Belle of the Anna-ball

This title is the most known one in Hungary, but this is not a national contest, because the winner of this title is chosen among the paying guests of the ball. This is the only pageant that was held under the communist era. The ball is always held on a Saturday in July which is the nearest to the name day of Anna (26 July).

History

The first Anna-ball was held on July 26, 1825 in Balatonfüred, a town near the Lake Balaton by Fülöp János Szentgyörgyi-Horváth for his daughter Anna-Krisztina. It was here that Anna met her husband, Ernő Kiss (later one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Arad who were executed in 1849 as the leaders of the revolution and war of independence against the Austro-Hungarian Empire).

In the 1800s it was the most aristocratic ball, and was visited by many artists and politicians, too, including Mihály Vörösmarty, Mór Jókai and Lujza Blaha. After World War I the ball lost its importance, but it was still held until World War II. After the war Hungary became a communist country where aristocratic balls were discouraged, but despite this the Anna ball was held again. The first one after the war was held on July 31, 1954.

Since the 1950s the title Belle of the Anna ball has been given to the most beautiful girl visiting the ball. The winner gets a Victorian style vase and the Apple of Eris, the first runner-up gets a Rotschild style vase and the second runner-up gets an Apponyi-style vase from the world-famous porcelain Manufacture of Herend. The next day the winner and the runner-ups make a tour in the host city of the ball in chaise.

List of winners

Year Belle of the Anna-ball
2013 Virag Darvalics
2012 Viktoria Bor
2011 Nikolett Frei
2010 Korinna Kocsis
2009 Viktoria Farkas
2008 Aliz Csizmadia
2007 Anna Katinka Toth
2006 Anna Apro
2005 Szilvia Harmat
2004 Eszter Toth
2003 Lilla Garami
2002 Martina Horvath
2001 Eszter Toth
2000 Szilvia Magony
1999 Izabella Bolyky
1998 Brigitta Horvath
1997 Valeria Gergely
1996 Kelemen Szilvia
1995 Hátszegi Melinda
1994 ?
1993 ?
1992 ?
1991 ?
1990 ?
1989 ?
1988 ?
1987 ?
1986 ?
1985 ?
1984 ?
1983 ?
1982 ?
1981 ?
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1969 Anett Lantos
1968 ?
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1962 ?
1961 Marta Mamusich
1960 ?
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Crossovers

Name Miss Universe Hungary Miss World Hungary Miss Hungary Miss Balaton Belle of the Anna-ball
Jazmin Dammak winner 2008 winner 1999 1st runner-up 2007
Szilvia Magony winner 2000 winner 2000
Noemi Olah 1st runner-up 2006 winner 2005
Adrienn Bende winner 2006 1st runner-up 2005
Anett Maximovits winner 2009 2nd runner-up 2006

See also

other Hungarian beauty pageants are

Sources

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