Face of Denmark

Face of Denmark is a national beauty pageant in Denmark that selects the representative to the Miss Universe, Miss Earth, Miss International and Miss Supranational pageants.^[1]

Organization

Since 2015 the Face of Denmark competition has operated its own production under Anders Hamilton de Voss and his partner John Paul Hamilton de Voss.

Several former titleholders who have achieved success abroad representing Denmark at beauty pageants are on the board of national directors for the Face of Denmark organization. They include Catharina Svensson, the first Miss Earth winner from Denmark; Aino Korva, Miss Denmark 1963 and first runner-up at Miss Universe 1963; Pia Larsen, Miss Denmark 1986, and first runner-up at Miss International 1986 and Miss World 1986; Zaklina Sojic, Miss Universe Denmark 2007 and top 15 at Miss Universe 2007; and Mette Riis Sørensen, Miss International Denmark 2015.^[2][3]

Representatives to Big Four pageants

Since 2015, the following women have represented Denmark in three of the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.^[4][5] These are Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth with the exception of Miss World which belongs to another national franchise organization, Miss Denmark.^[6][7][8]

Miss Universe Denmark

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The Face of Denmark winner is automatically declared as Miss Universe Denmark and represents Denmark at the Miss Universe pageant.^[9] On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

Miss Earth Denmark

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The Second title of Face of Denmark is automatically declared as Miss Earth Denmark and represents Denmark at the Miss Earth pageant.

Year	Represented	Face of Denmark	Placement	Special Awards
2016	Vejle	Klaudia Persberg		Best in Resorts Wear by Jhong Sudlon
2015	Faroe Islands	Turið Elinborgardóttir		03 ! 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.^[10]
• ^[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.

Miss International Denmark

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The Third title of Face of Denmark automatically declares as Miss International Denmark and represents Denmark at the Miss International pageant.

Representatives to other international pageant

Miss Supranational Denmark

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The Fourth title of Face of Denmark is automatically declared as Miss Supranational Denmark and represents Denmark at the Miss Supranational pageant.

Notes

Supermodel Helena Christensen began her career in 1986 as Miss Universe Denmark. In the same year, Pia Rosenberg Larsen won Miss Denmark and competed at Miss International, where she placed as first runner-up. In 1993, TV personality and actress Maria Hirse won Miss Universe Denmark, but like Helena Christensen, failed to place at Miss Universe.^[11][12]

This contest is unrelated to the Miss Denmark pageant.

See also

• Miss Universe Denmark

References

External links

• Official site