Miss Yugoslavia (named Miss Serbia and Montenegro between 2003 and 2006) was the national

beauty pageant A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, held since 1927 in

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

up to the breakup of

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

(FR Yugoslavia) in 2006. It was organized by the company "Miss YU". In 2006, independent

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and

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began hosting separate pageants, Miss Montenegro and

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president ...

, respectively.

History

Miss Yugoslavia held for the first time in 1927. The main winner represented the country at

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beauty pageant. The Miss YU also registered to send title holders to

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and

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pageants. In 2003 the Miss YU renamed as Miss Serbia and Montenegro. A winner represented Serbia and Montenegro at

and

Titleholders

Miss Yugoslavia

Miss Serbia and Montenegro

Major International competitions

;Color key

Miss Universe

Miss World

'' The participation of Serbia at Miss World from Yugoslavia''

Miss International

'' The participation of Serbia at Miss International from Yugoslavia''

Miss Earth

External links

Miss Serbia: Official Site

References

Beauty pageants in Serbia Beauty pageants in Montenegro Recurring events disestablished in 2006 Recurring events established in 1991 2006 disestablishments in Serbia and Montenegro 1991 establishments in Yugoslavia Yugoslav awards Serbia and Montenegro awards {{Yugoslavia-stub