Miss Latvia (Latvian: Mis Latvija, Miss and Mr. Latvia, LLC) is a national beauty pageant in Latvia.

History

The pageant is organized by Agency Miss and Mr Latvia (Latvian: aģentūra "Miss un Mr Latvia") which is led by Swiss-Latvian model and World Miss University 2004 Jūlija Djadenko-Müggler and Miss Latvia 2005 Kristīne Djadenko. Until 2015 the agency Mis Latvija was the only official organization entitled to organize the national beauty contests Miss and Mister Latvia, which it did since 1990.[1]

The owner and founder Mis Latvija was Inta Fogele (1957–2016), who had organized the Latvian beauty pageants since 1988, when the inaugural Miss Riga competition took place.[2][3] In 2015, she agreed to transfer the right to the Miss Latvia brand over to Miss and Mr Latvia LLC. The government of Latvia partially supported the agency at some point by financing the licenses to Miss and Mister World contests as a way of promoting the image of the country in the world.[4]

Titleholders

Year Mis Latvija[3][5]
1989 Ina Magone
1990 Velga Bražņevica
1991 Inese Šlesere
1992 Zane Vaļicka
1993 Sigita Rude
1994 Daina Tobija
1995 Ieva Meliņa
1996 Anta Dukure
1997 Līga Graudumniece
1998 Evija Ručevska
1999 Dina Kalandārova
2000 Gunta Rudzīte
2001 Baiba Švarca
2002 Zanda Zariņa
2003 Agnese Eiduka
2004 Agnese Krustiņa
2005 Kristīne Djadenko
2006 Ina Avlasēviča
2007 Viktorija Drizļonoka
2008 Ieva Lase
2009 Ludmila Voroncova
2010 Alise Miškovska
2011 Eva Dombrovska
2012/2013 Liliana Garkalne
2014 Lāsma Zemene
2015 not held
2016 Linda Kinca
2017 not held due to financial issues
2018 Sigita Cīrule[6]
2019 Lita Blūma[7]
2020/2021 Līga Jenča‑Salcēviča[8]
2023 Anastasija Ivancova[9]

Big Four pageants

Representatives to Miss World

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year Miss Latvia Placement at Miss World
1989 Ina Magone Unplaced
1990 Velga Bražņevica Unplaced
1991 Inese Šlesere Unplaced
1992 Zane Vaļicka Unplaced
1993 Sigita Rude Unplaced
1994 Daina Tobija Unplaced
1995 Ieva Meliņa Unplaced
1996 Anta Dukure Unplaced
1997 Līga Graudumniece Unplaced
1998 none [NB 1] N/A
1999 Evija Ručevska Unplaced
2000 none N/A
2001 Dina Kalandārova Unplaced
2002 Baiba Švarca Unplaced
2003 Irina Askoļska Unplaced
2004 Agnese Eiduka Unplaced
2005 Valērija Ševčuka Unplaced
2006 Līga Meinarte Miss World Sport (2nd Runner-Up)
2007 Kristīne Djadenko Unplaced
2008 Ina Avlasēviča Unplaced
2009 Ieva Lase Unplaced
2010 Ludmila Voroncova Unplaced
2011 Alise Miškovska Unplaced
2012 Anastasija Skibunova[10] Unplaced
2013 Eva Dombrovska Unplaced
2014 Liliana Garkalne Unplaced
2015 Lāsma Zemene Unplaced
2016 Linda Kinca Miss World Talent (Top 21)
Miss World Sport (Top 24)
2017 Karolīna Matrosova Did not compete
2018 Daniela Gods-Romanovska Miss World Sport (Top 24)
2019 Internal contest not held
2020 Contest not held
2021 did not participate
2023 Anastasija Ivancova TBA

Representatives to Miss Earth

Year Miss Latvia Placement at Miss Earth
2001 Jeļena Keirāne Top 10
2002–2004 did not participate
2005 Nora Reinholde Unplaced
2006 did not participate
2007 Ilze Jankovska Unplaced
2008 Anita Baltrūna Unplaced
2009 Diāna Kubasova Unplaced
2010 Eva Caune Unplaced
2011 Sanda Mežecka Unplaced
2012–2013 did not participate
2014 Alise Feldmane Unplaced
2015 Malvīne Stučka Did not compete
2016–2017 did not participate
2018 Laura Škutāne Did not compete
2019–2020 did not participate
2021 Liene Leitāne Unplaced

Representatives to Miss International

Year Miss Latvia Placement at Miss International
1998 Līga Graudumniece Unplaced
1999 Agnese Keiša Unplaced
2001 Laura Vīksna Unplaced
2004 Jeļena Keirāne Top 10
2007 Laura Fogele Unplaced
2008 Kristīne Djadenko Unplaced
2009 Anda Pudule Unplaced
2010 Annija Alvatere Unplaced
2011 Lelde Paulsone Top 15 & Miss Panda
2012 Kristīne Viļuma Unplaced
2013 Svetlana Goldberga Withdrew before the contest

Representatives to Miss Global Beauty Queen

Year Miss Latvia Placement at Miss Global Beauty Queen
2016 Jūlija Ločmele Top 15 + medal Peace Korea
2017 Karolīna Matrosova Top 15 + medal Peace Korea

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Evija Ručevska withdrew

References

  1. ^ "About us — MISS & MISTER LATVIA". MISS & MISTER LATVIA. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  2. ^ Valtere, Ieva (2016-08-02). "Patiesība, kāda īstenībā bija "dzelzs lēdija" Inta Fogele" [Who really was 'Iron Lady' Inta Fogele]. Jauns.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  3. ^ a b Tiļļa, Andris (2018-04-11). "30 gadi kopš skaistumkonkursā "Mis Rīga". Latvijas šovbiznesa balvas, skandāli, izaicinājumi, etaloni" [30 years since Mis Riga: the awards, scandals, challenges and role models of Latvian showbusiness]. LA.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. ^ "News archive:1988". About Mis Latvija. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05.
  5. ^ "Visas Latvijas skaistuma karalienes. 1988-2014". www.fenikssfun.com (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. ^ "Kronēta «Mrs. Latvija 2018» uzvarētāja". Sejas.lv (in Latvian). 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  7. ^ "Skaistumkonkursa "Misis Latvija 2019" uzvarētāja - Lita Blūma". TVNET (in Latvian). 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  8. ^ "Kronēta Latvijas skaistākā sieviete! Par "Mrs.Latvija 2020/2021" kļuvusi Līga Jenča‑Salcēviča". tv3.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  9. ^ "Facebook". Facebook. 3 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Anastasija Skibunova pārstāv Latviju konkursā «Miss World»". TVNET (in Latvian). 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mis_Latvija
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