Star Hellas ( el, Σταρ Ελλάς, Μις Ελλάς, Μις Γιάνγκ) is a national beauty pageant in Greece. The Star Hellas, Miss Hellas, Miss Young title is a trademark for Vassilis Prevelakis and Associates E.E. George Prevelakis, the founder of the company, was the driving force behind the Hellenic Beauty Pageant since the late 1960s. From then onwards, he was closely associated with the pageant till his death in 2006. In the early 1980s the then owner of the pageant, the

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newspaper, decided to pull out of the pageant and transferred the rights to George Prevelakis. George Prevelakis later founded a company (Vassilis Prevelakis and Associates E.E.), together with his son, Vassilis, and transferred the rights to the pageant to the new company. Vassilis Prevelakis and Associates E.E. has been the legal owner of the pageant and is the national director of the well known international pageants such as

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, Miss Universe. In 2018 the I AM ONE Agency Network as the organiser of the Star Hellas and Miss Hellas 2018 competition, provides titleholders with international access to Miss Universe and Miss World, competitions. It advances opportunities for young women who embody the Miss World mission of ‘Beauty with a Purpose’ and the Miss Universe Organization's ‘Confidently Bautiful’ to inspire young women to pursue their personal and professional goals while making an impact in their communities through worthy causes.

Airing

In the 1970s and early 1980s the pageant was aired every year from the Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi. From 1990 to 2010, it was funded and aired on Greece's private network ANT1. Because of the Greek financial crisis, ΑΝΤ1 did not fund the 2011 pageant which had the form of a low-key private casting and was not aired. In 2012 the Star Hellas organizers staged a comeback by teaming with Internet site TLife which became responsible for the publicity of the event and for airing live over the Internet.
Ελληνικά Καλλιστεία 2012: Ο διαγωνισμός θα μεταδοθεί αποκλειστικά από το TLIFE! In 2018 Star Hellas and I AM ONE as organizer of Star Hellas and Miss Hellas competitions help candidates to build remarkable careers.

International winners

*'' Miss Universe:'' ** Miss Universe 1964, 1964 - Corinna Tsopei *''

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1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

- Irene Skliva *'' Miss International:'' **

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

- Christina Lekka *''Miss Tourism Queen International:'' ** 2005 - Nikoletta Ralli *'' Miss Europe:'' **

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

- Aliki Diplarakou **

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

- Katerina Michalopoulou **

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

- Marina Tsintikidou **

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

- Isavella Dara *'' Miss Teen World:'' **2010 - Anastasia Sidiropoulou *''Miss Europe World:'' **2016 - Mikaela-Eleni Fotiadi

Titleholders

: Winning International Title : Miss Universe Greece : Miss World Greece : Miss International Greece : Miss Earth Greece : Miss Intercontinental Greece : Miss Europe Greece : Miss Tourism Greece : Miss Young International Greece : Other pageants: International Beauty Queen, Miss Nations, Miss Mediterranean, Maja International, Miss European Economic Community, Reina del Turismo Mundial, etc.

References

External links

Star Hellas Official website
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