| Miss Germany Corporation | |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | Berlin |
| Location: | Germany |
| Membership: | Miss Universe (Miss Germany 1952–1999) (Miss Deutschland 2000–2008) Miss World (1952–1992) Miss International (1960–2014) Miss Europe (1927–2006) |
| Language: | German |
| Leader Title: | CEO |
| Leader Name: | Horst Klemmer (1960–present) |
| Num Staff: | 4 |
Miss Germany is a national beauty pageant in Germany. The contest was held for the first time in 1927. Since 2020 it is used to honour women with special achievements.
In the past there were several organisations which claimed the title: In the 1920s already, German jurisdiction decided that the title Miss Germany could not be patented or registered, thus everybody was allowed to run a contest and name the winner Miss Germany. A similar decision followed in 1982. This resulted in having two titleholders in some years (as in 1928, 1931, 1953 and 1982), elected by different associations.
In 1953, the new organiser and main sponsor of the pageant, the Opal stocking industries, acquired the international franchises for Miss Europe, Miss World, and Miss Universe and built up a kind of monopoly: Other promoters could not delegate their winners to international competitions, thus such rival contests became unattractive. The election of Heidi Krüger by the daily newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost remained an exception for many years.
During the National Socialist era there were no beauty contests. The Nazi government prohibited them as "Jewish-Bolshevik decadence", and instead of them publicised the election of (local) Harvest, Bloom, and Wine Queens. The government forbade Charlotte Hartmann from taking part in the Miss Europe contest in Paris, France. She had been elected Miss Germany a few days before the beginning of the Nazi rule, and secretly took part in the pageant, nevertheless. However, the Saar Territory which was governed by the League of Nations chose a Miss, who was allowed to travel to international competitions.
In the GDR, beauty pageants were also forbidden as "degradation and exploitation of the woman by capitalism". Nevertheless, in the Eastern part of Berlin some contests were held, camouflaged as culture evenings, in the second half of the 1980s. The winners received a cake and a bouquet as a prize. In 1990, the MGC (see above) held the only official election for Miss DDR. The winner, Leticia Koffke, became the first all-German Miss Germany a few months later following reunification.
In some years, no national contests were held: the German delegates for international pageants were handpicked from the regional winners, without a final, as happened from 1972 to 1978. In 1971, the term of Irene Neumann was even extended for another year.
After the bankruptcy of the Opal company, a period of decline followed. There were no financially strong sponsors. Members of the Revolution of 1968 and feminists mobilized against the "meat-inspects". Public interest diminished. Influential organisers became not active before the end of the 1970s. The international franchises held by Opal became vacant. In 1979, Miss Germany was elected live in the German television for the first time. It was not until 1982 that the first rival contest was held again after a long interval.
Since 1985, at least two organisations run rival pageants:
| Year | Miss Germany | Site of Election | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Hildegard Quandt† | Berlin | |
| 1928 | Hella Hoffmann† | Berlin | |
| 1928 | Margarete Grow† | Berlin | |
| 1929 | Elisabeth Rodzyn† | Berlin | |
| 1930 | Dorit Nitykowski† | Berlin | |
| 1931 | Ruth Ingrid Richard† | Berlin | |
| 1931 | Daisy D'ora† | Berlin | |
| 1932 | Liselotte de Booy-Schulze† | Berlin | |
| 1933 | Charlotte Hartmann† | Berlin |
| Year | Miss Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Inge Löwenstein | Miss Stuttgart | Bad Homburg | - | ||
| 1950 | Susanne Erichsen† | Miss Schleswig-Holstein | Baden-Baden | - | ||
| 1951 | Vera Marks | ? | Baden-Baden | - | ||
| 1952 | Renate Hoy | ? | Baden-Baden | Fourth Runner-up Miss Universe 1952 | ||
| 1953 | Christel Schaack† | Miss Berlin | Wiesbaden | Top 16 Miss Universe 1953 | ||
| 1953/54 | Heidi Krüger | ? | Hamburg | |||
| 1954 | Regina Ernst | Miss Bremen | Baden-Baden | Third Runner-up Miss Universe 1954 | ||
| 1955 | Margit Nünke† | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Baden-Baden | Third Runner-up Miss Universe 1955 | ||
| 1956 | Marina Orschel | Miss Berlin | Baden-Baden | First Runner-up & Miss Photogenic Miss Universe 1956 | ||
| 1957 | Gerti Daub | Miss Hamburg | Baden-Baden | Fourth Runner-up & Miss Photogenic Miss Universe 1957 | ||
| 1958 | Marlies Behrens | Miss Bayern | Baden-Baden | Top 15 Miss Universe 1958 | ||
| 1959 | Carmela Künzel | Miss Berlin | Baden-Baden | Top 15 Miss Universe 1959 | ||
| 1960 | Ingrun Helgard Moeckel† | Miss Rheinland | Baden-Baden | Top 15 Miss Universe 1960 | ||
| 1961 | Marlene Schmidt | Miss Baden-Württemberg | Baden-Baden | Miss Universe 1961 | ||
| 1962 | Gisela Karschuck | Miss Hessen | Travemünde | Unplaced Miss Universe 1962 | ||
| 1963 | Helga Carla Ziesemer | Miss Bayern | Travemünde | Top 15 Miss Universe 1963 | ||
| 1964 | Martina Kettler | Miss Berlin | Berlin | Unplaced Miss Universe 1964 | ||
| 1965 | Ingrid Bethke | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Berlin | Miss Congeniality Miss Universe 1965 | ||
| 1966 | Marion Heinrich | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Berlin | Top 15 Miss Universe 1966 | ||
| 1967 | Fee von Zitzewitz† | Miss Schleswig-Holstein | Berlin | Unplaced Miss Universe 1967 | ||
| 1968 | Lilian Atterer | Miss Bayern | Munich | Unplaced Miss Universe 1968 | ||
| 1969 | Gesine Froese | Miss Bayern | Munich | Unplaced Miss Universe 1969 | ||
| 1970 | Irene Neumann | ? | San Juan (Puerto Rico) | Unplaced Miss Universe 1970 | ||
| 1971 | Irene Neumann | — | term extended without election | - | ||
| 1972 | Heidi Weber | Miss Bayern | appointed without election | Top 12 Miss Universe 1972 | ||
| 1973 | Ingeborg Martin | ? | Munich | Top 15 Miss International 1973 | ||
| 1974 | Monja Bageritz | Miss Rheinland | appointed without election | - | ||
| 1975 | Marina Langner | ? | appointed without election | First Runner-up Miss World 1975 | ||
| 1976 | Monika Schneeweis† | ? | Baden-Baden | Unplaced Miss World 1976 | ||
| 1977 | Dagmar Winkler | Miss Bayern | Baden-Baden | Second Runner-up & Miss Photogenic Miss World 1977 First Runner-up Miss International 1977 First Runner-up Miss Europe 1978/1977 | ||
| 1978 | Monika Greis | Miss Süddeutschland | appointed without election | Unplaced Miss World 1978 | ||
| 1979 | Andrea Hontschik† | Miss Berlin | Bremen, Studio Radio Bremen (1) | Top 12 Miss Universe 1979 Top 15 Miss World 1979 | ||
| 1980 | Gabriella Brum | Miss Berlin | Berlin | Miss World 1980 | ||
| 1981 | Marion Kurz | Miss Bayern | Munich | Top 12 Miss Universe 1981 | ||
| 1982 | Kerstin Paeserack | Miss Niedersachsen | Palma de Mallorca (Spain) | Top 12 Miss Universe 1982 | ||
| 1982 | Monika Baier | ? | Nuremberg | - | ||
| 1983 | Angela Michel | Miss Franken | Augsburg | - | ||
| 1983 | Loana Radecki | Miss Berlin | Badgastein (Austria) | Top 12 Miss Universe 1983 | ||
| 1984 | Brigitte Berx | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Bad Mondorf (Luxembourg) | Top 10 Miss Universe 1984 |
| Year | Miss Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985/86 | Patricia Patek | Miss Hessen | Wangerooge | Miss Metronational | ||
| 1986/87 | Anja Hörnich | Miss Saarland | Oberstdorf | - | ||
| 1987/88 | Susann Stoss | Miss Rheinland-Pfalz | Bonn - Bad Godesberg | Queen of the World 1988 | ||
| 1988/89 | Nicole Reinhardt | Miss Baden-Württemberg | Cologne | - | ||
| 1989/90 | Claudia Weins | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Schwäbisch-Gmünd | - | ||
| 1990/91 | Leticia Koffke | Miss Brandenburg | Wesseling (near Cologne) | - | ||
| 1991/92 | Ines Kuba | Miss Berlin | Oldenburg | Queen of the World 1992 | ||
| 1992/93 | Astrid Kuhlmann | Miss Bayern | Berlin | - | ||
| 1993/94 | Cornelia Oehlmann | Miss Baden-Württemberg | Hanover | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Beate Almer | Miss Bayern | Cologne | - | ||
| 1996 | Yasemine Mansoor | Miss Berlin | Berlin | Queen of the World 1996 | ||
| 1997 | Sabrina Paradies | Miss Norddeutschland | Berlin | - | ||
| 1998 | Michalina Koscielniak | Miss LR-Kosmetik | Berlin | - | ||
| 1999 | Alexandra Phillips | Miss Süddeutschland | Berlin | - | ||
| 2000 | Sandra Hoffmann | Miss Mitteldeutschland | Berlin | - | ||
| 2001 | Mirjana Bogojevic | Miss Hamburg | Berlin | - | ||
| 2002 | Katrin Wrobel | Miss Berlin | Berlin | - | ||
| 2003 | Babett Konau | Miss Schleswig-Holstein | - | |||
| 2004 | Christina Pinel (Miss Germany) | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Rust | - | ||
| 2005 | Antonia Schmitz | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Rust | - | ||
| 2006 | Isabelle Knispel | Miss Berlin | Rust | - | ||
| 2007 | Nelly Marie Bojahr | Miss T-Online | Rust | - | ||
| 2008 | Kim-Valerie Voigt | Miss Norddeutschland | Rust | - | ||
| 2009 | Doris Schmidts | Miss Baden-Württemberg | Rust | - | ||
| 2010 | Anne Julia Hagen | Miss Berlin | Rust | - | ||
| 2011 | Anne-Kathrin Kosch | Miss Thüringen | Rust | - | ||
| 2012 | Isabel Gülck | Miss Schleswig-Holstein | Rust | - | ||
| 2013 | Caroline Noeding | Miss Niedersachsen | Rust | - | ||
| 2014 | Vivien Konca | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Rust | - | ||
| 2015 | Olga Hoffmann | Miss Pearl.tv | Rust | - | ||
| 2016 | Lena Bröder | Miss Westdeutschland | Rust | - | ||
| 2017 | Soraya Kohlmann | Miss Sachsen | Rust | - | ||
| 2018 | Anahita Rehbein | Miss Baden-Württemberg | Rust | - | ||
| 2019 | Nadine Berneis | Miss Baden-Württemberg | Rust | - | ||
| 2020 | Leonie von Hase | Miss Schleswig-Holstein | Rust | - | ||
| 2021 | Anja Kallenbach | Miss Thüringen | Rust | - | - | |
| 2022 | Domitila Barros | TBD | Rust | - | - | |
| 2023 | Kira Geiss | TBD | Rust | TBD | TBD |
Miss Germany Company winner was sending to Miss Universe.
| Year | Miss Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Anke Symkowitz | Miss Baden-Württemberg | - | - | ||
| 1986 | Birgit Jahn | Miss Bayern | - | Unplaced Miss Universe 1986 | ||
| 1986/87 | Dagmar Schulz | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | - | Unplaced Miss Universe 1987 | ||
| 1987/88 | Christiane Kopp | Miss Berlin | - | Unplaced Miss Universe 1988 | ||
| 1988/89 | Andrea Stelzer | Miss Bayern | - | Top 10 Miss Universe 1989 | ||
| 1989/90 | Christiane Stöcker | Miss Hessen | - | Miss Congeniality Miss Universe 1990 | ||
| 1990/91 | Miss Saarland | - | Miss Europe 1991 Miss Intercontinental 1992 | |||
| 1991/92 | Monika Resch | Miss Thüringen | - | Unplaced Miss Universe 1992 |
Miss Germany Association GmbH winner was sending to Miss Universe.
| Year | Miss Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989/90 | Marion Winz | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Kaarst | - | ||
| 1991 | Petra Hack | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Bielefeld | - | ||
| 1992 | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Dresden | - | |||
| Miss Saarland | Top 15 Miss International 1992 | |||||
| 1993 | Verona Feldbusch | Miss Hamburg | Bremen | Miss Intercontinental 1993 | ||
| 1994 | Tanja Wild | Miss Baden-Württemberg | Chemnitz | Unplaced Miss Universe 1994 | ||
| 1995 | Ilka Endres | Miss Rheinland-Pfalz | Trier | Unplaced Miss Universe 1995 | ||
| 1996 | Miriam Ruppert | Miss Arabella TV | Trier | Unplaced Miss Universe 1996 | ||
| 1997 | Nadine Schmidt | Miss Rheinland-Pfalz | Trier | Miss Baltic Sea 1997 | ||
| 1998 | Katharina Mainka | Miss Rheinland-Pfalz | Trier | Unplaced Miss Universe 1983 | ||
| 1999 | Diana Drubig | Miss Sachsen | Trier | Unplaced Miss Universe 1999 |
| Year | Miss Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Berlin | Rolf Eden | - | |||
| 2000 | Mainz-Kastel | Model of Germany Productions | - |
From the following competitions, certainly, only Miss Deutschland is of importance. In the inland it does not have the same prestige as Miss Germany, but compensates this, as the election always takes place (and is announced in the media) some weeks before. One can estimate the international presence of the organization by the four assigned titles for 2006. For the other contests there are no complete data available. Also it is not always known whether they still exist. They are only shown here in order to obtain an impression how unclear the situation still is, although there is only one Miss Germany since 2000. Since 2009 German representative to Miss Universe has selected from Miss Universe Germany Organization.
| Year | Miss Deutschland | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sabrina Schepmann | Miss Ostdeutschland | Kaiserslautern | Miss Intercontinental 2000 | |
| 2001 | Claudia Bechstein | Miss Thüringen | Kaiserslautern | Unplaced Miss Universe 2001 | |
| 2002 | Natascha Börger | Miss Hamburg | Kaiserslautern | Top 10 Miss Universe 2002 Top 12 Miss International 2004 | |
| 2003 | Alexandra Vodjanikova | Miss Bayern | Bielefeld | Unplaced Miss Universe 2003 | |
| 2004 | Shermine Shahrivar [Sharivar] | Miss Süddeutschland | Duisburg | Miss Europe 2005 | |
| 2005 | Asli Bayram | Miss Nordrhein-Westfalen | Aachen | Unplaced Miss Universe 2005 | |
| 2006 | Daniela Domröse | Miss Bayern | Krefeld | - | |
| 2007 | Svetlana Tsys | Miss Ostdeutschland | Hurghada (Egypt) | Unplaced Miss International 2007 | |
| 2008 | Janice Behrendt | Herford | Dortmund | - | |
| 2009 | Alessandra Alores | Köln | Moers | - | |
| 2010 | Zallascht Saddat | Miss MGO Süddeutschland | Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia | Miss Globe 2011 | |
| 2012 | Susan Henry | Miss MGO Hessen | Halle | Unplaced Miss Intercontinental 2012 | |
| 2013 | Elena Schmidt | Miss MGO Berlin | Berlin | Top 15 & Miss Congeniality Miss Intercontinental 2013 | |
| 2014 | Egzonita Ala | Miss MGO Süddeutschland | Dortmund | Unplaced Miss World 2014 | |
| 2015 | Albjona Muharremaj | Miss MGO Bayern | Dortmund | Unplaced Miss World 2015 | |
| 2017 | Dalila Jabri | Miss MGO Nordrhein-Westfalen | Bremen | Unplaced Miss Intercontinental 2017 | |
| 2018 | Olivia Möller | Miss MGO Nordrhein-Westfalen | Bremen | Top 20 & Best Evening Gown Miss Intercontinental 2018 | |
| 2019 | Philine Dubiel-Hahn | Miss MGO Ostdeutschland | Unplaced Miss Intercontinental 2019 | ||
| 2020/2021 | TBD | TBD | Bornheim, North Rhine-Westphalia | TBD | TBD |
| Year | Model of Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sonja Strobl | Saarland Model | Mainz-Kastel |
| Anja Schröder | Niedersachsen Model | ||
| 2001 | Thüringen Model | Würzburg' | |
| 2002 | Berlin Model | Stuttgart | |
| 2003 | Mitteldeutschland Model | Friedrichshafen | |
| 2004 | pageant not held | ||
| 2005 | Baden-Württemberg Model | Rheinmünster | |
| 2006 | pageant not held | ||
| 2007 | ? | Baden-Württemberg Model | ? |
| Year | Miss World Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Miss Hessen World | ? | Unplaced Miss World 1992 | |||
| 1993 | Petra Klein | Miss Rheinland-Pfalz World | ? | Unplaced Miss World 1993 | ||
| 1994 | Marte Helberg | Miss Hamburg World | ? | Unplaced Miss World 1994 | ||
| 1995 | Miss Baden-Württemberg World | Köln | Unplaced Miss World 1995 | |||
| 1996 | Miss Baden-Württemberg World | Köln | Unplaced Miss World 1996 | |||
| 1997 | Katja Glawe | Miss Berlin World | Berlin | Unplaced Miss World 1997 | ||
| 1998 | Sandra Ahrabian | Miss Bayern World (?) | Mannheim | Unplaced Miss World 1998 | ||
| 1999 | Susan Hoecke | Miss Berlin World | München | Unplaced Miss World 1999 |
| Year | Miss World Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000/01 | Natascha Berg | Miss Hessen World | Hannover | Unplaced Miss World 2000 | ||
| 2001/02 | Adina Wilhelmi | Miss Süddeutschland World | Hannover | Unplaced Miss World 2001 |
| Year | Miss World Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | Placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Anne Katrin Walter | Kiel | Erfurt | Unplaced Miss World 2008 | |
| 2009 | Alessandra Alores | Köln | Moers | - | |
| Year | Beauty Queen of Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Queen of Thüringen | Rothenburg ob der Tauber | ||
| 2000 | pageant not held | |||
| 2001 | Pamela Jones | ? | Bamberg [1] [2] | |
| 2002 | Claudia Grohmann | ? | Bamberg | |
| 2003 | Melanie Eder | Queen of Bayern (?) | München | |
| 2004 | Ann-Cathrin Schmidt | Queen of Sachsen-Anhalt (?) | Berlin | |
| Year | Miss Germany 50 Plus | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | Christine Wache | Miss Germany 50 plus 2012 | Berlin | |
| 2014 | Monika Roemer Emich | Miss Germany 50 plus 2014 | Flein | |
| 2015 | Kerstin Marie Huth Rauscher ? | Miss Germany 50 plus 2015 | Frankfurt | |
| 2016 | Miss Germany 50 plus 2016 | Hessen |
| Year | Queen of Germany Entertainment | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Yvetta Leogrande | Queen of Niedersachsen | TV-Studio Sat.1 | |
| 2001-04 | ? | |||
| 2005 | Stephanie Schießl | Queen of Bayern | ? | |
| 2006 | Alis Scharkoi | Queen of Berlin | Weimar Atrium | |
| 2007 | Katrin Schwarz | Queen of Niedersachsen | Duisburg | |
| Year | Princess of Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Mirjana Bogojevic | ? | Halle | |
| 2002 | Nicole Kratochvil | Princess of Niedersachsen | Halle | |
| 2003 | Katrin Reimann ? | ? | ? | |
| 2004 | Princess of Sachsen-Anhalt | Leipzig |
| Year | Top Model of Germany | |
|---|---|---|
| 1993-99 | ? | |
| 2000 | Heike Schmidt |
| Year | Top Model of Germany | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Daniela Dürr | |
| 2002-04 | ? | |
| 2005 | Sarah Zöllner |
| Year | Model of the World Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Model of the World Bayern | Ulm | ||
| 2002 | Model of the World Bremen | München | ||
| 2003 | Model of the World Bayern | Wiesbaden | ||
| 2004 | Model of the World Süddeutschland | Neunkirchen | ||
| 2005/06 | Model of the World Rheinland-Pfalz | Regensburg | ||
| 2007 | Natalie Sulianto | Model of the World Mitteldeutschland | München | |
| 2008 | Model of the World Bremen | München |
For this pageant Yet-Set Corporation in Cologne also claims title protection in 2001. For winners' names there are contradictory information: In 2001, both Jennifer Dietrich and Eileen Bali are named. In 2003, the pageant happened in Kiel (winner unknown). It seems to have been the last edition.
Miss DDR and predecessors (1986-1988 private events, 1990 MGC)
| Year | Miss World Germany | Regional Titleholder | Site of Election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Miss Frühling (Miss Spring) | Berlin | ||
| 1987 | Miss Frühling (Miss Spring) | Berlin | ||
| 1988 | Gabi Kirmihs | Miss Sommer (Miss Summer) | Berlin | |
| 1990 | Leticia Koffke | Miss DDR (Miss GDR) | Schwerin |