TheMiss Universe Kosovo is a nationalbeauty pageant that sends representatives fromKosovo to theMiss Universe pageant.

On 4 April 2008Fadil Berisha - photographer of Miss Universe's official photos - hosted Kosova's inaugural pageant whereZana Krasniqi was crowned. She went on represent Kosova at the Miss Universe pageant.^[1] This was the first appearance in a Miss Universe pageant for Miss Kosova following the country'sdeclaration of independence on February 17, 2008.

In 2013 Fadil Berisha and Agnesa Vuthaj took control of Miss Kosovo and retrieved the Miss Universe franchise. This happened after the previous Miss Universe Kosovo director, Agron Selimi and team made the decision to send their winner toMiss World. Thus, winners forMiss Earth and Miss Universe pageant is being held under single pageant.

In 2018 Revista VIP Club took over the franchise of Miss Universe in Kosovo under the direction of TV producer Labinot Gashi. The company also holds the franchise for Miss Universe inAlbania.

The following is a list of winners. From 2008 to present.

The first titleholder in Zana Krasniqi who eventually placed as a Top 10 finalist at the 2008Miss Universe pageant. She is the first everKosovar woman to enter and place in the contest, finishing 6th, just two tenths of a point from the top five.^[3] The following year turned out to be another success for the Miss Universe Kosovo pageant:Marigona Dragusha, known as "Gona Dragusha", placed second runner-up toMiss Universe 2009 in theBahamas making her to be the first delegate from Kosovo to make it top the top five.^[4] In terms of placements, Kosovo has been one of the most successful entrants into the Miss Universe pageant. The winner of Miss Kosovo represents her country atMiss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

The first delegate for Miss Earth from Kosovo is Mirjeta Zeka in 2002. She is the first delegate from Kosovo to join in amajor beauty pageant while Kosovo was still then part ofYugoslavia orSerbia. However, as when the pageant concluded, she went home unplaced. The organization responsible for sending a delegate to Miss Earth was a different organization in 2002 and in 2003. It was in 2007 when Agnesa Vuthaj acquired the franchise and sent Miss Kosovo 2007 winner,Yllka Berisha, toMiss Earth 2008. However, she was unable to grab a spot in the semifinals as well. In 2014, Kaltrina Neziri was supposed to compete for Miss Earth but her visa was denied and was not able to compete. The organizer decided that she would compete for the following year, instead. To date, there is yet a Kosovan delegate to place in the Miss Earth pageant. One of the runners-up of Miss Kosovo represents her country atMiss Earth.

Year	Municipality	Miss Earth Kosovo	Placement at Miss Earth	Special awards	Notes
Eduart Dedaj directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Earth from 2022
2024	Mannheim	Eltina Thaqi	Unplaced
2023	Pristina	Leonora Leci	Unplaced
2022	Gjakova	Vonesa Alijaj	Unplaced
Agnesa Vuthaj directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Earth between 2013―2016
Did not compete between 2017—2021
2016	Gjakova	Andina Pura	Did not compete
2015	Pristina	Kaltrina Neziri[8]	Unplaced	Evening Gown Competition	Allocated to 2015, she was crowned in 2014.
Did not compete in 2014
2013	Pristina	Donika Emini[9]	Unplaced
Miss Earth Kosova/Miss Kosova (regional selection) directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Earth between 2002―2012
2012	Pristina	Ajshe Babatinca	Unplaced
2011	Pristina	Nora Asani	Unplaced
2010	Peja	Morena Taraku	Unplaced
2009	Pristina	Elsa Marku	Unplaced
2008	Pristina	Yllka Berisha	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2004—2007
2003	Pristina	Teuta Hoxha	Unplaced
2002	Pristina	Mirjeta Zeka	Unplaced

Began 2018, one of the runners-up of Miss Kosovo represents her country atMiss World.

In 2013 the former Miss Universe Kosovo team pulled out of Miss Universe and decided to send their winning girl to Miss World 2013. InsteadFadil Berisha held a separate Miss Universe Kosovo edition in whichMirjeta Shala was crowned. However, in October Kosovo withdrew from theMiss Universe 2013 pageant because the security of Kosovo's contestant could not be assured in Russia and also Russia's non-recognition of the Kosovo's independence and passport.

• Miss Kosovo
• Miss Albania
• Miss Universe Albania
• Miss Universe Kosovo 2012

• misskosova.info

• Beauty pageants in Kosovo
• Recurring events established in 2008
• Kosovan awards
• Miss Universe by country
• Miss Supranational by country

• CS1: unfit URL
• CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq)
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Wikipedia pages semi-protected from banned users
• Pages using infobox mapframe with missing coordinates
• All articles with unsourced statements
• Articles with unsourced statements from June 2025