The Miss Turkey () is a national

beauty pageant A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes sol ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

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

History

The Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspaper ''

Cumhuriyet ''Cumhuriyet'' (; English: "Republic") is the oldest up-market Turkish daily newspaper. It has been described as "the most important independent public interest newspaper in contemporary Turkey". The newspaper was awarded the ''Freedom of Press ...

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

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

'', ''

Tercüman ''Tercüman: Halka ve Olaylara'' was a Turkish daily newspaper. It was founded in 1955 by Kemal Ilıcak (1932–1993), and associated with the center-right. It was based in the now demolished Tercüman Building. It was temporarily closed d ...

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

Broadcasts

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

Show TV Show TV is a Turkish free-to-air national television channel, established in 1991 by Erol Aksoy, Dinç Bilgin, Haldun Simavi and Erol Simavi, owned by the Can Holding. History The channel replaces Cine5's now-defunct frequencies, and it was ...

, Channel D, Star TV, NTV,

CNBC-e CNBC-e is a Turkish free-to-air television channel operated in Turkey by NBCUniversal, Comcast and İlbak Holding since June 10, 2024. Formerly, the channel with the same name was operated by NBCUniversal and the Doğuş Media Group between 20 ...

and

FOX TV Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC (commonly known as Fox; stylized in all caps) is an American commercial broadcast television network serving as the flagship property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment. Fox is based at Fo ...

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 competes in the

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 ...

pageant. The Miss Turkey Organization also crowns delegates to

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Miss International Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international major beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest page ...

, and Miss Supranational beauty pageants.

International winners

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

'' * 2002:

Azra Akın Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London on 7 December 2002. She is best known for series ''Yağmur Zamanı.'' Biography Akın was born in Almelo, Ne ...

- '' 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 - ''

Miss Europe Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by , the European distributor of Paramount, as a one-off event where the winner was to star in a film directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. A ...

'' * 1952:

Günseli Başar Günseli Başar (22 January 1932 – 20 April 2013) was a Turkish women, 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 Ist ...

* 1971: Filiz Vural * 1982: Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu * 1984:

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

* 1993: Arzum Onan - ''

'' * 1932:

Keriman Halis Ece Keriman Halis Ece (February 16, 1913 – January 28, 2012) was a Turkish beauty pageant titleholder, pianist, and fashion model who won the Miss Turkey 1932 title. She was also crowned Miss Universe 1932 in Spa, Belgium and thus became Turke ...

Unsuccessful attempts to participate

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

Cansu Dere Cansu Dere (born 14 October 1980, Ankara) is a Turkish actress, model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Turkey Universe 2000. Early Life Her mother partly descends from the Turkish community in Thessaloniki, Greec ...

, was forbidden by the

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to travel to the 2000 Miss Universe pageant, in

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, unless she could pass through

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...

, 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 beauty pageant, started in 2009, and with most contests held in Poland. A parallel male contest, Mister Supranational, was launched in 2016, also in Poland. The current organizers of Miss and Mist ...

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 one ...

pageants.''

Miss Turkey Universe

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

. Began 2024 the Miss Universe Turkiye was selected by Miss Universe Turkiye Organization.''

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

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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