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| Formation | 1929 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Steyr |
| Location | |
Official language | German |
National Director | Kerstin Rigger |
| Website | Official website |
Miss Austria is a national Beauty pageant in Austria.
History
Began in 1929 the Miss Österreich managed by Illustriate Kronen Zeitug Agency. Since then the winner went to International Pageant of Pulchritude or famously called as Miss Universe. Lisl Goldarbeiter, Miss Austria 1929 of Vienna won the first International competition.
- Started in 1929, Miss Austria franchised the Miss Europe license.
- Started in 1953, Miss Austria franchised the Miss Universe license.
- Started in 1955, Miss Austria franchised the Miss World license.
- In 1956 Erich Reindl took over the brand of Miss Österreich or Miss Austria.
- Started in 1960, Miss Austria franchised the Miss International license.
- In 1992 Emil Bauer bought the Miss Austria Corporation.
- In 2012 Silvia Schachermayer (formerly Silvia Hackl, Miss Austria 2004) handled the Miss Austria Corporation.[1]
- Started in 2016, Miss Austria franchised the Miss Earth license.
- In 2018, Joerg Rigger made his debut to be 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.[2]
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, it sometimes could be allocated to Miss Europe. A Runner-up will take over if the winner does not qualify to represent Austria on 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 automatically awarded as Miss Earth Austria, Miss World Austria and lastly, Miss Universe Austria.
| Number of wins under Miss Austria | |
|---|---|
| Pageant | Wins |
| Miss Europe | 5 |
| Miss World | 2 |
| International Pageant of Pulchritude | 1 |
| Miss Universe | 0 |
| Miss International | 0 |
| Miss Earth | 0 |
- Miss Europe (1950, 1958, 1959, 1978, 1980) - Began 2006 the Miss Austria did not send a contestant to Miss Europe, after the organization absence for long time.
- Miss International (1963, 1972, 1982) - Since 1995 Austria does not present representative at Miss International.
- Miss World (1969, 1987)
- Miss Earth (2013) - Began 2018 a delegate from Austria had selected by another franchise holder.
- Miss Universe (1977)
- International Pageant of Pulchritude (1929)
