Miss Latvia (, ''Miss and Mr. Latvia, LLC'') is a national

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History

The pageant is organized by Agency Miss and Mr Latvia () which is led by

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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. The owner and founder ''Mis Latvija'' was Inta Fogele (1957–2016), who had organized the Latvian beauty pageants since 1988, when the inaugural Miss

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competition took place. 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.

Titleholders

Big Four pageants

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Representatives to Miss Global Beauty Queen

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External links

Official websiteMiss World Latvija
{{Miss International countries and territories

Beauty pageants in Latvia Recurring events established in 1989 Latvian awards