Miss Bangladesh is a beauty pageant for the natives of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. The winner goes on to represent her nation in the Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 pageant.

The pageant has not been held since 2001, when last Miss Bangladesh World 2001 Tabassum Ferdous Shaon

Tabassum Ferdous Shaon

Tabassum Ferdous Shaon represented Bangladesh at the 51st Miss World beauty pageant held in Sun City, South Africa on 16 November 2001. Shaon was selected by local tabloid Manabjamin and London Link Promotion as Miss Bangladesh.- References :...

., amid protests by Islam

Islam

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ic groups over the attire of the contestants.

• 1994: Anika Taher.
• 1995: Yasmin Bilkis Sathi.
• 1996: Rehnuma Dilruba Chitra.
• 1998: Shaila Simi ( 1st Tibbet miss ruposhi dhaka, Bangladesh ).
• 1998: Monika parvin prity ( 1st Tibbet Miss Ruposhi Rajshahi )
• 1999: Tania Rahman Tonni.
• 2000: Sonia Gazi.
• 2001: Tabassum Ferdous Shaon
  Tabassum Ferdous Shaon
  Tabassum Ferdous Shaon represented Bangladesh at the 51st Miss World beauty pageant held in Sun City, South Africa on 16 November 2001. Shaon was selected by local tabloid Manabjamin and London Link Promotion as Miss Bangladesh.- References :...
  
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The Miss Bangladesh Contest was first organized in 1994, but that event was never able to attract national media because of conservative and orthodox society system at that time.