Miss Malta

Not to be confused with Miss Malta Universe or Miss World Malta.

Miss Malta is a national beauty pageant in Malta which was founded in 1963 by George and Margaret Gatt Mangion of GM Productions.^[1] The pageant is also considered as the oldest beauty contest held in the Maltese Islands.^[1][2][3] During 2014 – 2018, the event was organized by Glamorous Entertainment (Glow Promotions), under the management of Vince Taliana.^[3] Since 2019, the pageant has been run under the leadership of Kersten Borg.^[2]

Miss Malta

Formation	1963
Founder	George and Margaret Gatt Mangion
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Valletta
Location	Malta
Membership	Miss Earth Miss Grand International Miss Supranational
Official language	Maltese
President	Kersten Borg
Website	missmalta.tv

The reigning Miss Malta is Kim Pelham of St. Julian's who was crowned on 7 November 2021 at the Radisson Blue hotel of Għajn Tuffieħa.^[2]

Titleholders

Year	Miss Malta	Runners-up				Ref.
		1st Runner-up (Miss Republic of Malta)	2nd Runner-up (Miss Tourism Malta)	3rd Runner-up (Miss Grand Malta)	4th Runner-up (Top Model Malta)
2003	Mellieħa – Dana Ben Moussa	Birkirkara – Nerrisa Mifsud Camilleri	No data available	—		[4]
2013	Fleur-de-Lys – Jade Cini	Sliema – Natalya Galdes	Żurrieq – Mandy Micallef			[5]
2014	St. Julian's – Pearl Haber	Ħamrun – Maria Abela	Birkirkara – Rodianne Gatt			[6]
2015	Balzan – Sarah Mercieca	Gżira – Nicola Grixti	St. Paul's Bay – Louisa Abela			[7]
2016	Luqa – Christie Refalo	Valletta – Bernadette Bajada	Santa Venera – Maria Abela			[3]
2017	St. Paul's Bay – Yanika Azzopardi	Naxxar – Jessica Gherxi	Lija – Naomi Hammett			[8]
2018	Tarxien – Alexia Pauline Tabone	San Pawl il-Baħar – Yaz Abughrara	Attard – Nicole Agius			[8]
2020	St. Julian's – Hannah Giacchino	Attard – Nicole Agius	Qrendi – Amanda Bezzina			[9]
2021	St. Julian's – Kim Pelham	Pembroke – Leah Sammut Mock	Madliena – Shannah Vella Rapa	San Ġwann – Isabelle Borg	Xemxija – Kristy Falzon	[2]
2023	Sliema – Anne Camilleri	Jade Schembri	Laura Buijs	Kylie Marie Micallef	Donna Borg	[10]
2024	[[File:|22x20px| ]] Kalkara – Cherise Spiteri	Dingli – Lexine Farrugia	Żurrieq – Alexia Cutajar	Madliena – Yasemin Ertugrull	Xemxija – Karolina Bordian	[11]

Notes

2. ^ In the 2010 – 2020 edition, the runners-up was announced as Miss Republic of Malta and Miss Tourism of Malta^[6]

2. ^ In the 2021 edition, the second to the fifth place was sequentially announced as Miss Republic of Malta, Miss Tourism of Malta, Miss Grand Malta, and Top Model Malta.^[2]

International competition

From 1965 to 2001, the winner of Miss Malta represented the country at the Miss World pageant. However, a new organization, Miss World Malta, had instead launched in 2002 to send its delegates to such the international pageant.

Miss Malta titleholders at International beauty pageants

Year	Representative	District	National tiltle	International pageant	Ref.
2013	Jade Cini	Fleur-de-Lys	Miss Malta 2013	Miss Intercontinental 2013 [es] – Unplaced	[5]
2014	Pearl Haber	St. Julian's	Miss Malta 2014	Miss Intercontinental 2014 [es] – Unplaced
2015	Sarah Mercieca	Balzan	Miss Malta 2015	Miss Grand International 2015 – Unplaced	[7][12]
	Nicola Grixti	Gżira	1st runner-up Miss Malta 2015	Miss Supranational 2015 [fr] – Unplaced	[13]
2017	Christie Refalo	Luqa	Miss Malta 2016	Miss Earth 2017 – Unplaced	[3]
2018	Yanika Azzopardi	St. Paul's Bay	Miss Malta 2017	Miss Earth 2018 – Unplaced	[8]
2019	Alexia Tabone	Tarxien	Miss Malta 2018	Miss Earth 2019 – Unplaced	[8]

See also

• Miss Malta Universe
• Miss World Malta
• Miss Grand Malta

References

1. Miss Malta Organization. "History of Miss Malta pageant". Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
2. Frederick Zammit (8 November 2017). "Miss San Ġiljan tirbaħ Miss Malta 2021". Newsbook.com.mt (in Maltese). Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
3. "Miss Malta pageant turns 54". Times of India. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
4. "New Miss Malta". Times of Malta. 14 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
5. "Jade Cini, the most beautiful Miss Malta ever". The Great Pageant Community. 30 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
6. "Pearl Haber, Miss Floriana, is the newly crowned Miss Malta 2014". Eve.com.mt. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
7. "Sarah Mercieca crowned Miss Malta 2015". The Malta Independent. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
8. Tim Diacono (2 December 2018). "WATCH: We Have A Winner! Tarxien Beauty Alexia Tabone Crowned Miss Malta". Lovinmalta.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
9. Juliane Putzing (2020). "Hannah Giacchino – Miss Malta 2020". Business-voice-magazin.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
10. Tonna, Gabriel (January 9, 2023). "Watch: 'It's Such A Surreal Moment': Sliema's Anne Camilleri Crowned Miss Malta Winner". Lovin Malta. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
11. "Cherise Spiteri of Kalkara wins Miss Malta 2024 title". Times of Malta. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
12. "Sốc với nhan sắc của thí sinh Hoa hậu vừa già vừa xấu". VietNamNet (in Vietnamese). 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
13. "Miss Malta 2015". Times of Malta. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

External links

• missmalta.net