Miss Denmark

Miss Denmark (Danish: Miss Danmark or Frøken Danmark) is a national Beauty pageant in Denmark.

Organization

The Miss Danmark pageant was established in 1926 when the country hosted its first national beauty contest whose winner was Edith Jørgensen. Between 1951 and 2003, Miss Denmark/Frøken Danmark selected one winner to represent Denmark at several major international beauty competitions. Among the famous Miss Danmarks include Aino Korva, Miss Danmark 1963.

From 1986 until 2013, Memborg models operated the contest. In 2015, the rights to hold the Miss Denmark national beauty pageant have been purchased by Lisa Lents of Miss & Mister Denmark Org. The winner of Miss Denmark from now on will compete only at Miss World.^[1]

In 2013, the organization obtained the Miss Earth franchise license where they sent representatives in 2013 & 2014. After a few years break, they were back at working with Miss Earth in 2017 & 2018.

In 2018, the organization obtained th Miss Universe franchise license.

In 2018, the organization obtained th Miss Grand International franchise license.

Titleholders

Below are the official winners of Miss Danmark winners since 1926.^[2]

Miss World Denmark

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Denmark did not compete at Miss World in 1971–73, 1996-1999, 2001-2002.^[3]

Miss Universe Denmark

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The second title of Miss Denmark was automatically declared as Miss Universe Denmark and represented Denmark at the Miss Universe pageant. In 2018, the Miss Universe franchise was awarded to Lisa Lents, national director of Miss Danmark.

Denmark did not compete at Miss Universe in the following years: 1954–57, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1991, 1997–99, 2001–2003, 2009, 2014, and 2017.

Miss Earth Denmark

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The third title of Miss Denmark was automatically declared as Miss Earth Denmark and represented Denmark at the Miss Earth pageant. In 2017, the Miss Earth franchise was awarded to Lisa Lents, national director of Miss Danmark.

Year	Represented	Face of Denmark	Placement	Special Awards
2018	Horsens	Kamilla Bang	TBA	TBA
2017	Copenhagen	Sabrina Jovanovic	Unplaced	Top 16 in Miss Intelligence
2016	Vejle	Klaudia Persberg	Unplaced	Best in Resorts Wear by Jhong Sudlon
2015	Faroe Islands	Turið Elinborgardóttir	Unplaced	Snowman Building

• ^a Turið Elinborgardóttir resigned after representing Denmark at Miss Earth 2015, due to pregnancy. The runner-up, Laila Karim first runner-up, of Nørrebro took the title as Miss Earth Denmark 2015.^[4]
• ^[b] Klaudia was a top 6 finalist and "First Princess" at Face of Denmark 2015. She was appointed to be Miss Earth Denmark by the Face of Denmark organization after Alexandria Eissinger decided to not compete at Miss Earth due to scheduling conflicts.

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Notes

So far, no Dane has ever won Miss World; the closest to the crown was Pia Rosenberg Larsen in 1986, when she placed as the 1st Runner-up to the eventual winner, Giselle Laronde of Trinidad & Tobago.

See also

• Mister Denmark

References

External links

• Official site