Miss China

The Miss Universe China Organization was established in 2001. The first ever Miss Universe China titleholder, Zhuo Ling, was selected in Guangdong province in March, 2002. She represented her country in Miss Universe 2002 and placed 2nd runner-up. Some reports claimed that the Chinese contest was shut down before voting took place by officials who mistakenly believed it was not licensed. However, Zhuo Ling denied it and stated that 40 finalists from across China made it to the event.

Miss Lithuania

Miss Lithuania is the national beauty contest for unmarried women of Lithuania which is held annually with breaks. Winner represents Lithuania in Miss World. In 2012, the organization acquired the Miss Universe franchise to select a representative to the pageant.
2000    Martyna Bimbaitė
2001    Oksana Semenišina
2002    Vaida Grikštaitė
2004    Agnė Maliaukaitė
2007    Jurgita Jurkutė
2008    Gabrielė Martirosianaitė
2009    Vaida Petraškaitė
2010    Gritė Maruškevičiūtė
2011    Ieva Gervinskaitė
2012    Rasa Vereniūtė
Greta grew up in Siauliai, Lithuania.  She spent summers with her cousins and grandmother enjoying nature and the village air. Greta most recently attended College of Vilnius to study Dance Pedagogy.  Her dream job is to open a dance studio and become a choreographer.

Miss Bulgaria

Miss Bulgaria is an annual national beauty contest held in Bulgaria and initially established in the late 1920s, then discontinued during World War II and the Communist rule of Bulgaria to be reestablished in 1990. At the moment the license for the contest is property of Fashion and Model Agency "Intersound".

The winner of the pageant goes to Miss World and the first runner-up qualify for Miss Universe.

Miss Armenia

Miss Armenia is a national pageant held annually in Armenia to select Armenia's representatives to international beauty competitions.
 1996, Karine Khachatrian
 1997, Angelina Babajanyan
 1998, Gohar Harutunyan
 1999, pas de concours
 2000, Kristina Babayan
 2001, Irina Tovmasyan Yerevan
 2002, No Pageant
 2003, Lusine Tovmasyan Yerevan
 2004-5, pas de concours
 2006, Marina Vardanyan Yerevan
 2007, Margarita Sarukhanyan Yerevan
 2008, Anna Galstyan

Miss Senegal

Miss Senegal is a beauty contest held in Senegal. The winner represents the country's west African regional election of Miss ECOWAS and other elections. The famous Rabyatou Diallo was elected MISS FRANCE and also Chief Executive of Senegalese and travaiile the SATS in the field of accounting.

Miss Lebanon

Miss Lebanon - Lebanon's Official National Beauty Pageant is a beauty contest in Lebanon. It is broadcast on Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBCI), since 1991. It is currently organised with the Lebanese Tourism Services. The pageant has been cancelled a few times due civil wars, conflicts with Israel and lack of protection for the delegates. The winner of Miss Lebanon competes at Miss World and Miss Universe. The pageant also send representatives to Miss International and Miss Earth pageants.

Miss Algeria

Algeria: After an absence of 10 years, the Miss Algeria beauty contest was held Friday in the western city of Oran, with 19-year-old science student Rym Amari taking the pageant honours.

The competition was suspended in 2003 after the death of Cheradi Hamdad, who launched the beauty contest in 1996 during Algeria's devastating civil war and whose son Faycal Hamdad has now taken up the mantle.

"I have picked up the torch for this year only, because my father died last year of lung cancer," said the new pageant director, a rights activist and a performer in his own right.

The revamped beauty show demonstrates that "the Algerian woman has evolved, Algeria has evolved", said Hamdad.

After wiping away tears of joy, beauty contest winner Amari declared: "I am your Miss Algeria. I am 19 years old and I am a materials science student."

She came out on top from the 20 contestants, aged between 18 and 26, who were carefully selected from Algeria's main cities to compete in front of 2,000 spectators in an Oran hotel.

While there was a minimum height requirement, there was no posing in swimsuits, with the Miss Algeria hopefuls parading in traditional outfits, sportswear and evening dresses.

Miss Algeria 2013 has been crowned too late to be able to participate in this year's Miss World contest, due to be held in Bali in September.

Miss Turkey

Miss Turkey is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Turkey, who personify beauty with intelligence. The first beauty contest was held on September 2, 1929 with the backing of the government, and the winner of the title was Feriha Tevfik, among the 125 participants.

Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspaper Cumhuriyet. Since 1980, it is being run by the "Miss Turkey Organization". Between the years 1980-1990, the contest was sponsored by the newspapers Güneş, Sabah, Tercüman, Bulvar and some others.

With the establishment of private TV channels in Turkey in 1990, the channels Magic Box, Show TV, Channel D, Star TV, NTV, CNBC-e and FOX TV took over the promotion of the pageant. The title "Miss Turkey" is a registered trade mark.

Miss Turkey Organization currently sends delegates to winner goes to Miss World, the runner ups goes to Miss Universe, Miss Earth and Miss International.