Formation | 1996 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Yerevan |
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Official language | Armenian |
President | Gohar Harutunyan |
Website | https://missarmenia.org/ |
The Miss Armenia ( Armenian: Միսս Հայաստան; Miss Hayastan) is the national beauty pageant in Armenia. Its winners represent Armenia in Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Grand International. [1]
Armenia debuted at Miss World and Miss Universe in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Through the Miss Armenia pageant, the winner represents her country at the mentioned pageants.
Originally, the contest wasn't held in Armenia. It was first held in 1996, with certain intervals, up to 2012.
After 6 years of hiatus, the Miss Armenia returned in 2017 under the support of Armenian ministry of culture. The contest took take place at the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan.
There are two Miss Armenia contests — Miss Hayastan (Miss Armenia) and Miss Armenia (for Miss Universe Armenia and Miss World Armenia).
In 2021, the Miss Armenia organization purchased the license for Miss Grand International, although no contest was held, instead Kristina Ayanian was appointed to represent the country at the pageant. [2] Ayanian was the second Armenian candidate to compete at the pageant following Lily Sargsyan (Miss Armenia 2017) who participated in the pageant way back in 2019. [3]
Year | Miss Armenia | Armenian Name | Region | Notes | International |
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1996 | Karine Khachatrian | Կարինե Խաչատրյան | Yerevan | Armenian sport master in artistic gymnastics |
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1997 | Angelina Babajanyan | Անգելինա Բաբաջանյան | Miss Caucasus | — | |
1998 | Gohar Harutunyan | Գոհար Հարությունյան | CEO of Miss Armenian org. — Franchise holder to Miss Universe and Miss World in Armenia |
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2000 | Kristina Babayan | Քրիստինա Բաբայան | Doctor-cosmetologist | — | |
2001 | Irina Tovmasyan | Իրինա Թովմասյան | — | — | |
2003 | Lusine Tovmasyan | Լուսինե Թովմասյան | Vitsemiss Europe 2005 |
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2006 | Marina Vardanyan | Մարինա Վարդանյան | — |
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2007 | Margarita Sarukhanyan | Մարգարիտա Սարուխանյան | — | — | |
2008 | Anna Galstyan | Աննա Գալստյան | — | — | |
2010 | Lilit Karapetyan | Լիլիթ Կարապետյան | Miss Supranational Armenia 2010 | — | |
2012 | Anna Arakelyan | Աննա Առաքելյան | An Economist | — | |
2017 | Lili Sargsyan [3] | Լիլի Սարգսյան | Miss World Armenia 2017
[3] Miss Grand Armenia 2019 [3] |
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Year | Miss Universe Armenia | Notes | Miss World Armenia | Notes | Miss Grand Armenia | Notes | ||||
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Romanized name | Armenian Name | Romanized name | Armenian Name | Romanized name | Armenian Name | |||||
2018 | Eliza Muradyan | Էլիզա Մուրադյան | Business Woman, Owner & CEO of Elysee™ | Arena Zeynalyan | Արենա Զեյնալյան | Acquired the license in 2021 | ||||
2019 | Dayana Davtyan | Դայանա Դավթյան | Architect — Miss Planet 2015 (Elegance award) | Liana Voskerchyan | Լիանա Ոսկերչյան | |||||
2020 | Monika Grigoryan | Մոնիկա Գրիգորյան | Miss Tourism Globe Armenia 2019 | No Titleholder, the international pageant was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||
2021 | Nane Avetisyan [1] | Նանե Ավետիսյան | Mirna Bzdigian [1] | Միրնա Պզտիկեան | Armenian-Syrian | Kristina Ayanian [1] | Քրիստինա Այանյան | Miss Boston 2020 (Armenian-American) | ||
2022 | Kristina Ayanian | Քրիստինա Այանյան | Miss Boston 2020 (Armenian-American) | No Titleholder |
The following women have represented Armenia in the international beauty pageants. The highest placement was the winner of Miss Commonwealth of CIS in 1998, won by Gohar Harutunyan, the current CEO of Miss Armenian organization.
Year | Region | Miss Armenia | Armenian Name | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards |
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2024 | TBA | ||||
2023 | Did not compete | ||||
2022 | Yerevan | Kristina Ayanian [4] | Քրիստինա Այանյան | Unplaced | |
2021 | Yerevan | Nane Avetisyan [1] | Նանե Ավետիսյան | Unplaced | |
2020 | Yerevan | Monika Grigoryan | Մոնիկա Գրիգորյան | Unplaced | |
2019 | Yerevan | Dayana Davtyan | Դայանա Դավթյան | Unplaced | |
2018 | Etchmiadzin | Eliza Muradyan | Էլիզա Մուրադյան | Unplaced |
Year | Region | Miss World Armenia | Armenian Name | Placement at Miss World | Special Awards |
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2023 | TBA | ||||
2022 | Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022 | ||||
2021 | Yerevan | Mirna Bzdigian [1] | Միրնա Պզտիկեան | Unplaced |
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2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held | ||||
2019 | Yerevan | Liana Voskerchyan | Լիանա Ոսկերչյան | Unplaced |
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2018 | Yerevan | Arena Zeynalyan | Արենա Զեյնալյան | Unplaced | |
2017 | Yerevan | Lili Sargsyan [5] | Լիլի Սարգսյան | Unplaced |
Year | Region | Miss Grand Armenia | Armenian Name | Placement at Miss Grand Int'l | Special Awards |
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Did not compete since 2022—Present | |||||
2021 | Yerevan | Kristina Ayanian [2] | Քրիստինա Այանյան | Unplaced |
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2020 | Yerevan | Nare Zakaryan [6] | Նարե Զաքարյան | Did not compete | |
2019 | Yerevan | Lili Sargsyan [3] | Լիլի Սարգսյան | Unplaced |