Miss Nederland

The Miss Nederland is a national beauty pageant in the Netherlands. The pageant was founded in 1929 in Amsterdam.

History

Former pageant

From 1929 to 1931, the Netherlands held a national pageant in Amsterdam for the first time called "Miss Holland". From 1932 to 1949 the pageant was briefly discontinued and later recommenced in 1951 by the Miss Holland Organization.
In 1951 the Netherlands debuted at the Miss World pageant and the Miss Universe pageant in 1956. The national beauty pageant was called "Miss Holland" from 1950 until 1990, since that year the winner competed at the Miss Universe, while runners-up traditionally competed at the Miss World pageant and the Miss International pageant. Since 1991 it became known as "Miss Nederland" whose winner went on to the Miss World pageant. From 1991 to 2008 the Miss Universe representatives were selected from "Miss Universe Netherlands" pageant. The program was televised live on Veronica television.

Organizers

1929–1976 — “Het Leven”
1977–1978 — Corinne Rottschaefer
1989–2008 — Hans Konings Miss Nederland Organisatie in cooperation with RTL4 and SBS6
1991–1994 — Miss Universe Nederland by Veronica TV
2009–2019 — Kim Kötter
2020–Present — Monica van Ee
Miss Nederland Organisation

In 2009, Kim Kötter became the national director of the Netherlands. She competed at the Miss Universe 2002 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Usually, the Miss Nederland titleholder will compete at both the Miss Universe and the Miss World pageant. In 2013, two winners were crowned as the Miss Netherlands Universe and Miss Netherlands World pageant to represent their country at the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants, respectively. In 2016, the Miss Nederland only had the Miss Universe franchise. In 2024, the Miss Nederland gave up the Miss Universe franchise and a new Miss Universe Netherlands pageant was established.

Titleholders

The magazine “Het Leven” organised the first Miss Holland pageant. The winners of Miss Holland between 1929 and 1935 attended International Pageant of Pulchritude in Galveston, USA. Later from 1991 to 2008 the Miss Universe Nederland pageant was broadcast live on Veronica television. In 2009 Kim Kötter got also the right to send a girl to the Miss World pageant. She also took over the Miss Nederland franchise. Since that year Miss Nederland winner goes to Miss Universe pageant.

Year	Miss Nederland	Age	City	Province	Notes
1929	Johanna Koopman	—	Zaandam	North Holland
1930	Emmy Kuster	28	The Hague	South Holland	Disqualified for falsifying her age; the age limit is 25 and she was 28 at the time, and was a mother to an 8-year old child
1930	Rie van der Rest	—	Ginneken en Bavel	North Brabant	Replaced Emmy Kuster
1931	Mary van Lelyveld	17	Amsterdam	North Holland	Mary was just 17 when she won the pageant. She was a student but because she missed too many classes because of her duties as Miss Holland she was dispelled from school
1932	Carolina Geels	18	The Hague	South Holland
1934	Sonja Coers	—	—	—
1935	Stella Elte	23	The Hague	South Holland
1936	Mia Kramer	—	—	—
1937	Elisa Schimpf	17	Gooi	North Holland	Did not compete at Miss Europe after her mother did not allow her to compete
1948	Mary Jochemse	22	Amsterdam	North Holland
1950	Hilda Lesman	21	Amsterdam	North Holland
1951	Elisabeth van Proosdij	20	Amsterdam	North Holland	Did not compete at Miss World 1952 because she got married during her reign as Miss Holland
1952	Yvonne Meyer	20	Haarlem	North Holland
1954	Conny Harteveld	22	Leiden	South Holland
1955	Angelina Kalkhoven	18	Amsterdam	North Holland
1956	Rita Schmidt	20	Alkmaar	North Holland	When Rita got married in January 1957, Ans van Pothoven took over the duties of Miss Holland 1956
1957	Corine Rottschäfer	19	Amsterdam	North Holland	Miss Europe 1957, Miss World 1959
1958	Luciënne Struve	19	Rotterdam	South Holland
1959	Peggy Erwich	21	Rotterdam	South Holland	Did not compete at Miss World 1959 due to commitments in modelling
1960	Ans Schoon	20	Amsterdam	North Holland	Did not compete at Miss World 1960 as she was in another country when her registration form came
1961	Anne Marie Brink	20	Doetinchem	Gelderland
1962	Catharina Lodders	20	Haarlem	North Holland	Miss World 1962
1963	Godelieve Sassen	21	The Hague	South Holland
1964	Elly Koot	20	Amsterdam	North Holland	Miss Europe 1964
1965	Anja Maria Schuit	21	Amsterdam	North Holland
1966	Margo Domen	24	The Hague	South Holland
1967	Irene van Campenhout	20	The Hague	South Holland
1968	Marjolein Abbing	18	Amsterdam	North Holland
1969	Welmoed Hollenberg	21	Amsterdam	North Holland
1970	Maureen Renzen			—
1971	Laura Mulder-Smid			North Holland
1972	Jenny ten Wolde			Groningen
1973	Yildiz de Kat			—
1974	Nicoline Broeckx			North Brabant
1975	Lynda Snippe			North Holland
1976	Lucie Visser			—	Dethroned
1977	Ineke Berends			North Holland	Miss Holland - Corinne Rottschaefer directorship
1978	Karin Gustafsson			North Holland
1979	Eunice Bharatsing			South Holland
1980	Karin Gooyer			Gelderland
1981	Ingrid Schouten			South Holland
1982	Brigitte Dierickx			North Holland
1983	Nancy Lalleman-Heijnis			North Holland
1984	Nancy Neede			North Holland
1985	Pasquale Somers			—	Dethroned
1986	Janny ter Velde			Overijssel
1987	Angelique Cremers			—
1988	Angela Visser			South Holland	Miss Universe 1989
1989	Stephanie Halenbeek			North Holland	The last Miss Holland 1989 and renamed as Miss Universe Nederland in 1991
1989	Liesbeth Caspers			—	Miss Netherlands Organization
1990	Gabriëlle Stap			—
1991	Paulien Huizinga			Utrecht	Miss Universe Nederland — Veronica TV
1991	Linda Egging			—
1992	Vivian Jansen			North Brabant
1992	Gaby van Nimwegen			—
1993	Angelique van Zalen			North Holland
1993	Hilda Vermeulen			Friesland
1994				South Holland
1994	Yoshka Bon			North Holland
1995	Chantal van Woensel			Zeeland	Miss Universe Nederland — Corinne Rottschaefer directorship
1995	Didie Schackman			Gelderland
1996	Marja de Graaf			Drenthe
1996	Petra Hoost			North Holland
1997	Sonja Silva			—
1998	Jacqueline Rotteveel			North Holland	Miss Universe Nederland — SBS6 directorship
1998	Nerena Ruinemans			—
2000	Chantal van Roessel			North Brabant
2000	Raja Moussaoui			Limburg
2001	Reshma Roopram			South Holland
2001	Irena Pantelic			—
2002	Kim Kötter			Overijssel	President of Miss Nederland
2002	Elise Boulogne			South Holland
2003	Tessa Brix			South Holland
2003	Sanne de Regt			—
2004	Lindsay Grace Pronk			North Brabant
2004	Miranda Slabber			Zeeland
2005	Sharita Sopacua			Utrecht
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2006	Sheryl Lynn Baas			South Holland	Mrs Globe 2012
2007	Melissa Sneekes			South Holland
2008	Charlotte Labee			South Holland	Miss Universe Top Beauty Netherlands — Shaida Wever directorship
2008	Deniz Akkoyun			Utrecht
2009	Avalon-Chanel Weyzig			Flevoland	Miss Nederland — Kim Kötter directorship
2010	Desirée van den Berg			North Holland
2011	Kelly Weekers			Limburg
2012	Nathalie den Dekker			North Holland
2013	Stephanie Tency			North Holland
2014	Yasmin Verheijen			North Holland
2015	Jessie Jazz Vuijk			North Holland
2016	Zoey Ivory			Flevoland
2017	Nicky Opheij			Utrecht
2018	Rahima Ayla Dirkse			South Holland
2019	Sharon Pieksma			South Holland
2020	Denise Speelman			Groningen	Monica van Ee directorship
2021	Julia Sinning			North Holland
2022	Ona Moody			North Holland
2023	Rikkie Kollé			North Brabant

Miss Nederland

History

Former pageant

Organizers

Miss Nederland Organisation

Titleholders