Csilla Molnár

Csilla Andrea Molnár (20 January 1969 – 10 July 1986) was a Hungarian beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Hungary on 5 October 1985, in Budapest, the first Hungarian beauty queen after a 50-year interval.[2] She also entered for the Miss Europa 1986 beauty contest in Malta, where she came in third place.[2]

Csilla Molnár
Born
Csilla Andrea Molnár

(1969-01-20)20 January 1969
Kaposvár, Hungary
Died10 July 1986(1986-07-10) (aged 17)
Fonyód, Hungary
Cause of deathSuicide by drug overdose
NationalityHungarian
OccupationFashion model
Years active1983–1986
Modeling information
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown

She committed suicide on 10 July 1986 by overdosing on lidocaine.[3][4] In a radio interview, shortly before her death, she complained of being harassed by the public saying: "I don't know whether I can bear this, everybody is harassing me. They ask: Where and from whom did you get those beautiful clothes? Who helped you? Do you or your father have special connections with the jury? And so on".[2]

She was the subject of a 1987 book Isten óvd a királynőt! – a felszabadulás utáni első – eddig egyetlen – magyar szépségkirálynő, Molnár Csilla Andrea életének és halálának hiteles dokumentumai ("God Save the Queen! – the first authentic documentary on the life and death of Csilla Andrea Molnár, the first – and so far only – Hungarian beauty queen after the liberation") by Sándor Friderikusz (HP Hungaroprop Kulturális Kiadó, ISBN 9789635006267).[5]

The 1987 film Szépleányok (Pretty Girls), directed by András Dér and László Hartai, explored the story of the beauty contest and Molnar's death.[6][7]

Her life and death continues to be a source of interest in modern Hungarian news media.[8][9][10]

On 20 January 2019, several Hungarian newspapers reviewed her biography on what would have been her 50th birthday.[11][12]

Bibliography
  • Sándor Friderikusz [in Hungarian] (1987). God, Protect the Queen!. HP Hungaroprop Kulturális Kiadó. ISBN 9789635006267.

References
  1. "Hungary's beauty contest winners: Csilla Andrea Molnár in the middle with 16-year-old, 178 cm tall fonyodian high school ladies; Judit Kruppa 19 years old, 172 cm tall, kindergarten teacher in Dunaújváros, and Veronika Füstös 18 years old, 176 cm tall female hairdresser in Budapest".
  2. "In memoriam Molnár Csilla Andrea". www.molnarcsilla.hu. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. "Miss Hungary Commits Suicide". Los Angeles Times. 1986-07-13. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  4. "Beauty queen commits suicide". UPI. 11 July 1986. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  5. Catalogue record for "Isten óvd a királynőt!". WorldCat. OCLC 18608329. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  6. "Pretty Girls - 1 Sheet Soviet Movie Poster". Post-Soc: Film posters from beyond the iron curtain. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  7. "Pretty Girls". BBS Research Archive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  8. Nora Engel (5 October 2015). "[TRANSLATED] "If he lived, maybe he would be most sorry for what happened" - Csilla Molnár's tragedy". Vou.hu. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  9. "[TRANSLATED] Why do some people think that Csilla Molnár did not die?". Blikk. August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  10. "[TRANSLATED] Thirty-three years ago, the tragic fate of Csilla Molnár was crowned". 168 Óra. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  11. "[TRANSLATED] Today it would be 50 years for the tragic queen of beauty, Csilla Molnár". 168 Óra. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  12. Zsuzsa Scherer (26 January 2019). "[TRANSLATED] The suicide beauty queen was a testimony of her love: Csilla Molnár's secret diary was stolen". Blikk. Retrieved 26 March 2019.


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