Miss České republiky, originally named Miss Československo (), is the most prestigious national beauty pageant in the Czech Republic.
History Early winners The First Czech Queen: 1910 The Czech Republic had its first beauty queen in 1910. However, according to press reports, it was not a domestic competition in the modern sense of the word, but an unofficial competition organized by Czech Parisians. Twenty-year-old Růžena Brožová, selected based on photographs, took part in a trip to Paris in 1910, where beauty queen elections were held during the Mi-carême (mid-Lent) festivities. The press called her the "Czech Queen".
Post World War II contests 1966 – 1970 The Second World War and the subsequent rise of communism caused a long interruption of the contest. Only around the time of the Prague Spring did beauty pageants temporarily resume from 1966 to 1970. The winners even competed internationally. The last contest was held in June 1970 with the winner of that year's contest being slated to represent Czechoslovakia in the 1971 editions of Miss Universe and Miss Europe, and the 1st Runner-Up representing the country at Miss World 1970. However, after Miss Universe 1970, the 1969 winner who competed at Miss Universe as Miss Czechoslovakia, Kristina Hanzalová, fled to West Germany and requested political asylum in July 1970. In response, the communist government of Czechoslovakia, under direct influence of the Soviet Union, banned beauty pageants in the country and forbade the 1970 winner and runners-up from participating internationally. The ban remained in place until 1989. During this time, the contest was called Dívka Roku/Dívka Roku Československa ().
Modern day Contest, before the national pageant merger 1989 – 1992 The modern day pageant was founded in 1989, under the name Miss Československá Socialistická Republika (Miss ČSSR) (). The first modern-day Miss Czechoslovkia was Ivana Christová of the East Slovak Region (from the part of the region that is now present-day Prešov). The following year, in 1990, the contest was renamed Miss Česká a Slovenská Federativní Republika (Miss ČSFR) (). Internationally, the contest was referred to Miss Československo/Miss Czechoslovakia.
1993 – 2009 In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into two nations, the Czech Republic/Czechia and the Slovak Republic/Slovakia, the pageant as a result was held one last time as Miss České a Slovenské Republiky (). Earlier that year the first Miss Slovakia/Miss Slovensko was held and in 1994, the original organizers restructured the pageant into Miss České republiky for the Czech Republic only with the first edition taking place. The director and head person in charge from 1989 to 2008 was Miloš Zapletal. In 2009, Zapletal departed and was replaced with the 2006 winner and Miss World 2006, Taťána Kuchařová who held the 2009 contest before the Czech national pageant merger in 2010.
National Pageant Merger in 2010 In 2005, a rival pageant was started and was able to outbid this pageant to acquire franchising rights for Miss Universe and crowned a new delegate for Miss Universe 2005. In 2010, Miss České republiky and the rival pageant, Česká Miss merged under the direction of former Miss Československo () of 1991, , and two winners were selected, one for Miss Universe and the other for Miss World.
Present-day contest
Present day contest: Since 2018 In 2018, the Miss České republiky pageant returned after the organizers of discontinued the Miss Léta pageant after acquiring the trademark and intellectual rights to Miss České republiky.
Titleholders YearTitleholdersRunners-upEarly winnersIdeální Dívka Čech / Ideal Czech Girl (1910; 1918)1st runner-up2nd runner-up1910Růžena BrožováJosefína NovákováAnna Světlá1918Renátie MachálkováBlanka DolanskáAntonie ČáslavskáYearInterbellumIdeální Dívka Československa / The Ideal Girl of Czechoslovakia (1919; 1927–1928; 1930; 1935; 1937–1939)Ideální Dívka Čech a Moravy / Ideal Girl of Bohemia and Moravia (1940)1st runner-up2nd runner-up1919Ludmila Dostálová——1927Bohemia (Prague)Anežka Trojková, Anny Ondráková1928Marie KopeckáAnna PavelkováHelena Sováková1930Milada DostálováLucie KostkováEva Sobotková1931Julia Janowetz——1935Trude BöhmTaťána MačkováDaniela Votrubová1937Karolína MarkováIveta RůžičkováSimona Černá1938Hana LounováJana KrumlováStanislava Bartošová1939Linda MichálkováRenata SokolováMarkéta Divá1940Veronika ZpěvákováHeidy MüllerAnna BayerYearPost World War II/Pre modern dayMiss Československo / Miss Czechoslovakia and Dívka Roku Československa / Girl of the Year of Czechslovakia (1948 & 1966–1970)1st runner-up2nd runner-up1948unknown——1966Dagmar SilvínováPavlína NovotnáIldiga Tůmová1967East Slovak Region (Košice)Zuzana PorízkováIva Filipová1968Jarmila TeplánováJiřina ChmátalováIrena Nováčíková1969Kristina Hanzalová(Bratislava)Marcela BitnarovaMarta Rausuvá1970Miroslava JančíkováXenie HallováEva FiedlerováYearMiss Československo / Miss Czechoslovakia (1989–1992)1st runner-up2nd runner-up1989Ivana ChristováEast Slovak Region (Prešov)Jana HronkováWest Bohemia (Plzeň)Michaela PolívkováEast Bohemia (Hradec Králové)1990North Moravia (Moravian-Silesian)Andrea Rozkovcová(Central Bohemia)Ingrid Ondrovičová(Bratislava)1991(South Moravia)Andrea TatarkováEast Slovak Region (Košice)Markéta SilnáSouth Moravia (Zlín)1992North Bohemia (Liberec)Gabriela Haršányová(Bratislava)Štěpánka TýcováNorth Bohemia (Ústí nad Labem)YearMiss České a Slovenské Republiky / Miss Czech and Slovak Republic (1993)1st runner-up2nd runner-up1993Silvia Lakatošová(Bratislava)Karin Majtánová(Bratislava)Simona Smejkalová(Prague)YearMiss České Republiky (1994–2009)1st runner-up2nd runner-up1994Eva Kotulánová(South Moravia)Kateřina VondrováNorth Bohemia (Ústí nad Labem)Lenka BeličkováWest Bohemia (Karlovy Vary)1995Monika ŽídkováNorth Moravia (Moravia-Silesia)Kateřina KasalováEast Bohemia (Pardubice)Renata Hornofová(Prague)1996North Moravia (Olomouc)(Prague)Zdenka Zadrazilova(South Bohemia)1997(South Moravia)Kristýna Fridvalská(Central Bohemia)Gabriela Justinová(North Moravia (Olomouc)1998(Central Bohemia)Alena Šeredová(Prague)(Prague)1999Helena HoudováWest Bohemia (Plzeň)Šárka SikorováNorth Moravia (Moravia-Silesia)(Central Bohemia)2000Michaela SalačováEast Bohemia (Vysočina)Kateřina ElgerováWest Bohemia (Plzeň)Markéta Svobodná(South Bohemia)2001Diana Kobzanová(Liberec)Andrea Fišerová(Ústí nad Labem)Andrea Vránová(Ústí nad Labem)2002Kateřina Průšová(Liberec)(Prague)(Moravia-Silesia)2003Lucie Váchová(Central Bohemia)Klára Medková(South Moravia)Markéta Divišová(Prague)2004Jana Doleželová(Olomouc)Michaela Wostlová(South Bohemia)Edita Horthová(South Moravia)2005Lucie Králová(Ústí nad Labem)Petra Macháčková(Central Bohemia)(Prague)2006Taťána Kuchařová(Hradec Králové)Kateřina Pospíšilová(Prague)(Moravia-Silesia)2007Kateřina Sokolová(Olomouc)(Olomouc)(South Bohemia)2008Zuzana Jandová(Moravia-Silesia)(Moravia-Silesia)Kristýna Lebedová(Zlín)2009Aneta Vignerová(Moravia-Silesia)(Prague)(Zlín)YearMiss České Republiky (2018–present)1st runner-up2nd runner-up2018(South Moravia)Tereza Bohuslavová(Ústí nad Labem)Kristýna Malířová(Ústí nad Labem)2019(Central Bohemia)Sára Lyčková(Moravia-Silesia)Dominika Benáková(Hradec Králové)2020Jana Krojidlová(Central Bohemia)Valerie Herianová(Ústí nad Labem)Kateřina Šimonková(Moravia-Silesia)2021Helena Čermáková(Zlín)Sarah Horáková(South Moravia)Valerie Váňová(Ústí nad Labem)2022Andrea Kaplanová(Ústí nad Labem Region)Pavlína Jagrová(Pardubice)Karolina Budka(Prague)2023Bára Sulanová(South Bohemia)Valerie Přecechtělová(Olomouc)Viktorie Louženská(Hradec Králové)2024Karin Bacilková(South Moravia)Adéla Herčíková(Prague)Nikoleta Domdjoni(Central Bohemia)2025Miriam Sais(Prague)Isabella Rossini(Prague)Karolína Kuhnová(Moravia-Silesia)
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International pageant representatives
Miss Europe YearRegionRepresentative's NamePlacementSpecial AwardsTitle 2007 South Bohemia Did not compete. Miss Europe 2007 was postponed and eventually cancelled indefinitely. 2nd Runner-Up at Miss České republiky 2007 2006 Pardubice Daniela Frantzová Unplaced Top 4 finalist at Miss České republiky 2005 2005 South Moravia Top 12 2nd Runner-Up at Miss České republiky 2004 2004 colspan=5 2003 Prague Markéta Divišová Unplaced 2nd Runner-Up at Miss České republiky 2003 2002 Moravia-Silesia Unplaced 2nd Runner-Up at Miss České republiky 2002 2001 Prague Ema Černáková Unplaced Top 6 Finalist at Miss České republiky 2001 2000 colspan=5 1999 Central Bohemia 4th Runner-Up 2nd Runner-Up at Miss České republiky 1999 1998 colspan=5 1997 Central Bohemia Kristýna Fridvalská Top 12 1st Runner-Up at Miss České republiky 1997 1996 Prague Unplaced 1st Runner-Up at Miss České Republiky 1996 1995 North Moravia (Moravia-Silesia) Monika Žídková Miss Europe 1995 Miss České republiky 1995 1994 North Bohemia (Ústecký) Kateřina Vondrová Unplaced 1st Runner-Up at Miss České republiky 1994 1993 Moravia Jana Rybská Unplaced Top 5 Finalist at Miss Czech and Slovak Republic 1993Miss Československo / Miss Czechoslovakia 1992 North Bohemia (Liberec) 1st Runner-Up Miss Československo 1992 1991 — UNKNOWN 4th Runner-Up — colspan=6 1971 — Miroslava JančíkováDid not compete after Hanzalová fled to West Germany to request political asylum which prompted the government to ban beauty pageants and forbid the already crowned titleholders from competing internationally. Dívka Roku Československa 1970 1970 — Kristina Hanzalová Dívka Roku Československa 1969 1969 — Jarmila Teplanová Unplaced Dívka Roku Československa 1968 1968 East Slovak Region (Košice) Unplaced Dívka Roku Československa 1967 colspan=6 1948 — UNKNOWN Unplaced Miss Československo 1948 colspan=6 1935 — Trude Böhm Unplaced Ideální Dívka Československa 1935 colspan=6 1932 – Julia Janowetz Unplaced – 1931 colspan=5 1930 — Milada Dostálová Unplaced Ideální Dívka Československa 1930 1929 rowspan=2 colspan=5 1928 1927 Bohemia (Prague) Unplaced Ideální Dívka Československa 1927
Miss World