Csilla Molnár

{{Short description|Hungarian model and beauty queen}}

{{Expand Hungarian|topic=bio|Molnár Csilla (szépségkirálynő)|date=March 2019}}

{{Eastern name order|Molnár Csilla Andrea}}

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| image = Fonyód - Molnár Csilla - Túri Török Tibor.jpg

| birth_name = Csilla Andrea Molnár

| yearsactive = 1983–1986

| occupation = Fashion model

| birth_place = Kaposvár, Hungary

| birth_date = {{birth date|1969|1|20|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|7|10|1969|1|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Fonyód, Hungary

| height = 5 ft 10 in (178 cm){{cite web|url=http://www.molnarcsilla.hu/sajto_gyozelem/pest_megyei_hirlap851007.htm|title=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.}}

| haircolor = Brown

| eyecolor = 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.molnarcsilla.hu/english/press/daily_news_record_19860712.htm|title=In memoriam Molnár Csilla Andrea|website=www.molnarcsilla.hu|access-date=2016-04-18}} She also entered for the Miss Europa 1986 beauty contest in Malta, where she came in third place.

She committed suicide on 10 July 1986 by overdosing on lidocaine.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-13-mn-20733-story.html|title=Miss Hungary Commits Suicide|date=1986-07-13|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-04-18}}{{cite news |title=Beauty queen commits suicide |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/07/11/Beauty-queen-commits-suicide/8211521438400/ |accessdate=20 March 2019 |work=UPI |date=11 July 1986}} 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".

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 {{ill|Sándor Friderikusz|hu|Friderikusz Sándor}} (HP Hungaroprop Kulturális Kiadó, {{ISBN|9789635006267}}).{{cite book |title=Catalogue record for "Isten óvd a királynőt!" |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18608329 |publisher=WorldCat |oclc = 18608329|accessdate=20 March 2019}}

The 1987 film {{ill|Szépleányok|hu}} (Pretty Girls), directed by {{ill| András Dér|hu}} and {{ill|László Hartai|hu}}, explored the story of the beauty contest and Molnar's death.{{cite web |title=Pretty Girls - 1 Sheet Soviet Movie Poster |url=http://www.post-soc.com/poster/543 |publisher=Post-Soc: Film posters from beyond the iron curtain |accessdate=20 March 2019}}{{cite web |title=Pretty Girls |url=http://bbsarchiv.hu/en/movie/pretty-girls-433 |publisher=BBS Research Archive |accessdate=20 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091102/http://bbsarchiv.hu/en/movie/pretty-girls-433 |url-status=dead }}

Her life and death continues to be a source of interest in modern Hungarian news media.{{cite web|url=http://www.vous.hu/hir/20151005-molnar-csilla-tragediaja|title=[TRANSLATED] "If he lived, maybe he would be most sorry for what happened" - Csilla Molnár's tragedy|author=Nora Engel|date=5 October 2015|publisher=Vou.hu|accessdate=26 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://blikkruzs.blikk.hu/sztarok/magyar-sztarok/miert-gondoljak-egyesek-hogy-molnar-csilla-szepsegkiralyno-nem-halt-meg/65d0j4t|title=[TRANSLATED] Why do some people think that Csilla Molnár did not die?|publisher=Blikk|date=August 2015|accessdate=26 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://168ora.hu/eletmod/harmincharom-eve-koronaztak-meg-a-tragikus-sorsu-molnar-csillat-157028|title=[TRANSLATED] Thirty-three years ago, the tragic fate of Csilla Molnár was crowned|publisher=168 Óra|date=5 October 2018|accessdate=26 March 2019|quote=}}

On 20 January 2019, several Hungarian newspapers reviewed her biography on what would have been her 50th birthday.{{cite web|url=https://168ora.hu/eletmod/ma-lenne-50-eves-a-tragikus-sorsu-szepsegkiralyno-molnar-csilla-162381|title=[TRANSLATED] Today it would be 50 years for the tragic queen of beauty, Csilla Molnár|publisher=168 Óra|date=20 January 2019|accessdate=26 March 2019|quote=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blikk.hu/sztarvilag/sztarsztorik/molnar-csilla-szepsegkiralyno-ongyilkos-futacs-karoly-szerelem-naplo/61pkhlf|title=[TRANSLATED] The suicide beauty queen was a testimony of her love: Csilla Molnár's secret diary was stolen|date=26 January 2019|accessdate=26 March 2019|publisher=Blikk|author=Zsuzsa Scherer}}