Beauty contests are a kind of show where the best beauties of the world appear before the audience and the jury, demonstrating all their charm. Such events are held quite often. Miss World is an annual show, prestigious and significant. In addition, he is the oldest of his kind.
About the history of the competition
The award for the most beautiful girl was established in 1951 by Eric Morley, an advertising agent from London. It happened in the following way. Morley joined the Mecca Dance Hall. His task was to attract customers to nightclubs and dance pavilions. A prerequisite for this was that visitors should be not only British, 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 supposed to participate. Casting models for the first show, he took over.
It was planned that the event would take place only once, but then Eric Morley found out that in 1952 in the USA it was supposed tostart a similar project - "Miss Universe". After that, his Miss World pageant also became an annual event. It is held up to our days.
The essence of the beauty show
The purpose of the competition is to reveal the most beautiful girl in the world. Applicants come to the city of the event, and then the selection begins. Traditionally, in addition to defile in swimsuits and evening dresses, this beauty contest also involves competitions in sports, charity, intelligence, as well as performing a creative task.
According to the rules of the event, only those girls who have already won the national beauty show can participate in it. In addition, all applicants selected to participate in Miss World must be well-mannered, have good manners, and also know one of the international languages - English, German or French. This is necessary so that the contestants can freely communicate with the public and the jury.
Girls aged 17-24, unmarried and without children are allowed to participate in the show. In addition, the moral side is also important: contestants have no right to enter into dubious relationships with men, be naked in public places (for example, nightclubs) and in front of a TV camera, dance striptease, and also drink alcohol or drugs.
The winner of this event must live in London for one year. There, the girl participates in charity events and regularly appears in high society, showing the best fashionable outfits.
Interesting facts about the event
Fact one
In the UK, home of the competition, this event has long been considered boring and uninteresting. Many viewers are of the opinion that the format of the beauty review is outdated, which means it's time to add something new to its course and evaluation procedure.
Fact two
According to the results of the competition, the first beauties of the world are residents of Venezuela. In the entire history of the event, representatives of this state have won the main crowns the most times - six victories in 63 years.
Fact three
The winner of the competition, held in 1974, was suspended, as 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 the fact that her loved one was against her fulfilling her duties as a winner. However, it is quite possible that the real reason for the refusal was frank photography, in which the girl participated shortly before her victory. As you know, such dubious events are prohibited by the contest rules for participants.
First Miss World
The 1951 contest was won by Kiki Håkansson. 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 native country. For the victory, the girl received a prize - a check for a thousand pounds and a precious necklace.
The 1951 Miss World contestants paraded in front of the public in bikinis. In the future, such screenings within the framework of the competition were banned, replacing frankswimsuits to more closed ones, as the religious community was outraged by such obscenity. 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 died recently, in 2011.
Participation in the competition of representatives of the Soviet Union and the first winner from Russia
USSR is a powerful state, whose authorities have always had very conservative views. That is why the representatives of this country did not appear in the lists of contestants of famous beauty shows for a very long time, and the best beauties of the world were chosen without their participation. Only in 1989, the first Russian woman, Anna Gorbunova, got to Miss World. By the way, then the girl received the title of Miss Photogenic.
In 1991, due to the collapse of the USSR, the Miss World contest was also held without the participation of Russian women. But the following year, 1992, Yulia Kurochkina stunned 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 modeling and works as a director of a travel company. In addition, Yulia is doing well in the family field: she is married and has a daughter. Interestingly, at the time of Kurochkina's participation in the competition, her parameters were ideal - 90-60-90.
Ksenia Sukhinova's victory
In 2008, another Russian woman was recognized as the most beautiful girl in the world. Ksenia Sukhinova, a native of Nizhnevartovsk, won a prestigious title and a diamondcrown.
The main beauty show in 2008 was held in Johannesburg. At the initial stage of the competition, Ksenia Sukhinova won the Miss Top Model nomination, which made the girl one of the finalists. The jury members predicted that she would at least be in the top three. But Ksenia 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 pageant will be held in September 2015. The best beauties of the world will come to Nice to compete for the prestigious title and try on the precious diamond crown.
