Miss World Bangladesh is a national beauty pageant in Bangladesh that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. Miss World Bangladesh is organised by Omicon Entertainment.[2]

Miss World Bangladesh Organization
PredecessorMiss Bangladesh
Formation2017
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersDhaka
Location
MembershipMiss World
Mister World
Official language
Bengali
National Director
Mehedi Hasan, Chairman, Omicon Entertainment[1]
Parent organisation
Omicon Group
Websitemissworldbangladesh.com

The Reigning Miss World Bangladesh is Shammi Islam Nila of Dhaka who was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Rafah Nanjeba Torsa on January 28, 2024 at Mana Bey .[3]

Background

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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

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Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as finalist or semifinalist.
Year Miss World Bangladesh Hometown Placement at Miss World 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 Miss World 2022
2023 Shammi Islam Nila Dhaka Unplaced
2025 TBA

See also

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References

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  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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