Croatia at major beauty pageants

This is a list of Croatia's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has not yet won any crown.

Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]

The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on SPECIFIC STANDARDS such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific purpose, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-final activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the level of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Croatia's Big Four titleholders

Croatia has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][20] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[21][22][23]

Color Key
  •      Ended as Runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2020 Mirna Naiia Marić
TBA		 TBA ↑ No Pageant Held TBA
2019 Mia Rkman
Top 20		 Katarina Mamić x Nera Nikolić
2018 Mia Pojatina Ivana Mudnić x Michelle Korenić
2017 Shanaelle Petty
Top 16		 Tea Mlinarić
Top 40		 x x
2016 Barbara Filipović Angélica Zacchigna x x
2015 Mirta Kuštan Maja Spahija x x
2014 Ivana Mišura Antonija Gogić x Ana Batarelo
2013 Melita Fabecic Lana Gržetić x x
2012 Elizabeta Burg
Top 16		 Nives Madžarević x x
2011 Natalija Prica Katarina Prnjak x x
2010 Lana Obad Katarina Banić x x
2009 Sarah Ćosić
Top 15		 Ivana Vašilj x x
2008 Snježana Lončarević Josipa Kusić
Top 16		 x x
2007 Jelena Maros Tajana Jeremić x x
2006 Biljana Mančić Ivana Ergić x x
2005 Jelena Glišić Maja Cvjetković x x
2004 Marijana Rupčić Ivana Žnidarić x x
2003 Ivana Delač Aleksandra Grdić Maja Uzarevic x
2002 Ivana Paris Nina Slamić x x
2001 Maja Cecić-Vidoš Rajna Raguž Martina Poljak Ivana Galesic
2000 Renata Lovrinčević Andreja Ćupor Ana Gruica ↑ No Pageant Held

(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)

1999 Marijana Kužina Ivana Petković
Top 15		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. Croatia send their first delegate in 2000)
1998 Ivana Gržetić Lejla Šehović
1997 Kristina Čerina Martina Novosel
1996 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States. Croatia send their first delegate in 1997)		 Vanja Rupena
1995 Anica Martinović
1st Runner-Up
1994 Branka Bebić
Top 5
1993 Fani Čapalija
Top 5
1992 Elena Šuran
↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom. Croatia send their first delegate in 1992)

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Pageant Placements Best result
Miss Universe 4 Top 15 (2009)
Miss World 6 1st Runner Up (1995)
Miss International 0 None
Miss Earth 0 None
Total 10 1st Runner Up (1995) (Miss World)
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See also

References
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  3. Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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  5. Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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