Czech Miss should not be confused with Miss České republiky.
| Česká Miss | |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | Brno |
| Location: | Czech Republic |
| Language: | Czech |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Michal Kovář |
The Czech Miss Essence (Czech: Česká Miss) is a national beauty pageant in the Czech Republic. The pageant was founded in 2005, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe.
The Czech Miss was established in 2005 and is organized and produced by Michaela Maláčová, Miss Czechoslovakia 1991 and director of Miss Marketing s.r.o. From 2005 to 2009, the pageant selected a winner to represent the country in Miss Universe, and a first runner up participated in the Miss Earth pageant.[1] In 2010, Czech Miss and its rival pageant, Miss Czech Republic (Czech: Miss České republiky) merged under the direction of Maláčová, and two winners were selected.[2] The winner of Czech Miss 2010 competed in Miss Universe 2010 and Czech Miss World 2010 vied in Miss World 2010, while the first runner up competed in Miss Earth 2010 pageant.
Since 2011 the pageant has selected three winners: Czech Miss, Czech Miss World, and Czech Miss Earth to compete in Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Earth respectively.[1] [3] [4] In 2015 Marcela Krplová became co-owner. After that previous runner up of Miss Czech Republic Ivana Kubelková became patron. In 2016 company was taken over by Martin Ditmar and Eva Čerešňáková. Since 2016 Ceska miss lost the license of Miss World to Miss Czech Republic. In 2018 Čerešňáková sold her part in company to Miss Events a.s. and Juliette Armand.
In 2012, Czech Miss pageant produced an international winner for the first time when Tereza Fajksová won Miss Earth 2012 in the Miss Earth pageant.[5] [6] [7]
| Year | Česká Miss | First Runner-Up | Second Runner-Up |
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| 2005 | Kateřina Smejkalová Olomouc | Zuzana Štěpanovská Jihlava | Michaela Štoudková Chomutov |
| 2006 | Renata Langmannová Ivanovice na Hané | Miroslava Košťanová Prague | Barbora Kolářová Prague |
| 2007 | Lucie Hadašová Strážnice | Eva Čerešňáková Prague | Lilian Sarah Fischerová Plzeň |
| 2008 | Eliška Bučková Strážnice | Hana Svobodová Zadní Zhořec | Elisavet Charalambidu Brno |
| 2009 | Iveta Lutovská Jindřichův Hradec | Tereza Budková Tábor | Zina Šťovíčková Nový Bor |
| 2010 | Jitka Válková Jihlava | Veronika Machová Rokycany | Carmen Justová Sokolov |
| Year | Česká Miss | Česká Miss World | Česká Miss Earth |
| 2011 | Jitka Nováčková České Budějovice | Denisa Domanská Kyjov | Šárka Cojocarová Bruntál |
| 2012 | Tereza Chlebovská Třemošná | Linda Bartošová Vysoké Mýto | Tereza Fajksová Ivančice |
| 2013 | Chotěboř | Lucie Kovandová Dolní Kounice | Monika Leová Choceň |
| 2014 | Gabriela Franková Brno | Tereza Skoumalová Ostrava | Nikola Buranská Přerov |
| 2015 | Nikol Švantnerová Olomouc | Andrea Kalousová Hradec Králové | Karolína Mališová Otice |
| 2016 | Andrea Bezděková Hradec Králové | Natálie Kotková Ústí nad Labem | Kristýna Kubíčková Ostrava |
| Year | Česká Miss | Česká Miss Earth | Česká Miss Supranational |
| 2017 | Michaela Habáňová Prague | Iva Uchytilová Pardubice | Tereza Vlčková Zlín |
| 2018 | Lea Šteflíčková Ústí nad Labem | Tereza Křivánková Prague | Jana Šišková Zlín |
| Year | Česká Miss | Miss Česko-Slovenské | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Barbora Hodačová Ústí nad Labem | Klára Vavrušková Kostelec nad Orlicí | Karolína Kokešová Prague |
| Year | Česká Miss | First Runner-up | Second Runner-up |
| 2022 | Vanesa Švédová[8] Olomouc | Kristýna Pavlovičová South Bohemian | Marie Danči Moravian-Silesian |
See main article: Miss České republiky.
From 1993 to 2004, the Czech Republic competed at the Miss Universe under the Miss České republiky organization which the winners represented the nation. In 2005, Michaela Maláčová established Czech Miss, whose winner then competed in the Miss Universe pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify due to the age requirement, a runner-up is sent.
| Year | Region | Česká Miss | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards | Notes | |
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| 2023 | Olomouc | Vanesa Švédová | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | Zlín | Sára Mikulenková | Unplaced | Appointed — Due to date schedule management, Ceska Miss 2022 winner allocated to Miss Universe 2023. At this moment, Sára from Top 20 Ceska Miss 2022 designated to be Miss Universe Czech Republic 2022. | ||
| 2021 | Prague | Karolína Kokešová | Unplaced | Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Česká Miss Global 2019 crowned as the Miss Universe Czech Republic 2021. | ||
| 2020 | Hradec Králové | Klára Vavrušková | Unplaced | Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss Česko-Slovenské 2019 crowned as the Miss Universe Czech Republic 2020. | ||
| 2019 | Ústí nad Labem | Barbora Hodačová | Unplaced | Miss Česko-Slovenské (Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky and Česká Miss held together on one final gala. | ||
| 2018 | Ústí nad Labem | Lea Šteflíčková | Unplaced | |||
| 2017 | Zlín | Michaela Habáňová | Unplaced | |||
| 2016 | Andrea Bezděková | Unplaced | ||||
| 2015 | South Bohemia | Nikol Švantnerová | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Gabriela Franková | Unplaced | ||||
| 2013 | Vysočina | Gabriela Kratochvílová | Unplaced | The first short hairstyle winner. | ||
| 2012 | Moravia-Silesia | Tereza Chlebovská | Unplaced | |||
| 2011 | Jitka Nováčková | Unplaced | ||||
| 2010 | Vysočina | Jitka Válková | Top 15 | |||
| 2009 | Iveta Lutovská | Top 10 | ||||
| 2008 | South Moravia | Eliška Bučková | Top 15 | |||
| 2007 | Prague | Lucie Hadašová | Top 15 | |||
| 2006 | Prague | Renata Langmannová | Unplaced | |||
| 2005 | Prague | Kateřina Smejkalová | Unplaced |
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The Czech Republic was first represented in Miss Earth in 2002 by Apolena Tůmová who was chosen by another organization. The Czech Republic was not represented in Miss Earth in 2001, 2003 and 2004. From 2005 to 2009, after Michaela Maláčová established Czech Miss, the runner-up of the pageant competed at the Miss Earth pageant. Since 2010, Czech Miss has selected three national winners, where the third winner is awarded the title of Czech Miss Earth and goes on to represent the Czech Republic in the Miss Earth pageant.
| Year | Region | Česká Miss Earth | Placement at Miss Earth | Special Awards | Notes | |
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| 2023 | South Bohemian | Kristýna Pavlovičová | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | Vysočina | Anezka Heralecká[9] | Top 20 | Appointed — Due to date schedule management, Runner-up Ceska Miss 2022 winner allocated to Miss Earth 2023. At this moment, Anezka from Top 20 Ceska Miss 2022 was designated or appointed to be Miss Earth Czech Republic 2022. After competing at Miss Earth 2022 on Nov 29th, Anezka went ahead and joined the rest of the delegates during the finals of Czech Miss Essens on Dec 11th, even though she already had the opportunity of representing Czech Republic at Miss Earth 2022, placing in the Top 20. | ||
| 2021 | Prague | Adéla Štroffeková | Top 20 |
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| 2019 | Hradec Králové | Klára Vavrušková | Miss Water (2nd Runner-Up)[10] |
| Miss Česko-Slovenské (Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky and Česká Miss held together on one final gala) — Miss Česko-Slovenské 2019. | |
| 2018 | Prague | Tereza Křivánková | Unplaced | |||
| 2017 | Pardubice | Iva Uchytilová | Top 8 | |||
| 2016 | Moravia-Silesia | Kristýna Kubíčková | Unplaced |
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| 2015 | Moravia-Silesia | Top 16 |
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| 2014 | Nikola Buranská | Unplaced |
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| 2013 | Pardubice | Monika Leová | Unplaced | |||
| 2012 | South Moravia | Tereza Fajksová | Miss Earth 2012 |
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| 2011 | Moravia-Silesia | Šárka Cojocarová | Unplaced |
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| 2010 | Karlovy Vary | Carmen Justová | Top 14 |
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| 2009 | South Bohemia | Tereza Budková | Unplaced |
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| 2008 | Hana Svobodová | Top 16 | ||||
| 2007 | Prague | Eva Čerešňáková | Top 16 | |||
| 2006 | Prague | Petra Soukupová | Top 8 | |||
| 2005 | Vysočina | Zuzana Štěpanovská | Top 16 | |||
Since 2019, Czech Miss 2nd Runner-up goes on to represent the Czech Republic in the Miss Global pageant.
| Year | Region | Česká Miss Global | Placement at Miss Global | Special Awards | Notes | |
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| 2023 | Moravian-Silesian | Marie Danči | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | colspan="5" | |||||
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| 2019 | Prague | Karolína Kokešová | Miss Global 2019 |
See main article: Miss České republiky.
From 1993 to 2009, the Czech Republic competed at Miss World through the Miss České republiky organization. However, in 2010, after the pageant went bankrupt, Michaela Maláčová took over the Miss World franchise in the Czech Republic. The second placed of the Česká Miss was assigned to Miss World. In 2016 due to police investigation of previous owner Marcela Krplová, Miss World decided to stopped down cooperation with Czech Miss.[12]
| Year | Region | Česká Miss World | Placement at Miss World | Special Awards | Notes |
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| 2016 | Prague | Natalie Kotková | Unplaced |
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| 2015 | Pardubice | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Moravia-Silesia | Tereza Skoumalová | Unplaced |
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| 2013 | South Moravia | Lucie Kovandová | Unplaced |
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| 2012 | Pardubice | Linda Bartošová | Unplaced |
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| 2011 | South Moravia | Denisa Domanská | Unplaced |
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| 2010 | Plzeň | Veronika Machová | Unplaced |
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