Croatia at major beauty pageants

This is a list of Croatia's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has not yet won any crown.

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]

Croatia's Big Four titleholders
Color Key
  •   Ended as Runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2020 Mirna Naiia Marić
TBA		 ↑ No Pageant Held Stefanie Topic
2019 Mia Rkman
Top 20		 Katarina Mamić x Nera Nikolić
2018 Mia Pojatina Ivana Mudnić x Michelle Korenić
2017 Shanaelle Petty
Top 16		 Tea Mlinarić
Top 40		 x Bonita Kristić
2016 Barbara Filipović Angélica Zacchigna x Nera Torlak
2015 Mirta Kuštan Maja Spahija x Ana Marija Jurišić
2014 Ivana Mišura Antonija Gogić x Ana Batarelo
2013 Melita Fabecic Lana Gržetić x x
2012 Elizabeta Burg
Top 16		 Nives Madžarević x x
2011 Natalija Prica Katarina Prnjak x x
2010 Lana Obad Katarina Banić x x
2009 Sarah Ćosić
Top 15		 Ivana Vašilj x x
2008 Snježana Lončarević Josipa Kusić
Top 16		 x x
2007 Jelena Maros Tajana Jeremić x x
2006 Biljana Mančić Ivana Ergić x x
2005 Jelena Glišić Maja Cvjetković x x
2004 Marijana Rupčić Ivana Žnidarić x x
2003 Ivana Delač Aleksandra Grdić Maja Uzarevic x
2002 Ivana Paris Nina Slamić x x
2001 Maja Cecić-Vidoš Rajna Raguž Martina Poljak Ivana Galesic
2000 Renata Lovrinčević Andreja Ćupor Ana Gruica ↑ No Pageant Held

(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)

1999 Marijana Kužina Ivana Petković
Top 15		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. Croatia send their first delegate in 2000)
1998 Ivana Gržetić Lejla Šehović
1997 Kristina Čerina Martina Novosel
1996 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States. Croatia send their first delegate in 1997)		 Vanja Rupena
1995 Anica Martinović
1st Runner-Up
1994 Branka Bebić
Top 5
1993 Fani Čapalija
Top 5
1992 Elena Šuran
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom. Croatia send their first delegate in 1992)

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Pageant Placements Best result
Miss Universe 4 Top 15 (2009)
Miss World 6 1st Runner Up (1995)
Miss International 0 None
Miss Earth 0 None
Total 10 1st Runner Up (1995) (Miss World)

See also

References
  1. Ornos, Riza (30 September 2013). "Philippines, Brazil And Venezuela: Three Countries To Win The Big Four International Beauty Pageants". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. Kanja, Kirstin (20 December 2019). "Beauty with a purpose: What it means to be Miss World, Miss Universe". Standard Media. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  7. News, Reuters (13 December 2013). "The Philippines earns another crown". Reuters. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  8. Joel, Guinto (13 March 2015). "PH Cinderellas 'duck walk' to world stage". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  9. Joel, Guinto (12 March 2015). "In beauty pageants, Philippines' modern day Cinderellas seize world stage". GMA News Online. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  10. Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  11. Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  12. Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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