This year, the beauties of the event became first-timers.
Alíz Dévény was chosen as the beauty of the 198th Anna Ball on Saturday night. The first maid of honor was Laura Szilassy, and the second maid of honor was Anna Csenke.
The beauty of the ball, 19-year-old Alíz Dévényi from Budapest, just graduated from high school. He said that he likes the atmosphere of the ball, and later wants to take up photography.
The first lady of the ball, 18-year-old Szilassy Laura from Balatonfüredi, has been studying at a high school in Budapest for four years, and dances alongside her. The second lady-in-waiting, 17-year-old Anna Csenke from Békéscsaba, attends high school in London, is preparing to become a doctor, and plays tennis competitively.
In addition to the golden apple, the beauty of Anna's ball received a modernized Herend vase with a Victoria pattern, the ladies of the court could take home a Rothschild and Apponyi vase.
The first Anna Ball was held on July 26, 1825 in Balatonfüred, at the Horváth House, in the inn of János Horváth Fülöp Szentgyörgyi in honor of the host's daughter.
On that evening, the young Anna Krisztina met her future husband, first lieutenant Ernő Kiss, who later became a general and martyr of the 1848-49 War of Independence in Arad.
Since 2003, every year since 2003, the Herend porcelain hussar statue depicting him has been presented to a man who has done and continues to do a lot for the culture and spiritual life of Balatonfüred. This year, the entrepreneur Ernő Lengyel, who was the owner of the Anna Grand Hotel, which hosted the balls, for almost twenty years, received this award.
MTI
