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Miss Albania
Formation	1991
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Tirana
Location	Albania
Membership	Miss World
Official language	Albanian
National Director	Vera Grabocka
Website

Miss & Mister Albania is a annual beauty pageant in Albania that is responsible for selecting the representatives to Miss World and Mr. World. The winner of the title "Miss Albania" represents Albania at the Miss World pageant, while the winner of the title "Mr Albania", represents Albania at the "Mr. World" male pageant.

History

Since the early 1990s: The winner represents Albania in Miss World.
From 2002-2006: The winner competed in Miss Universe as well.
In 2007: Vera Grabocka obtained the franchise to select the representative to Miss World and Mr. World. She renamed the pageant to "Mister & Miss Albania".

Titleholders

Year	Miss Albania	Notes
1991	Valbona Selimllari
1992	Sidorela Kola
1993	Ilda Reka
1994	Monika Zguro
1995	Hygerta Sako
1999	Venera Mustafa
2000	Gentiana Ramadani
2001	Anisa Kospiri	Miss Universe 2002 Top 10
2003	Denisa Kola
2004	Agnesa Vuthaj	A business woman and the founder of Agnesa Vuthaj Association
2005	Suada Sherifi
2007	Egla Harxhi
2009	Aurela Hoxha	Replaced by Armina Mevlani because she had been married, subsequently became host of Albania's Next Top Model
2010	Arnita Beqiraj
2011	Isi Topçiu-Ulaj	Appointed, 3rd-Runner Up at Mister & Miss Albania 2010 pageant
2013	Ersela Kurti
2014	Xhensila Pere	Appointed

Miss Albania at International pageants

Miss World

Year	Miss World Albania	Placement	Special awards
2002	Anjeza Maja	Unplaced
2003	Denisa Kola	Unplaced	Miss Scholarship
2004	Agnesa Vuthaj	Unplaced
2006	Suada Sherifaj	Unplaced
2007	Elda Dushi	Unplaced	Miss Sports Top 16
2008	Egla Harxhi	Unplaced
2009	Armina Mevlani	Unplaced	Miss Talent Top 22
2010	Arnita Beqiraj	Unplaced
2011	Isi Topçiu-Ulaj	Unplaced	Miss Top Model Top 20
2012	Floriana Garo	Unplaced	Interview Score Top 16
2013	Ersela Kurti	Unplaced	Balinese Beach Fabric Top 32
2014	Xhensila Pere	Unplaced	The People's Choice Top 25

Miss Universe

The winner of Miss Universe Albania represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

Year	Miss Universe Albania	Region	Placement	Special Awards	Notes
2002	Anisa Kospiri	Tirana	Top 10
2003	Denisa Kola	Tirana	Unplaced
2005	Agnesa Vuthaj	Istog	Unplaced		A business woman and the founder of Agnesa Vuthaj Association
2006	Eralda Hitaj	Tirana	Unplaced

References

Miss Bota 2009, Vera Grabocka përjashton Aurela Hoxhën për vajzën e Arben Mevlanit, VIP.shqiperia.com, Retrieved July 11, 2011
"Cultural Summary". SETimes.com. May 29, 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
"Denisa Kola, Albanian representative to Miss Universe 2003". shkoder.net. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
"Blunders of Miss Albania winners". BalkanWeb. July 12, 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
"Eralda Hitaj". missuniverse.com. July 1, 2006. Archived from the original on 1 July 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

External links

v t e Beauty pageants in Albania
Miss Universe Albania Miss Shqipëria Miss Grand Albania

Miss World participant countries and territories

Active
(1951–present)

Africa	Angola Botswana Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iraq Japan Korea Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Albania Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine Wales
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Inactive since 2023 (first edition after the COVID-19 pandemic)

Africa	Algeria (2002) Cape Verde (2017) Chad (2014) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016) Egypt (2018) Equatorial Guinea (2021) Eswatini (2009) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Malawi (2012) Rwanda (2021) São Tomé and Príncipe (2014) Seychelles (2017)
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda (2019) Aruba (2019) Bahamas (2021) Barbados (2019) Bermuda (2015) Bonaire (2012) British Virgin Islands (2019) Cuba (1975) Dominica (2013) Grenada (2007) Montserrat (1964) Saint Barthelemy (2011) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2015) Saint Lucia (2021) Sint Maarten (2021) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1994) Suriname (2012) Turks and Caicos (2004) US Virgin Islands (2019)
Asia	Chinese Taipei (2013) Hong Kong China (2019) Israel (2017) Jordan (1981) Kyrgyzstan (2019) Syria (1966) Uzbekistan (2013)
Europe	Andorra (2003) Armenia (2021) Austria (2018) Belarus (2019) Cyprus (2018) Georgia (2019) Greenland (1992) Iceland (2021) Kosovo (2014) Lithuania (2014) Luxembourg (2021) Monaco (1955) North Macedonia (2015) Russia (2019) Switzerland (2014)
Oceania	Cook Islands (2019) Fiji (2017) French Polynesia (2010) Guam (2018) Northern Marianas (2003) Papua New Guinea (1990) Samoa (2015) Tonga (1986)

Inactive non-existing countries and former territories and others
Africa South (Miss South Africa for Blacks) (1976) Czechoslovakia (1992) Hawaii (2001) Guernsey (1975) Isle of Man (1988) Jersey (1981) Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1965) Serbia and Montenegro (2005) Tanganyika (1960) United Kingdom (1999) (competed as England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) USSR (1990) Yugoslavia (2002)

v t e Miss Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

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