The beauty pageant has been held since the 1950s, where the most beautiful woman in the Netherlands is chosen. This young woman then goes to the Miss World or Miss Universe pageant with the hope of taking first place there and being crowned Miss World or Miss Universe. What is the history of the beauty pageant, what are the components of the pageant, and who were the Dutch winners?
History of Miss pageant
The oldest form of Miss pageant is the Miss World. The show was created by Eric Morley in Great Britain in 1951. He continued this until the year 2000 when he died. Since 2000 it has been under the care of Julia Morley, his wife.
Eric Morley came up with the concept based on a Bikini Competition, a festival where women dressed in swimwear presented themselves. Initially it was still about wearing bikinis, but this was soon replaced by less concealing swimwear. The show gained popularity through publicity organized by BBC in 1959. The pageant quickly became the most watched program on British television.
However, in the 1970s there was a backlash from female liberals who were against this beauty pageant. They interrupted the election using ,bombs, made of flour, water and stink bombs. This gradually led to a change in the design of the election. In the 1980s, it was no longer just an attractive appearance that was important, but also personality and intelligence. This meant that a large part of its popularity disappeared and the show was no longer broadcast on the largest channels.
When the chairman, Eric Morley, died in the 21st century and his wife took over the chairmanship, there was another major breakthrough. The first black Miss was crowned: the African Agbani Darego from Nigeria.
There was also increasing attention for charities. In 2002, the election was held in Nigeria to draw attention to a Nigerian woman who had been sentenced to stoning for cheating. The Miss World Organization also raises a large amount of money every year for children’s charities.
In addition to the Miss World pageant, the Miss Universe pageant and Miss Earth pageant are also held.
Parts of the election
Certain scores and bonus points can be held in the preliminary rounds. Some challenges used are:
- Swimwear: The candidates wear a swimsuit and show it to an audience and jury panel.
- Miss Talent: The candidates show their talents, such as singing, dancing and art.
- Miss Sports: This is about the best sportswoman. The winner of this automatically advances to the semi-finals.
- ,Beauty with a Purpose,: This concerns what the women have done before the election, especially in the field of charities and similar activities.
- People’s Choice.
- Personality.
The winner
The woman who wins the Miss World pageant lives in London for a year, the period during which she is crowned Miss World.
Kiki Hakansson was the first Miss World and reigned for the longest period, namely 475 days, from July 29, 1951. The shortest period was for Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir (Iceland) in 2005, namely 294 days. She was succeeded by Ta t’ána Kucharová from the Czech Republic.
- The first Asian winner was Reita Faria from India (1966).
- The first Latin American winner was Susana Duijm from Venezuela (1955).
- The first African winner was Agbani Darego from Nigeria (2001).
- The first East Asian winner was Zhang Zilin from China (2007).
So far, Venezuela has provided the most winners, namely six. This country is followed by India and Great Britain , each with five titles, and Iceland, Jamaica, Sweden and the United States with three titles each.
The Netherlands has won the title twice, in 1959 (Corinne Rottschäfer) and 1962 (Catharina Lodders).
History of Miss Netherlands
More than half a century ago, the first Miss Pageant was held in the Netherlands. In the beginning, the pageant was known as the Miss Holland pageant, where the most beautiful young woman was chosen who would be representative during the international beauty pageant. From 1989 onwards, Miss Holland was changed and the Miss Netherlands pageant began to emerge, in which more was important than appearance. A Miss also had to be socially involved and have more ,substance,.
Miss Holland (1950 – 1990)
- 1950: Hilda Lesman
- 1951: Betty Drosdy
- 1952: Yvonne Meyer
- 1953: Sanny Weitner
- 1954: Conny Harteveld
- 1955: Angelina Kalkhoven
- 1956: Rita Schmidt
- 1957: Corine Rottschäfer
- 1958: Lucienne Struve
- 1959: Peggy Erwich
- 1960: Ansje Schoon
- 1961: Annemarie Brink
- 1962: Catharina Lodders
- 1963: Godelieve Stassen
- 1964: Elly Tibina Koot
- 1965: Anna “Anja” Maria Schuit
- 1966: Margo Domen
- 1967: Irene van Campenhout
- 1968: Marjolein Abbink
- 1969: Welmoed Hollenberg
- 1970: Maureen Renzen
- 1971: Laura Mulder-Smid
- 1972: Jenny ten Wolde
- 1973: Yildiz the Cat
- 1974: Nicoline Broeckx
- 1975: Linda Snippe
- 1976: Nanny Nielen
- 1977: Sharine Leenders
- 1978: Karin Ingrid Gustafsson
- 1979: Eunice Bharatsingh
- 1980: Karin Gooyer
- 1981: Ingrid Schouten
- 1982: Brigitte Dierickx
- 1983: Nancy Lalleman Heynis
- 1984: Nancy Neede
- 1985: Pasquale Somers and Mandy Jacobs[1]
- 1986: Janny ter Velde
- 1987: Angelique Cremers
- 1988: Angela Visser
Miss Netherlands (1989 – 2012)
- 1989 – Liesbeth Caspers
- 1990 – Gabrielle Step
- 1991 – Linda Egging
- 1992 – Gaby van Nimwegen
- 1993 – Hilda van der Meulen
- 1994 – Yoshka Bon
- 1995 – Didie Schackman
- 1996 – Petra Hoost
- 1997 – Sonja Silva
- 1998 – Nerena Ruinemans
- 1999 – Ilona van Veldhuisen
- 2000 – Raja Moussaoui
- 2001 – Irena Pantelic
- 2002 – Elise Boulogne
- 2003 – Sanne de Regt
- 2004 – Miranda Slabber
- 2005 – no election (Monique Plat was sent to the Miss World pageant without being elected)
- 2006 – Sheryl Baas
- 2007 – Melissa Sneekes
- 2008 – Deniz Akkoyun (Miss Utrecht)
- 2009 – Avalon-Chanel Weyzig
- 2010 – Desirée van den Berg
- 2011 – Jill Lauren de Robles (Miss World), Kelly Weekers (Miss Universe), Jill Duijves (Miss Earth)
- 2012 – Stephanie Tency (Miss Universe), Jaqueline Steenbeek (Miss World)