Miss and Mister Azerbaijan (or Miss Azərbaycan) is a national beauty pageant in Azerbaijan.
History The national beauty contest "Miss Azerbaijan" is held in the country since 1996. Each year, before the beginning of the next contest, an organizing committee which involves representatives of well-known media persons, voluntarily provide organizational support for the contest. The organizing committee is also working with various media organizations, photographers and photo studios, videographers, designers, freelancers, and the sponsors who provide their services to competition on mutually beneficial terms. 16 ladies are selected after casting and the qualifying round for the final selection. During the final round an independent jury consisting of representatives of culture and arts, show business and media, and sponsors, evaluate the finalists' performance by a 10-point system. According to the point calculation results, the main and sponsor nominations are distributed.
National Franchise All the contests "Miss Azerbaijan" had been held by the license issued by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan until 2006. After 2006, under the new rules, the Ministry canceled the issuance of licenses for cultural events, including the contests.
In 2013, Azerbaijan selected the winner for Miss Universe. Instead, the winner of Miss Azerbaijan 2012 participated at the event. The first time the country participated in the pageant in Miss Universe 2013 on 9 November. Aysel Manafova is the first Miss Universe Azerbaijan titleholder.
Titleholders YearMiss AzərbaycanMister AzərbaycanNotes 1996 Narmina Zarbaliyeva rowspan="14" 1997 Gulsara Rzayeva 1999 Fatima Abbasguliyeva 2000 Valida Abasova 2001 Fatima Suleymanova 2002 Samira Rasulova 2003 Sabina Hashimova 2004 Olesya Sergeyeva 2005 Shovkat Gasimova 2006 Gunay Musayeva 2010 Gulnara Alimuradova 2012 Aysel Manafova 2013 Fidan Mammadova 2014 Javidan Gurbanova 2015 Natalia Sokolovskaya Elvin Mammadov 2016 Oksana Barkhatova Parviz Khalilov 2017 Razi Aliyeva Ali Huseynov 2018 Narmina Hajiyeva Shakir Ahmadzade 2019 Samra Huseynova Nijat Alakbarli 2020 Banu Shujai Elçin Dadaşov 2021 Milan Babayeva Tengiz Rustamkhanli 2022 Nurlana Valiyeva Isa Alakbarov 2023 Javidan Kesemenli Kamelia Youssef 2024 Deniz Ismayeva Ismali Abbsazade 2025 Aytən Əbilova Ülvü Mehrəli
Azerbaijani at Grand slam beauty pageants Miss Universe Azerbaijan
Year Region Miss Azerbaijan Placement at Miss Universe Special Award(s) NotesErnest Hadrian Böhm directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 2024 colspan=6 2024 Baku Bahar Mirzayeva colspan=2 Due to internal matter, Bahar did not present to Miss Universe. In early quarantine, her official portrait on Miss Universe website finally disappeared and confirmed that she will not compete at Miss Universe 2024.Aras Agalarov directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 2013 colspan=6 2013 Baku Aysel Manafova Unplaced Aysel was sponsored by Aras Agalarov (only 2013), one of the main organizers of the Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia.
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External links Official website