Miss Austria is a national beauty pageant in Austria.
History Between 1929 and 1931, the Miss Austria was managed by Neues Wiener Tagblatt. The winner went to International Pageant of Pulchritude, the first pageant to crown a Miss Universe. Lisl Goldarbeiter, Miss Austria 1929 of Vienna, won the first International competition. Starting in 1929, Miss Austria franchised the Miss Europe license. In 1948 and 1949, the weekly magazine Wiener Illustrierte managed the contest. Starting in 1953, Miss Austria franchised the Miss Universe license. Starting in 1955, Miss Austria franchised the Miss World license. In 1958 Erich Reindl took over the brand of Miss Austria. Starting in 1960, Miss Austria franchised the Miss International license. In 1992, Emil Bauer bought the Miss Austria Corporation. Beginning in 2012, Silvia Schachermayer (formerly Silvia Hackl, Miss Austria 2004) handled the Miss Austria Corporation. Starting in 2016, Miss Austria franchised the Miss Earth license. In 2018, Jörg Rigger made his debut as the CEO of Miss Austria Corporation, where later on Kerstin Rigger took over as CEO of Mission Austria. The Miss Austria Organization has returned the Miss World and Miss Universe participation franchises. Therefore, Austria is not allowed to compete on both Miss World and Miss Universe pageants starting in 2018. Note: In the pageant of Miss Austria, the first and second placed candidates of each federal state take part. So in the final there are 18 delegates from the 9 Bundesländer.
Franchise holders The Miss Austria winner traditionally goes to Miss Universe and Miss World competitions; sometimes it could be allocated to Miss Europe. A runner-up will take over if the winner does not qualify to represent Austria on the world stage. In Schachermayer directorship between 2015 and 2017, the Miss Austria result divided into Top 3 classification winners. Before announcing the grand winner of Miss Austria, the Top 3 were automatically awarded as Miss Earth Austria, Miss World Austria and lastly, Miss Universe Austria. Number of wins underMiss Austria Pageant Wins Miss Europe 5 Miss World 2 International Pageant of Pulchritude 1 Miss Universe 0 Miss International 0 Miss Earth 0
Titleholders YearMiss AustriaAgeProvince/StateNotes 1929 Elisabet "Lisl" Goldarbeiter 19 Vienna Miss Universe 1929International Pageant of Pulchritude 1930 Ingeborg (von) Grienberger 18 Styria 1931 Hertha van Haentjens 20 Vienna 1932–1947 colspan=4 1948 Gertraude Decombe 21 Vienna 1949 Nadja Tiller 20 Vienna 1950 Ingeborg "Inge" Marek 24 Vienna Miss Austria despite being married 1951 colspan=4 1952 Ingeborg "Inge" Freuis 19 Vorarlberg 1953 Lore Felger 19 Vienna 1954 colspan=4 1955 Felicitas (von) Goebel 24 Vienna 1956 Traudl Eichinger 17 Vienna 1957 Elisabeth "Sissy" Schübel-Auer 20 Vienna 1958 Johanna "Hanni" Ehrenstrasser 19 Vienna Miss Europe 1958 1959 Christine "Christl" SpazierIn lists of international contests the spelling Spatzier appears, moreover letter turnings as Spaitzer. 19 Vienna Miss Europe 1959 1960 colspan=4 1961 Heidi Fischer 20 Vienna 1962 Viktoria "Dorli" Lazek 18 Vienna 1963 Xenia Doppler 20 Salzburg 1964 Erika Augustin 24 Vienna 1965 Carin Schmidt 22 Lower Austria 1966 Eva "Evi" Rieck 17 Lower Austria 1967 Christina "Christl" BartuIn the participants' list of Miss World Christina Barth. 21 Vorarlberg 1968 Brigitte Krüger 25 Lower Austria 1969 Eva Rueber-Staier 19 Styria Miss World 1969 1970 Elfriede "Eva" Kurz 19 Upper Austria 1971 Sonja Mlinaric 19 Tyrol 1972 Ursula "Uschi" Pacher 21 Carinthia 1973 Roswitha KobaldThis way in all lists mentioned above. Miss Austria Corporation spells Roswita. 17 Styria 1974 Evelyn Engleder 20 Vienna 1975 Rosemarie Holzschuh 21 Lower Austria 1976 Heidi Passian 19 Upper Austria 1977 Eva Düringer 17 Vorarlberg Miss Europe 1978 1978 Doris Anwander 17 Vorarlberg 1979 Karin Zorn 18 Styria Miss Europe 1980 1980 Helga Scheidl 16 Lower Austria 1981 Edda Schnell 18 Vienna 1982 Elisabeth Kawan 19 Styria 1983 Mercedes Stermitz 24 Styria 1984 Michaela Nußbaumer 20 Vorarlberg 1985 Elfriede Haindl 20 Styria 1986 Ulrike "Ulli" Harb 24 Styria 1987 Marielle Moosmann 18 Vorarlberg 1988 Sabine Grundner 18 Carinthia 1989 Nicole Natter 18 Vorarlberg 1990 Susanne Hausleitner 21 Styria 1991 Christine Heiss 23 Vorarlberg 1992 Tamara Mock 21 Vorarlberg 1993 Jutta Mirnig 19 Carinthia 1994 Eva Medosch 17 Vienna 1995 Dagmar Perl 19 Styria 1996 Sonja Horner 21 Upper Austria 1997 Susanne Nagele 17 Tyrol 1998 Sabine Lindorfer 22 Upper Austria 1999 Sandra Kölbl 20 Vorarlberg 2000 Patricia Kaiser 15 Upper Austria 2001 Daniela Rockenschaub 19 Upper Austria 2002 Céline Roscheck 18 Lower Austria 2003 Tanja Duhovich 21 Vienna 2004 Silvia Hackl 21 Upper Austria 2005 Isabella Stangl 19 Salzburg 2006 Tatjana Batinić 20 Vienna 2007 Christine Reiler 25 Lower Austria 2008 Marina Schneider 18 Tyrol 2009 Anna Hammel 21 Upper Austria 2010 Valentina Schlager 18 Carinthia 2011 Carmen Stamboli 27 Vienna 2012 Amina Dagi 17 Vorarlberg 2013 Ena Kadic 23 Tyrol 2014 Julia Furdea 19 Upper Austria 2015 Annika Grill 21 Upper Austria 2016 Dragana Stanković 19 Lower Austria 2017 Celine Schrenk 19 Lower Austria 2018 Daniela Zivkov 21 Upper Austria Izabela Ion 24 Vorarlberg Successor 2019 Larissa Robitschko 21 Styria 2020 colspan=4 2021 Linda Lawal 18 Upper Austria 2022 colspan=4 2023 Valentina Bleckenwegner 23 Upper Austria 2024 Lucia Sisic 20 Vienna ; died in 2026 2025–2026 colspan=4
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Big Four pageants representatives The following women have represented Austria in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women. These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.
Miss Universe Austria
The Miss Austria competes at the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2005 and 2012, Austria did not participate at the Miss Universe pageant due to lack of sponsorship. In 2013, Miss Austria Organization regained the license to compete at the Miss Universe pageant. In 2018, the organization returned the local franchise to the MUO organization.
Year Province Miss Austria Placement at Miss Universe Special Award(s) Notes 1952 Vorarlberg Inge Freuis colspan=3 1953 Vienna Lore Felger Top 16 Illustrierte Kronen Zeitung Agency 1954 colspan=5 1955 — Edith Philipp colspan=3 1956 Vienna Traudl Eichinger colspan=3 1957 Vienna Hannerl Melcher Top 16 Erich Reindl Directorship 1958 Vienna Johanna "Hanni" Ehrenstrasser colspan=3 1959 Vienna Christine "Christl" Spazier Unplaced 1960 Vienna Elisabeth "Sissy" Hodacs 2nd Runner-up 1961 Vorarlberg Ingrid Bayer Unplaced 1962 Vienna Christa Ingrid Linder Top 15 1963 Vienna Gertraud Bergler Top 15 1964 Vienna Gloria "Gigi" Mackh Unplaced 1965 Lower Austria Carin Ingberg Schmidt Unplaced Miss Photogenic 1966 Vienna Renate Polacek Unplaced 1967 Vorarlberg Christina "Christl" Bartu Unplaced 1968 Lower Austria Brigitte Krüger Unplaced 1969 Styria Eva Rueber-Staier Top 12 Later won Miss World 1969 1970 Upper Austria Elfriede "Eva" Kurz Unplaced 1971 Vienna Edeltraud Neubauer Unplaced 1972 Carinthia Ursula "Uschi" Pacher Unplaced 1973 Styria Roswitha Kobald Unplaced 1974 Vienna Evelyn Maria Engleder Unplaced 1975 Lower Austria Rosemarie Holzschuh Unplaced 1976 Upper Austria Heidi-Marie Passian Unplaced 1977 Vorarlberg Eva Maria Düringer 1st Runner-up 1978 Vorarlberg Doris Elizabeth Anwander Unplaced 1979 Styria Karin Zorn Unplaced 1980 Vienna Isabel Stefanie Muller Unplaced 1981 Vienna Gudrun Gollob Unplaced 1982 Styria Elisabeth Kawan Unplaced 1983 Styria Mercedes Stermitz Unplaced 1984 Vorarlberg Michaela Nußbaumer Unplaced 1985 Vienna Martina Margarete Haiden Unplaced 1986 Vienna Manuela Redtenbacher Unplaced 1987 Vienna Kristina Sebestyen Unplaced 1988 Vienna Maria Steinhart Unplaced 1989 Vienna Bettina Berghold Unplaced 1990 Vienna Sandra Luttenburger Unplaced 1991 Vienna Regina Kozak colspan=3 1992 Vienna Karin Friedl Unplaced Emil Bauer Directorship 1993 Vienna Rosemary Bruckner Unplaced 1994 Styria Kerstin Sattler colspan=3 colspan=6 1999 Vienna Katja Giebner Unplaced 2000 — Simone Smrekar colspan=3 colspan=6 2003 Lower Austria Céline Roscheck colspan=3 2004 Vienna Daniela Strigl Unplaced Vladimir Kraljević (Miss Universe Croatia Organization) Directorship colspan=6 2013 Upper Austria Doris Hofmann Unplaced Silvia Schachermayer Directorship 2014 Upper Austria Julia Furdea Unplaced 2015 Vorarlberg Amina Dagi Unplaced Appointed as "Miss Universe Austria 2015" after the Miss Austria 2015 allocated to Miss World — Amina Dagi was Miss Austria 2012 2016 Upper Austria Dajana Dzinic Unplaced Received the title of "Miss Universe Austria" in the Top 3 finale 2017 Lower Austria Celine Schrenk Unplaced 2018 Vorarlberg Izabela Ion colspan=3 2019 Styria Larissa Robitschko colspan=3 colspan=6
Miss World Austria