- Miss Universe Latvia
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Miss Universe Latvia (Miss Universe Latvija) is a national beauty pageant that selects the Latvian representative to the Miss Universe pageant. The contestants represent the 7 cities and 26 Districts of Latvia and the region of Baltic Bay (Baltija Bers). There they would select the top 15, then the top 10 and the final 5. So far the pageant was held only twice: in 2005 and 2006. Miss Universe Latvia is not related to Miss Latvia beauty pageant.
The last Miss Universe Latvia is Sanita Kubina, who was crowned on April 5, 2006 in Riga.[1] She represented Latvia in the Miss Universe 2006 in Los Angeles, California but did not place.
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History
In 2005, Bravo Productions was awarded the rights to send Latvian representative to Miss Universe 2005 pageant to be held in Bangkok, Thailand. Ieva Kokarevica (19) became the first ever Miss Universe Latvia in an event held at the SAS Radisson in Riga on April 7, 2005.[2] As well as having debuted, Latvia was also called out to the semi-finals (and finals) for the first time.
Winners
Year Name Represeting Placement at Miss Universe 2005 Ieva Kokoreviča Limbaži Top 10 2006 Sanita Kubliņa Ogre None 2007-2011 NO PAGEANT References
- ^ ""Miss Universe Latvija 2006" Sanita Kubliņa". TVNET Izklaide. 2006-04-07. http://www.tvnet.lv/izklaide/fun/news/article.php?id=345688. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ^ "News archive: April - June 2005". Pageant News Bureau. http://www.pageant.com/news/archive/news2005q2.html. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
External links
Categories:- Miss Universe by country
- Beauty pageants in Latvia
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