The first beauties of the world. Contests "Miss World"

Contests of beauty are original reviews, on which the best beauties of the world appear before spectators and jury, showing all their charm. Such events are held quite often. "Miss World" - an annual review, prestigious and significant. In addition, he is the oldest among his kind.

About the history of the contest

The award for the most beautiful girl was founded in 1951 by Eric Morley, an advertising agent from London. There was it as follows. Morley joined the Mecca Dance Hall. His task was to attract customers to nightclubs and dance pavilions. An obligatory condition in this case was that visitors should be not only English, but also representatives of other countries. To carry out this difficult mission, Morley proposed to hold a large-scale beauty contest, in which girls from all over the world were to participate. Casting models for the first show he took over.

It was planned that the event will take place only once, but then Erik Morley learned that in 1952 in the United States had to start a similar project - "Miss Universe". After that, his Miss World contest also became annual. It is held up to our days.

Essence of beauty review

The goal of the contest is to reveal the most beautiful girl in the world. The city of the event is attended by pretenders, and then the selection begins. Traditionally, besides the fashion show in bathing suits and evening dresses, this beauty contest also presupposes competitions in sports, charity, intellect, as well as performing a creative task.

According to the rules of the event, only those girls who have already won a national beauty show can participate in it. In addition, all applicants selected to participate in Miss World must be educated, have good manners, and also know one of the international languages - English, German or French. This is necessary so that the contestants can communicate freely with the public and the jury.

To participate in the show allowed girls aged 17-24 years, unmarried and not having children. In addition, the moral side is important: the contestants have no right to enter into questionable connections with men, to be naked in public places (for example, night clubs) and in front of a television camera, to strip striptease, and also to drink alcohol or drugs.

The winner of this event is obliged to live one year in London. There the girl participates in charitable actions and regularly appears in high society, showing the best fashionable outfits.

Interesting facts about the event

Fact one

In the UK, at the birthplace of the contest, this event has long been considered boring and uninteresting. Many viewers express the opinion that the format of the review of beauty is outdated, which means it is time to introduce something new into its course and evaluation procedure.

Fact of the second

As a result of the contest, the first beauties of the world are the inhabitants of Venezuela. For the whole history of the event, the representatives of this state won the main crowns the most times - six wins in 63 years.

The third fact

The winner of the competition, which was held in 1974, was suspended, since at that time she already had a one and a half year old child. In 1980, the most beautiful girl in the world herself refused the crown. She motivated her act by saying that her beloved person was against her fulfilling her duties as a winner. However, it is quite possible that the real reason for the refusal was the frank photographing, in which the girl took part shortly before her victory. As you know, the competition rules for participants such questionable activities are prohibited.

The First Miss of the World

In the 1951 competition, Kiki Hokansson won. She was born in 1929, that is, at the time of participation in the beauty show the girl was 22 years old. At the competition, Håkansson represented Sweden, her home country. For the victory the girl received a prize - a check for a thousand pounds and a precious necklace.

Participants Miss World 1951 defiled before the public in a bikini. In the future such demonstrations were banned in the contest, replacing frank swimsuits with more closed ones, as the religious community was outraged by such indecentness. The Pope himself condemned Kiki Hokansson for shamelessness, but the girl did not lose the crown because of this.

The first winner of the famous beauty show recently died in 2011.

Participation in the contest of representatives of the Soviet Union and the first winner from Russia

The USSR is a powerful power whose authorities have always had very conservative views. That's why the representatives of this country in the lists of contestants of famous beauty shows for a long time did not figure, and the best beauties of the world were chosen without their participation. Only in 1989 Miss Russia got the first Russian woman, Anna Gorbunova. By the way, then the girl got the title Miss Photogenic.

In 1991, due to the collapse of the USSR, the contest Miss World also took place without the participation of Russians. But in the following, in 1992, Julia Kurochkina struck the jury with her beauty and wit and won the main crown.

At the moment, the first winner of the famous beauty contest from Russia is 40 years old. She left her career in the modeling business and works as a director of a travel company. In addition, Julia is doing well in her family life: she is married and has a daughter. It is interesting that at the time of Kurochkina's participation in the contest her parameters were ideal - 90-60-90.

Victory of Xenia Sukhinova

In 2008, another Russian woman was recognized as the most beautiful girl in the world. Ksenia Sukhinova, a native of Nizhnevartovsk, has won a prestigious title and a diamond crown.

The main beauty show in 2008 was held in Johannesburg. At the initial stage of the contest Ksenia Sukhinova won the nomination "Miss Top Model", this made the girl one of the finalists. The jury members predicted that at least it would be in the top three. But Xenia won.

Now she works at the famous Fashion House, owned by Valentin Yudashkin. The girl's heart is still free.

It is known that the next Miss World contest will be held in September 2015. The best beauties of the world will come to Nice in order to compete for the prestigious title and try on a precious diamond crown.