Anna Ball 2024: Here’s the most beautiful girl at Lake Balaton – PHOTOS

The annual Anna Ball was held in Balatonfüred for the 199th time last weekend. Traditionally, the audience selects the 15 most beautiful girls, and a professional jury awards the top three. Here are the three most beautiful girls!

The most beautiful girls

As 24.hu writes, Szonja Kriszta Soós was selected as the most beautiful girl of the 199th Anna Ball in Balatonfüred. Szonja Krisztina, an 18-year-old girl who will continue her studies in September in Budapest, attended the event with her partner and family. The evening featured a vote by the audience to choose the 15 most beautiful girls, followed by a professional jury selecting the ball’s beauty and courtiers, who greeted the public on Sunday morning at the Kisfaludy Stage and then took a walk around the town.

Honors were also awarded to Angelika Mihály from Budapest as the first lady-in-waiting and Jázmin Bundschuh, also from Budapest, as the second lady-in-waiting. The 21-year-old Angelika attended the ball with her school friend, while the 17-year-old Jázmin, participating in the event for the second time, arrived with her family.

The roots of the Anna Ball

The Anna Ball in Balatonfüred is a revered Hungarian tradition with roots stretching back to July 26, 1825, when the inaugural event was held at the Horváth House, an inn run by Fülöp János Szentgyörgyi Horváth, to honor his daughter. It was on this night that the young Anna Krisztina met her future husband, Ernő Kiss, a hussar lieutenant-general who later became a martyr-general of Arad in the 1848-49 War of Independence.

Since 2003, in remembrance of Kiss, a Herend porcelain statue of a hussar has been awarded annually to a man who has made significant contributions to the cultural and spiritual life of Balatonfüred. Today, the ball continues to be a grand celebration of elegance and tradition, blending historical significance with a vibrant social atmosphere.

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MTI/Vasvári Tamás

MTI/Vasvári Tamás

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