Beauty contest
In a beauty contest , candidates compete with one another and are evaluated by a committee with regard to appearance or other properties according to a point system. The first place winners are often crowned beauty kings with sonorous titles. For women , the title often consists of Miss (or Mister for men ) plus the name of the state, country or region, city or institution (with numerous exceptions, however) Miss America , Miss Austria , Miss France , Miss Germany , Mister Germany . In addition, the winners of the evaluation usually receive prizes and also achieve an enormous advertising effect.
The most famous competition is the Miss World election . In the German-speaking area, the competitions for Miss Germany, Miss Austria, Miss Switzerland and Miss Liechtenstein are still known. Competitions for men are less popular. In Switzerland, however, the election of Mister Switzerland is also popular. There are also competitions for children, minorities, places, animals, flowers or vehicles.
On September 19, 1888, the first European beauty contest took place in Spa, Belgium . 21 of the 350 female applicants reached the final, where an exclusively male jury “assessed” them in camera. Eighteen-year-old Bertha Soucaret from Guadeloupe was chosen as the most beautiful woman ; as a prize she received 5000 Belgian Francs .
The biggest competitions
According to the number of candidates, these are currently (or were temporarily) the seven largest international beauty pageants:
|
Miss World |
Miss Universe |
Miss International |
Miss Intercontinental |
Miss Earth |
Miss Tourism Queen International |
Miss Supranational |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | since 1951 | since 1952 | since 1960 | 1973–1983 / 1986–1991 / 1991– |
since 2001 | since 2004 | since 2009 |
| 2001 | 93 | 77 | 52 | 33 | 42 | - | - |
| 2002 | 88 | 75 | 47 | 33 | 53 | - | - |
| 2003 | 106 | 71 | 45 | 34 | 57 | - | - |
| 2004 | 107 | 80 | 58 | 54 | 61 | 55 | - |
| 2005 | 102 | 81 | 52 | 61 | 80 | 72 | - |
| 2006 | 104 | 86 | 59 | 45 | 82 | 86 | - |
| 2007 | 106 | 77 | 61 | 41 | 88 | 108 | - |
| 2008 | 109 | 80 | 63 | 57 | 85 | 113 | - |
| 2009 | 112 | 83 | 65 | 56 | 80 | 98 | 36 |
| 2010 | 115 | 83 | 70 | 58 | 84 | (postponed to 2011) | 66 |
| 2011 | 120 | 88 | 67 | 60 | 95 | 92 | 70 |
| 2012 | 116 | 89 | 69 | 53 | 80 | - | 82 |
| 2013 | 127 | 86 | 67 | 59 | 88 | 43 | 83 |
| 2014 | 121 | 88 | 73 | 68 | 84 | - | 71 |
| 2015 | 114 | 80 | 70 | 62 | 86 | 52 | 82 |
| 2016 | 117 | 86 | 69 | 63 | 83 | 33 | 71 |
See also
Web links
- Miss Germany. Nice story . House of History , press release, December 6, 2000.
- Switzerland selects Miss Old People's Home Spiegel Online , March 10, 2007.
- Peter Krebs: mirror, mirror on the wall. Why misses compete . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 7, 2014.
- Ulrich Gutmair: We remain sisters In: www.taz.de, 30. December 2017: "Two beauty queens fighting anti-Semitic stereotypes - also a story from 2017"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miss World ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at pageantopolis.com (English).
- ↑ Miss Universe ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at pageantopolis.com (English).
- ↑ Miss International at pageantopolis.com (English).
- ↑ Miss Intercontinental ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at pageantopolis.com (English).
- ↑ Note 1973 "Miss Teenage Peace International". In July 1974, before the 1974 competition, it was renamed: Miss Teenage Intercontinental. From 1977 the title was Miss Teen Intercontinental, the competition was not renamed to this shorter form until 1978. In 1982 "Teen" was removed from the name. Source: http://www.pageantopolis.com/1972-1979.html > Miss Intercontinental.
- ↑ Miss Earth ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at pageantopolis.com (English).
- ↑ Miss Tourism Queen ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at pageantopolis.com (English).
- ↑ Miss Supranational at missosology.org (English).
