Miss Universe Croatia

Not to be confused with Miss Croatia.

Miss Universe Croatia (Croatian: Miss Universe Hrvatske) is a national beauty pageant which decides Croatia's contestant at the Miss Universe finals.

Miss Universe Croatia National Beauty Pageant

Formation	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Zagreb
Location	Croatia
Membership	Miss Universe
Official language	Croatian
President	Vladimir Kraljević
Website	www.miss-universe-croatia.hr

History

See also: Miss Yugoslavia

The Miss Universe Croatia has been held annually since 1997 in under Vladimir Kraljevic who also successfully took the official franchise of Miss Universe Slovenia in 2013. In 2015 Barbara Ljiljak of Split-Dalmatia won the 2015 edition of the pageant but was not able to participate in Miss Universe due to an arm injury. 2nd-Runner Up of Miss Universe Croatia 2015 Mirta Kuštan of Krapinske Toplice took over as Croatia's representative to Miss Universe 2015. Ljiljak was never stripped of her title.

Titleholders

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Year	County	Hometown	Miss Universe Hrvatske	Placement at MU	Special awards
2025	Zadar	Zadar	Laura Gnjatović	TBA
2024	Dubrovnik-Neretva	Dubrovnik	Zrinka Ćorić	Unplaced
2023	Lika-Senj	Perušić	Andrea Erjavec[1]	Unplaced
2022	Krapina-Zagorje	Krapina	Arijana Podgajski[2]	Unplaced
2021	Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik	Ora Antonia Ivanišević	Unplaced
2020	Zadar	Zadar	Mirna Naiia Marić	Unplaced
2019	Dubrovnik-Neretva	Korčula	Mia Rkman	Top 20
2018	Brod-Posavina	Nova Gradiška	Mia Pojatina	Unplaced
2017	Brod-Posavina	Slavonski Brod	Shanaelle Petty[3]	Top 16
2016	City of Zagreb	Zagreb	Barbara Filipović[citation needed]	Unplaced
2015	Krapina-Zagorje	Krapinske Toplice	Mirta Kuštan	Unplaced
	Split-Dalmatia	Split	Barbara Ljiljak	Did not compete ― Withdrew at Miss Universe 2015, due to accident. A Second Runner-up took over the title of Miss Universe Croatia after the main winner or the first runner-up did not present at Miss Universe 2015.
2014	City of Zagreb	Zagreb	Ivana Mišura	Unplaced
2013	City of Zagreb	Zagreb	Melita Fabečić	Unplaced
2012	Vukovar-Srijem	Vrbanja	Elizabeta Burg	Top 16
2011	City of Zagreb	Zagreb	Natalija Prica	Unplaced
2010	City of Zagreb	Zagreb	Lana Obad[4]	Unplaced
2009	Split-Dalmatia	Split	Sarah Ćosić	Top 15
2008	City of Zagreb	Zagreb	Snježana Lončarević	Unplaced
2007	Split-Dalmatia	Split	Jelena Maros	Unplaced
2006	Split-Dalmatia	Split	Biljana Mančić	Unplaced
2005	Karlovac	Plaški	Jelena Glišić	Unplaced
2004	Vukovar-Srijem	Nuštar	Marijana Rupčić	Unplaced
2003	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Rijeka	Ivana Delač	Unplaced
2002	Istria	Pazin	Ivana Paris	Unplaced
2001	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Rijeka	Maja Cecić-Vidoš	Unplaced
2000	Split-Dalmatia	Split	Renata Lovrinčević	Unplaced
1999	Šibenik-Knin	Šibenik	Marijana Kužina	Unplaced
1998	Dubrovnik-Neretva	Dubrovnik	Ivana Gržetić	Unplaced
1997	Split-Dalmatia	Split	Kristina Čerina	Unplaced

2015

Miss Universe Croatia
Date	June 7, 2015
Venue	Hotel Westin, Zagreb, Croatia
Entrants	20
Winner	Barbara Ljiljak, Split-Dalmatia, Split

Miss Universe Croatia 2015, the 19th Miss Universe Croatia pageant, was held on June 7, 2015 in the Crystal Ballroom at Hotel The Westin Zagreb, Croatia. Ivana Mišura, Miss Universe Croatia 2014 of Zagreb crowned Barbara Ljiljak as her successor at the end of the event.^[5] Ljiljak broke her arm days before the Miss Universe 2015 competition began and was replaced by Mirta Laura Kustan as Croatia's representative to Miss Universe that year.^[6] Ljiljak retained the title. Twenty contestants from across Croatia competed for the crown.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Universe Croatia 2015	Barbara Ljiljak - Split-Dalmatia, Split
1st Runner-up	Alma Fabulić - Zadar County, Zadar
2nd Runner-up	Mirta Laura Kuštan - Krapina-Zagorje, Krapinske Toplice
Top 5	Biljana Ikić - Vukovar-Syrmia County, Vukovar Matea Kovačević - Zagreb County, Sesvetski Kraljevac

Contestants

20 Contestants were selected from across Croatia, below are Miss Universe Croatia candidates in the Top 20 of the pageant selection.^{[citation needed]}

Contestant	Hometown	Age	Height	Background
Barbara Gaković [7]	City of Zagreb, Zagreb	25	175	Student of Economics
Ivella Petričić [8]	City of Zagreb, Zagreb	21	177	Student of Law
Klara Babić [9]	City of Zagreb, Zagreb	18	176	Student of Tourism
Lucija Soldo [10]	City of Zagreb, Zagreb	20	170	Student of Economics
Marija Ujević [11]	City of Zagreb, Zagreb	22	176	Student of Economics
Mateja Martinović [12]	City of Zagreb, Zagreb	19	174	Student of Tourism
Zrinka Kučinić [13]	Dubrovnik-Neretva, Ploče	19	178	Student of Law
Ivana Jakin [14]	Karlovac County, Karlovac	20	170	Student of Law
Mirta Kuštan [15]	Krapina-Zagorje, Krapinske Toplice	22	178	Student of Law
Robertina Preklushaj [16]	Lika-Senj, Senj	21	178	Student of Textile
Ana Juretić [17]	Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Rijeka	19	176	Pianist
Adriana Bekavac [18]	Split-Dalmatia, Brela	22	169	Model
Emanuela Polić [19]	Split-Dalmatia, Kaštel Kambelovac	20	176	Director
Doris Bajkuša [20]	Split-Dalmatia, Omiš	23	173	Student of Economics
Barbara Ljiljak [21]	Split-Dalmatia, Split	26	176	Fashion Designer
Biljana Ikić [22]	Vukovar-Syrmia County, Vukovar	21	178	Student of Education Science
Alma Fabulić [23]	Zadar County, Zadar	19	171	Ballerina
Katarina Čičak [24]	Zagreb County, Rugvica	19	175	Restaurant Owner
Matea Kovačević [25]	Zagreb County, Sesvetski Kraljevac	21	175	Interior Designer
Marina Barun [26]	Zagreb County, Zaprešić	18	167	Make-up Artist

2016

Miss Universe Croatia
Date	April 15, 2016
Venue	Hotel Westin, Zagreb, Croatia
Entrants	19
Placements	10
Winner	Barbara Filipović, Zagreb

Miss Universe Croatia 2016, the 20th Miss Universe Croatia pageant, was held on April 15, 2016 in the Crystal Ballroom at Hotel Westin in Zagreb, Croatia. Barbara Ljiljak, Miss Universe Croatia 2015 of Split-Dalmatia crowned Barbara Filipović as her successor at the end of the event. ^[27] Nineteen contestants from across Croatia competed for the crown.^[28]

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Universe Croatia 2016	Barbara Filipović - Zagreb
1st Runner-up	Paula Čaić - Vukovar
2nd Runner-up	Marija Kljajić - Slavonski Brod
Top 5	Anna Maria Matoina Antonela Zupčić
Top 10	Josipa Rašić Ivona Blažun Ivana Klobasa Petra Jakšić Jeanette Tadić
Awards	Miss fotogeničnosti - Marija Kljajić Miss simpatičnosti - Paula Čaić

Contestants

Contestant	Hometown	Age
Antea Ćelić [29]	Split	20
Antonela Zupčić [30]	Zadar	26
Barbara Filipović [31]	Zagreb	18
Doris Pranjić [32]	Poreč	19
Doris Smogar [33]	Donji Stupnik	25
Ivana Klobasa [34]	Mljet	21
Ivona Blažun [35]	Zagreb	18
Jeanette Tadić [36]	Ogulin	26
Josipa Rašić [37]	Sesvete	22
Marija Kljajić [38]	Slavonski Brod	25
Marina Kralj [39]	Zagreb	24
Minea Pejić [40]	Zagreb	20
Nives Jekić [41]	Zagreb	19
Paula Čaić [42]	Split-Dalmatia, Vukovar	18
Petra Jakšić [43]	Brač	20
Valentina Violić [44]	Dubrovnik	23
Suzana Violić [45]	Dubrovnik	20
Anna Maria Matoina [46]	Zagreb	20
Iva Petrinšak [47]	Murter	25

2019

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