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.

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.
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 runners-up make a tour in the host city of the ball in chaise.

List of winners

YearBelle of the Anna-ball
2013Virag Darvalics
2012Viktoria Bor
2011Nikolett Frei
2010Korinna Kocsis
2009Viktoria Farkas
2008Aliz Csizmadia
2007Anna Katinka Toth
2006Anna Apro
2005Szilvia Harmat
2004Eszter Toth
2003Lilla Garami
2002Martina Horvath
2001Eszter Toth
2000Szilvia Magony
1999Graffelner Katalin
1998Forsthoffer Ágnes
1997Valeria Gergely
1996Kelemen Szilvia
1995Hátszegi Melinda
1994?
1993?
1992?
1991?
1990?
1989?
1988?
1987?
1986?
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1984?
1983?
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1975?
1974?
1973?
1972?
1971?
1970?
1969Anett Lantos
1968?
1967?
1966?
1965?
1964?
1963?
1962?
1961Marta Mamusich
1960?
1959?
1958?
1957?
1956?
1955?
1954?

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