 Günseli Başar completed her secondary education at Erenköy Girls High School in Istanbul.While studying sculpture at the Fine Arts Academy in Istanbul, Günseli participated at a beauty pageant organized by the newspaper "Cumhuriyet", and won the title Miss Turkey 1951 on October 13, 1951.The next year, she represented her country at the Miss Europe beauty contest held in Naples, Italy, and became Turkey’s first ever Miss Europe winner on August 20, 1952.