compete at both the

and the

pageant. In 2013, two winners were crowned as the Miss Netherlands Universe and Miss Netherlands World pageant to represent their country at the

and

pageants, respectively. In 2016, the Miss Nederland only had the

franchise. In 2024, the Miss Nederland gave up the

franchise and a new

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pageant was established.

Titleholders

The magazine “Het Leven” (the Life) organised the first Miss Holland pageant. The winners of Miss Holland between 1929 and 1935 attended International Pageant of Pulchritude (Miss Universe) in Galveston, USA. Later from 1991 to 2008 the Miss Universe Nederland pageant was broadcast live on Veronica television. In 2009 Kim Kötter got also the right to send a girl to the Miss World pageant. She also took over the Miss Nederland franchise. Since that year Miss Nederland winner goes to

pageant.

Results

Past titleholders under Miss Nederland org.

Miss Universe Nederland

::''The winner of Miss Nederland former: "Miss Holland" represents her country at the

pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.''

Miss World Nederland

::''Between 1951-1990 Netherlands was competed at the

contest by Miss Holland 1st Runner-up or sometimes, Winner. While in 1991-2008 the Miss Netherlands selected the official candidate to the

pageant. Between 1990 and 2008 Miss World Netherlands had selected by Miss Netherlands (Another agency Hans Konings). Between 2009 and 2015 Miss Nederland by Kim Kötter selects a runner-up to

. Since 2016 the Miss World Netherlands is holding an official pageant to select a national winner for Miss World. The new franchise holder in the Netherlands, Katia Maes produced several successful Dutch young women in different pageants worldwide.''

References

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External links

Miss Nederland
Beauty pageants in the Netherlands Recurring events established in 1956 1956 establishments in the Netherlands Dutch awards