The Republic of Poland is located in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine to the east; Russia and the Baltic Sea to the north. The population, over 38.5 million strong, occupy an area of 312,000 square kilometers.
Poland’s landscape is much diversified. The Carpathian and the Sudety Mountains stretch in the south. Lowlands and uplands occupy the central part of the country. The northern part of Poland, comprising Pomeranian and Mazurian Lakelands, is gently undulating, relatively well forested and covered by hundreds of lakes; still further to the north are the sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea coast. Its capital and the largest city is Warsaw, which has a population of over 1,700,000 and is located upon the longest Polish river, the Vistula. The major Polish cities include Cracow, Gdańsk, Katowice, Łódź, Poznań, Szczecin, and Wrocław.

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Pride of 1,000 year old Plock is the Tumski Hill with its originally Romanesque Cathedral of Our Lady (12th c.), later reshaped in the Gothic and Renaissance styles, fragments of the castle of the Mazovian Princes and remains of the Benedictine abbey. Other historical monuments include churches, convents, neoclassical toll-gates, houses in the neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau styles as well as granaries on the high Vistula bank. The museum in the castle features the Art Nouveau exhibition.
Płock is one of the oldest cities in Poland. It has been the capital of the province of Mazovia since the middle ages. Traces of settlements in what is now the city of Plock go back approximately 10,000 years back. Furthermore, permanent type of human habitation are traced back as early as about 4,500 years ago. The city has always held great historical significance to the surrounding areas as well as the rest of Poland. During the years of 1075 and 1138 A.D. the city of Plock was the actual capital of Poland, under the monarchal seat of Ledislaus Herman (Wladyslaw Herman) and his son, Boleslaus Wry-mouthed (Boleslaw Krzywousty). Their mortal remains are buried inside the sarcophagus in the Basilica of Plock, which was build between 1130 and 1144 by Bishop Aleksander of Malonne. Bishop Aleksander was the Bischop of Saint-Berthuin abbey in Malonne, Belgium (Thank you to François Barbieux of Melonne, Belgium for providing the last piece of information). The cathedral is one of the oldest and most sacral building in Poland.

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Missland celebrated last year its 20th anniversary. The company is organizer and trade mark owner of the Miss Poland and Miss Poland Teen beauty contests. Missland looks back on a long track record of success. Already in its founding year, a delegate of Missland, Ms Aneta Kręglicka, became Miss World 1989. In the following years titles as Queen of the World 1989, Queen of Europe 1991, Miss International 1991, Miss International 1993, Miss Tourism Europe 2003 and other continued this successful tradition.

Additionally, the company performed in Poland as a host of the Queen of Europe pageant 1991. Because Missland also pursuits over the last 21 years the goal to promote Poland to the world, it hosted last year's Miss Intercontinental contest in its homeland. The contestants from all over the world were introduced to the beauty of different regions and interesting cities to return home as new ambassadors of Poland.
After a gorgeous final of the Miss Poland Pageant 2008 in the newly built amphitheater, Missland propelled a new conception to produce in Płock a Festival of Beauty which was held in 2009 with a grandiose positive feedback.

This year's Festival of Beauty will be held on the following days:

Friday, 27 August Miss Poland Teen Pageant (see misspoland.eu)
Saturday, 28 August Miss Supranational Pageant
Sunday, 29 August Miss Poland Pageant

During the festival know musicians and artists of national as well as international caliber will appear to raise and secure the attractiveness abroad. The festival is embedded in a chameleonic frame program.

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