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Miss Estonia

Beauty pageant

Field	Value
name	Miss Estonia
formation	1923
type
purpose	Beauty pageant
headquarters	Tallinn
location	Estonia
membership
affiliations
language	Estonian
website

Miss Estonia is a national Beauty pageant in Estonia. The main winners mostly competed at Miss Universe pageant.

History

Sinaida Tamm, the first Miss Estonia was elected in April 1923. The competition was arranged by Estonia Film and its main aim was to find a new actress. In 1925 the competition was arranged by a major newspaper Päevaleht. In 1931, Lilli Silberg was the first runner-up at Miss Europe in Paris. In 1932, Nadezda Peedi-Hoffmann was elected Miss Estonia and she held the title for 56 years, until 1988, when Heli Mets was awarded the title. Since then Estonia has had 15 beauty pageant titleholders. Miss Estonia has been participating at Miss Universe since 1993, starting with Kersti Tänavsuu.

Cancellation

In 2019, the Eesti Miss beauty pageant was cancelled due to the lack of supporters for the annual project.

Mister Estonia

Valeri Kirss also produced the annual Mister Estonia (Mister Eesti) under Eesti Miss Estonia but the pageant does not exist since 2009. Here mentioned the recent winners:

2008 — Kaido Matson
2006 — Villu Loonde

Franchise holders

Estonia Film (1920s)
Valeri Kirss (1988―2013) Miss Estonia licence holder ( -2031)
Yuliia Pavlikova (2024)
Leo-Sergei Täht Miss World Estonia license holder (2021- )
Natalie Korneitsik (2025-) Miss Universe Estonia license holder

Titleholders

Year		width="250"	Eesti Miss Estonia
1923
1925
1929
1930
1931
1932
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
2012
2013
2024
2025

Big Four pageants representatives

Miss Universe Estonia

: Declared the winner
: Finished as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
: Finished as one of the finalists or semifinalists
: Finished as a special awards winner

Year	County	Eesti Miss Estonia	Placement at Miss Universe	Special Award(s)
Harju	Brigitta Schaback	Unplaced		Dethroned by the organization for violating the official rules and contractual obligations
Harju	Emili Denneng	Did not compete}}	Received the title of 1st Runner-Up Miss Universe Estonia following the dethronement of Brigitta Schaback.
Harju	Valeria Vasilieva	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2014—2023}}
Harju	Kristina Karjalainen	Unplaced
Harju	Natalie Korneitsik	Unplaced
Harju	Katlin Valdmets	Dethroned}}
Saare	Madli Vilsar	Unplaced
Did not compete in 2010}}
Harju	Diana Arno	Unplaced
Harju	Julia Kovaljova	Unplaced
Harju	Kadri Nogu	Did not compete}}
Harju	Viktoria Azovskaja	Unplaced
Harju	Kirke Klemmer	Unplaced
Harju	Jana Kuvaitseva	Did not compete}}
Viljandi	Sirle Kalma	Unplaced
Harju	Katrin Susi	Unplaced
Harju	Maili Nomm	Did not compete}}
Harju	Jana Tafenau	Unplaced
Harju	Inna Roos	Unplaced
Harju	Evelyn Mikomägi	Top 10
Harju	Triin Rannat	Unplaced
Harju	Mari Loorens	Unplaced
Harju	Kristiina Heinmets	Top 10
Harju	Helen Mahmastol	Unplaced
Harju	Enel Eha	Unplaced
Harju	Eva-Maria Laan	Unplaced
Harju	Kersti Tanavsuu	Unplaced

Miss World Estonia

: Declared the winner
: Finished as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
: Finished as one of the finalists or semifinalists
: Finished as a special awards winner

Year	County	Miss World Estonia	Placement at Miss World	Special Award(s)
Harju	Mari-Ann Rõuk	TBA	TBA	TBA
Järva	Eliise Randmaa	Top 40
Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 2024 due to the change of host and when entering India as the new host, there were several issues that caused the postponement until March 2024.}}
Pärnu	Adriana Mass	Unplaced
Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022.}}
Tartu	Karolin Kippasto	Unplaced

Notes

In 1993, Kersti Tänavsuu (Miss Estonia 1993 First runner up) became the first Estonian representative in the Miss Universe pageant.
Other times that the first runner up replaced the original winner in Miss Universe competition are Mari Loorens (1998), Katrin Susi (2003) and Julia Kovaljova (2008).
In 2005, Jana Kuvaitseva did not compete at Miss Universe 2005 for personal reasons. None of the runners up were sent to contest.
The pageant produces 4 Miss Baltic Sea winners: Liis Tappo (1992), Eva Maria Laan (1995), Kadri Väljaots (1999) and Dagmar Makko (2001).

References

"Eesti Miss Estonia History".
Ülo Külm. (17 August 2025). "FOTOD: tema ongi uus Miss World Estonia 2025!".
"Kadrioru loss täitus missiiluga! Miss World Estonia 2023 on tegus IT-spetsialist Eliise Randmaa: "Tahan tõestada, et miss ei ole kõndiv riidepuu!"". Õhtuleht.
(15 August 2022). "Õnnesoovid! Miss World Estonia 2022 tiitli pälvis kaunitar Tartu Ülikoolist". [[Kroonika]].
"Karolin Kippasto kroonitud tiitliga Miss World Estonia 2021".
"Miss Estonia history".

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