Csilla Molnár

Hungarian model and beauty queen

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Csilla Molnár

Born	Csilla Andrea Molnár (1969-01-20)20 January 1969 Kaposvár, Hungary
Died	10 July 1986(1986-07-10) (aged 17) Fonyód, Hungary
Occupation	Fashion model
Years active	1983–1986
Modeling information
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)^[1]
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown

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]

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 [hu] (HP Hungaroprop Kulturális Kiadó, ISBN 9789635006267).^[5]

The 1987 film Szépleányok [hu] (Pretty Girls), directed by András Dér [hu] and László Hartai [hu], 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

^ "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".
^ ^a ^b ^c "In memoriam Molnár Csilla Andrea". www.molnarcsilla.hu. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Miss Hungary Commits Suicide". Los Angeles Times. 1986-07-13. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Beauty queen commits suicide". UPI. 11 July 1986. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ Catalogue record for "Isten óvd a királynőt!". WorldCat. OCLC 18608329. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Pretty Girls - 1 Sheet Soviet Movie Poster". Post-Soc: Film posters from beyond the iron curtain. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Pretty Girls". BBS Research Archive. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ 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.
^ "[TRANSLATED] Why do some people think that Csilla Molnár did not die?". Blikk. August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "[TRANSLATED] Thirty-three years ago, the tragic fate of Csilla Molnár was crowned". 168 Óra. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "[TRANSLATED] Today it would be 50 years for the tragic queen of beauty, Csilla Molnár". 168 Óra. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ 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.