Miss Polonia is a national

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to select the official ambassador of

at 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, Miss Int ...

, Miss Grand International, Miss Intercontinental and Miss Charm pageants. This pageant is the oldest beauty pageant in Poland.

History

Starting in 1927, winners entering

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

. Traditionally, the winner of Miss Polonia represented Poland in

and

Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by a United States and Thailand based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Stre ...

. In 2007,

took away the franchise from Miss Polonia and returned it to the non-related national contest

Miss Polski Miss Polski is a national beauty pageant in Poland to select the official ambassador of Poland at the Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Supranational pageants. This pageant is one of famous Polish national pageant after Miss Polonia ...

. Since then, the winners of Miss Polonia represent

and the runner-ups represent

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

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 of t ...

and

Miss Baltic Sea Miss Baltic Sea was a beauty pageant for countries that border the Baltic Sea: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. It merged with Miss Scandinavia for the years 2007 and 2008 and then that merged pag ...

. Both the Miss Europe and the Miss Baltic Sea pageants get discontinued in 2007 and 2008 respectively and as a result the winners and runner-ups represent the country in Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth. Since 2015, Miss Polonia lost franchises of

and

. Up to now it has only sent its winner to the

pageant. In 2016 after 3 years break, Miss Polonia pageant is back and new titleholder will be selected in October. Winner will represent

in Miss Universe 2016. In 2018 the Miss Polonia is officially owning the franchise of Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Grand International. In 2019 Miss Polonia franchised the Miss Intercontinental pageant and relinquished its franchise for Miss Universe, after that, the Miss Universe franchise went to Miss Polski. In 2020, Miss Polonia franchised the Miss Charm license. After 7 years, Miss Polonia holds the Miss Earth franchise in 2022.

Titleholders

::''Note: contest not held in 1931, 1933–1956, 1959–1982, 2014-2015.
1932, 1934 and 1937 winners selected in France to represent Poland in Miss Europe.''

Winners by Voivodeships

*(***) As of 1991

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or Lviv becomes part of the independent Ukraine. *(****) The city of

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or Vilnius becomes part of Lithuania. Voivodeships yet to win: * POL województwo świętokrzyskie flag

Holy Cross * POL województwo podkarpackie flag

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Big Four pageants representatives

Miss World Poland

::''Miss Polonia started to be franchise holder in 1983, from 1983 to 2007 the Miss Polonia was selecting the winner or runner-up to

competition. From 2007 to 2014 the license of Miss World bought to Miss Polski and continued between 2015 and 2017 the Miss World Poland contest independently selected the winner to Miss World. Started in 2018 the Miss Polonia returned to be national franchise holder of Miss World.''

Other International Pageants

Miss Grand Poland

Past Franchises

Miss Universe Poland

::''The main of Miss Polonia represents her country at

. Since Miss Polonia is the only one who franchised the Miss Universe Organization, sometimes the organization designated the runner-up or contestant to be "Miss Universe Poland". Began 2019 the winner of

competes at Miss Universe competition. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.''

Miss International Poland

::''In the beginning the winner of Miss Juwenaliów 1959 participated at Miss International. Since 1985 the Miss International Poland will be selected by Miss Polonia, Miss Polski or one of runners-up from Miss Polonia or Miss Polski pageant. As of 2015 Miss International franchise handled by Miss Polski Organization.''

Miss Europe Poland

::''The winner of Miss Polonia also competed in the Miss Europe pageant.'' *(***) The city of

or Vilnius becomes part of the independent

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. *(****) As of 1991

or Lviv becomes part of the independent

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Miss Intercontinental Poland

Miss Charm Poland

References

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External links

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