Miss World Bangladesh

Miss World Bangladesh is an annual national beauty pageant held in Bangladesh, owned by Engr. Mehedi Hasan, Chairman of Omicon Entertainment. The winner will compete in the Miss World pageant.[2]

Miss World Bangladesh
Formation2017
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersDhaka
Location
Membership
Miss World
Official language
Bengali
Licensee / Owner
Mehedi Hasan, Chairman, Omicon Entertainment[1]
Websitemissworldbangladesh.com

The current Miss World Bangladesh is Rafah Nanjeba Torsa of chittagong who was crowned on October 11, 2019 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.[3]

Background

Omicon Entertainment and Antar Showbiz jointly created Miss World Bangladesh to be the country's first nationwide pageant for 2 years ( 2017–2018 ). The event's mission is to support the empowerment of women and the opportunity to represent Bangladesh at an international level, from 2019 Omicon Entertainment has got the license, and they holding the event professionally.

In October 2017, Jannatul Nayeem Avril became the first winner of Miss World Bangladesh. She was dethroned a week later, after it was discovered that she was not 26, but 27 years old and had been previously married.[4] Jessia Islam, the runner-up, took over the title and had the rights to represent Bangladesh at Miss World 2017.[5]

Titleholders
Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as finalist or semifinalist.
Year Miss World Bangladesh Hometown Placement Special Awards
2017
Jannatul Nayeem Avril Dethroned after being discovered that she was previously married
Jessia Islam Dhaka Top 40
2018 Jannatul Ferdous Oishee Barishal Top 30
2019 Rafah Nanjeba Torsa Chittagong Unplaced
Did not compete since 2020—Present

See also

References
  1. "Home". Omicon Entertainment.
  2. "'Miss World Bangladesh 2017' launched". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  3. "CU's Rafah wins Miss World Bangladesh 2019 title". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  4. "'Miss World Bangladesh' Avril dethroned". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  5. "NTV to telecast Miss World Bangladesh 2017". ABnews24. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
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