Czechmatediary

Because it is mostly the Czech women who dominate  beauty competitions it was surprising for me to see that the male beauty competition was won by a Czech guy. His name is Josef Karas and was beaten only by one other stud – Kamal Ibrahim from Ireland. Josef is a 32-year-old fitness consultant from a Czech village called Obrnice na Mostecku.

Proficient in many sports and some Korean helped him reach the winner’s stand with no problem. ” Now I know what the winners of Czech Miss have to go through after they win their title. It means that one sleeps no more than 6 hours  and the rest of the day is filled with social and humanitarian activities,” says Karas. (more…)

A notoriously famous action-movie actor Jean-Claude Van Damme became part of the committee who picked this year’s Miss Czech Republic (there are actually 2 beauty queen shows running simultaneously, which means that every year we get 2 winners but no one really knows why).

CZ: Cesko zvolilo (za velke pomoci akcniho hrdiny Van Damma) 2 nove kralovny krasy za rok 2010: Miss Ceske Republiky se stala studentka katolickeho gymnazia Jitka Valkova, zatimco ceska Miss Universe se stala Veronika Machova:
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‘Czech’ this out! If you:

• Have Czech or Slovak heritage
• live in Canada
• Are a pretty female

This YouTube video is for you! The Miss Czech & Slovak Canada regional contests registrations for 2010 have opened on June the 1st, 2009! Watch what is in stake for you right here:
For more information about the registration process, visit http://www.missczechslovakcanada.com. (more…)

Would you like to win bunch of money, a trip to Czech or Slovakia and meet the Czech president? Now it’s your chance! Nebraska is looking for the next 2009 Miss Czech Slovak US again so read up on the details:

CZ: Chteli byste vyhrat hromadu penez, vylet do Cech nebo na Slovensko a poznat se se presidentem Ceske Republiky? Zkratka stat se celebritou? Ted mate sanci! Nebraska totiz hleda dalsi Miss Czech Slovak US pro rok 2009. Vice info najdete v nize prilozenem dopise:

Who will be the 2009 Miss Czech Slovak US?

The Miss Czech Slovak US Pageant is looking for the next Miss Czech Slovak US. For 23 years the Miss Czech Slovak US has been produce heritage ambassadors for all Czechs and Slovaks across the United States. Now, we are looking for more. (more…)

Hello to you all,

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that “Jesus” brought  you exactly what you asked for

How would you like to win a brand new awesome Czech cookbook that will change your life in the kitchen forever?!? You only have to win the following competition: for those who live abroad and celebrate Christmas Czech-style, write a short narrative on how  your Christmas Eve went and how  you adapted to  the “hostile” conditions of non Czech-living. For example, what did you use instead of a carp? Or did you find a carp in some random grocery store (or from some black market carp dealer for ridiculous amounts of money)? What customs did you do? Did you bake Vanocka with a coin inside of the dough? Did you see the Golden pig? (more…)