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Agnieszka Kotlarska (model)
Agnieszka Kotlarska-Świątek (15 August 1972 – 27 August 1996) was a Polish fashion model and beauty queen. Career While studying at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Agnieszka won the Miss Polski beauty pageant held at the Forest Opera in Sopot on 19 July 1991. On 13 October 1991, she became the first Polish winner of the Miss International beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She went on to pursue a modelling career in the United States, represented by Ford Models in New York for the likes of Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. Around 1992, while working in New York, she married Jarosław Świątek, one of the organisers of the 1991 edition of Miss Polski. The couple later returned to their native Poland at the end of 1993 to settle in her hometown Wrocław, where they would later have a daughter together. Death Kotlarska narrowly escaped death when at the last minute, she backed out of flying on TWA Flight 800, which crashed with no survivors off Long I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Miss International 1991
Miss International 1991, the 31st Miss International pageant, was held on October 13, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. Agnieszka Kotlarska earned Poland's first Miss International crown. Results Placements Special awards Contestants * - Verónica Marcela Caldi * - Melinda Sue Boundy * - Regina Kozak * - Stéphanie Dermaux * - Rosmy Tamara Pol * - Lisiane Bolsani Braile * - Robin Elizabeth Nardi * - Mónica Maria Escobar Freydell * - Eugenie Jiménez Pacheco * - Marketa Silna * - Malene Christensen * - Melissa Vargas * - Päivi Hytinkoski * - Catherine Anne Marie Clarysse * - Katrin Richter * - Helen Upton * - Dimitra Papadogianni * - Norma Jean Cepeda * - Gloria Elizabeth Comparini * - Tamme Strickland * - Marjanna Kraayenveld * - Marly Karina Prudoth Guzmán * - Valerie Chow Ka-Ling * - Kinga Czuczor * - Solveig Kristjansdóttir * - Preeti Mankotia * - Susan Brady * - Efrat Bruner * - Mikaela Monari * - Miho Takata * - Annette Feydt * - Lilia Cristina Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Psie Pole
Psie Pole (, , ), , is a former ''dzielnica'' (city district) of Wrocław, Poland, located in the north-eastern part of the city. Before 1928, it used to be an independent town. On March 21, 1991, the newly created City Office of Wrocław assumed many of the functions previously carried out within the borough. The name, though, remained in use, mainly for statistical and administrative purposes. It lies in the city's northern and northeastern parts, on the right shore of the Oder River. A part of Psie Pole is one of Wrocław's greenest neighborhoods, and its suburban location makes it an important transport hub toward Warsaw, Łódź and other locations in central Poland. The Polish General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces is located in Psie Pole. Subdivision Since 1991, Psie Pole has been divided into 11 districts: * Karłowice-Różanka * Kowale * Strachocin-Swojczyce-Wojnów * Psie Pole-Zawidawie * Pawłowice * Sołtysowice * Polanowice-Po� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 – The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong's Victoria harbor while undergoing conversion to a floating university. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lupita Jones
María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay (; born 6 September 1967) is a Mexican producer, actress and model. She was crowned Miss Universe 1991, and was the first Mexican contestant to win a major international beauty pageant. Education Before becoming Miss Universe 1991, Jones received a degree in business administration and did postgraduate studies in industrial administration at the Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior in Mexicali, Baja California. Pageantry Señorita Mexico In September 1990, Jones won the title of Señorita México representing the state of Baja California. Miss Universe On 17 May 1991, Jones competed against 72 contestants for the title of Miss Universe 1991 at Las Vegas, Nevada representing Mexico. She advanced to the semifinals of the event as Miss Universe 1991#Preliminary scores, first place. Jones was the only contestant with an average score above 9. During the final stage, Jones won every single round of competition: swimsuit, interview, and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ninibeth Leal
Miss World 1991 was the 41st edition of the Miss World pageant, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, on 28 December 1991. Gina Tolleson of the United States crowned Ninibeth Leal of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. Miss World 1991 was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic due to scheduling difficulties, Miss World was first moved to Puerto Rico, then to Atlanta, the United States. Preliminary swimsuits in Miss World 1991 were held in South Africa. Selection of participants Replacements Antonia Balint of Hungary was stripped of the Miss Hungary 1991 title, after photographs printed in Hungarian newspapers showed that she had previously appeared in the men's magazine Lui and other publications against Miss World rules. She was replaced by her first runner-up, Timea Raba but Raba couldn't replace her for the same reason. Orsolya Michina represented Hungary instead. Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals This e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kirsten Davidson
Kirsten Marise Davidson is an Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1992 in Nagasaki, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... She is the third Australian to win the pageant. She was preceded and succeeded as winner by the Polish delegates.. Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidson, Kirsten Miss International winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian beauty pageant winners Miss International 1992 delegates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Silvia De Esteban
Silvia de Esteban Niubo (born December 1, 1971, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife) is a Spanish model and beauty queen. she is the second delegate from her country to win the Miss International title. She held the title in 1990, 13 years after Pilar Medina Canadell won in 1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ..... Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008. References {{DEFAULTSORT:De Esteban, Silvia Living people Miss International winners Miss Spain winners Spanish female models Spanish beauty pageant winners 1971 births Miss International 1990 delegates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Warsaw Voice
''Warsaw Voice: Polish and Central European Review'', commonly shortened to ''The Warsaw Voice'', is an English-language newspaper printed in Poland, concentrating on news about Poland and its neighbours. First released in October 1988, it is a general news magazine with sections on political, economic, social and cultural news and with opinions sections. The printed edition has a circulation of 10,500. It has been described as "the most authoritative English-language newspaper" published in Warsaw. It was created by Polish TV-presenter and journalist Andrzej Jonas. Jonas served as editor-in-chief with Slawomir Majman as deputy editor in chief. For the first few years of its history, it was the only (and the first) English-language newspaper published in Poland. After the fall of communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gazeta Wyborcza
(; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It was launched on 8 May 1989 on the basis of the Polish Round Table Agreement and as a press organ of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), trade union "Solidarity" in the election campaign before the Contract Sejm. Initially created to cover Poland's first partially free parliamentary elections, it rapidly grew into a major publication, reaching a circulation of over 500,000 copies at its peak in the 1990s. It is published by Agora (company), Agora, with its original editor-in-chief Adam Michnik, appointed by Lech Wałęsa, is one of Poland's newspaper of record, newspapers of record, covering the gamut of political, international and general news from a Leftism, left-Liberalism, liberal perspective. ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' also publishes thematic supplements addressing topics such as economy, law, education, and health, including ''Duży Format'', ''Co Jest Grane 24'', and ''Wys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Non-governmental Organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus on humanitarian or social issues but can also include clubs and associations offering services to members. Some NGOs, like the World Economic Forum, may also act as lobby groups for corporations. Unlike international organizations (IOs), which directly interact with sovereign states and governments, NGOs are independent from them. The term as it is used today was first introduced in Article 71 of the UN Charter, Article 71 of the newly formed United Nations Charter in 1945. While there is no fixed or formal definition for what NGOs are, they are generally defined as nonprofit entities that are independent of governmental influence—although they may receive government funding. According to the United Nations Department of Global Communic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
TVP1
TVP1 (TVP Jeden, ''Telewizja Polska 1'', ''Program Pierwszy Telewizji Polskiej'', ''"Jedynka"'') is the main public television channel of Telewizja Polska, TVP (Telewizja Polska S.A.), Poland's national television broadcaster. It was the first Polish channel to be broadcast and remains one of the most popular today. TVP1 was launched 25 October 1952. hu:TVP1 History TVP1 was launched as of 25 October 1952 as TVP. The tests resumed in the immediate post-war years and materialized in October 1952 with the launch of the first experimental broadcasts of Polish television. In January 1953, it broadcasts at the rate of half an hour per week, then an hour and a half in March. The schedule of programmes continued to grow and the broadcast time increased to 22 hours per week in 1957, 26 hours in 1958. Regional studios were added to those in Szczecin and Warsaw in 1956. These were first those of Łódź, Katowice (1957), Poznań (1958) and Gdańsk (1960). Some emblematic programs were bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
