Miss World 2006 Finals in Poland

The 2006 Miss World Final will be held on Saturday 30th September live from Warsaw, Poland. It will be the most interactive Miss World ever. A combination of celebrity judges and a world wide vote will decide who is crowned the 56th Miss World.

Poland's entry in the worldwide competition is Miss Polonia.

The first Miss Polonia Beauty Competition was held in 1929 with Władysława Kostakówna, an office worker at MKO Bank in Warsaw, becoming the first Miss Polonia. The organizers of the event were three newspapers: Światowid, Express Poranny and Kuryer Czerwony, to which contenders for the title sent their photos.

The title Miss Polonia 1937 was won by Józefa Kaczmarkiewiczówna, which she held for 20 years because the next Miss Polonia competition was not held until 1957.

The Miss Polonia 1957 crown was won by Alicja Bobrowska, and in 1958 the jury awarded the title to Zuzanna Cembrowska.

After a 25-year break, Miss Polonia was reactivated in 1983. Since then, the competition has been held every year, and winners have the chance to take part in Miss World.

Beautiful Polish women succeeded five times during the 50 year old history of Miss World:

- Katarzyna Zawadzka, Miss Poland 85 won 8th place in Miss World Contest which took place in London
- Monika Nowosadko, Miss Poland 87 was the 2nd runner-up in Miss World Contest in the same year in London
- Aneta Kręglicka, Miss Poland 89 was the most beautiful women in the world and won the title of Miss World in Hong Kong
- Ewa Wachowicz, Miss Poland 92 was the 2nd runner-up in Miss World Contest in South Africa
- Katarzyna Borowicz, Miss Poland 04 was the 2nd runner-up in Miss World Contest in Sanya, China, additionally, she won the title of the European Queen of Beauty.