Miss Germany Titleholders


Germany has a rich and interesting history in beauty pageants. Pageants were won by royalty in disguise, contended for not long after the turn of the century, and even prohibited in Communist East Germany until 1986 because of "capitalist decadence and degradation of women"!

In the 1920s, a German court of justice decided that the title of Miss Germany could not be patented or registered, thus anyone can run a pageant and name the winner "Miss Germany". A similar court decision upheld this in 1982. This resulted in having two "Miss Germanys" in 1928, 1931, 1953 and 1982, chosen by different organizations.

From 1985, at least two organizations hold concurrent pageants: The MGC (Miss Germany Corporation GmbH, Oldenburg) sends their winners to the Queen of the World, and the MGA (Miss Germany Association GmbH; renamed in 1999 to MGO - Miss Germany Organisation GmbH), whose winners take part in the Miss Universe, Miss Europe, and Miss Intercontinental pageants.

Any titleholder whose term is listed with a slash (/), indicates that she was elected late in the first year and served her term in the second.


1909: Gertud Dopieralski
1910-26: NO PAGEANTS
1927: Hildegard Quandt
1928: Hella Hoffmann
1928: Margarete Grow
1929: Elisabeth Rodzyn

1930: Dorit Nitykowski
2. Ruth Ingrid Richard

1931: Ruth Ingrid Richard
1931: Daisy D'Ora *

Daisy D'Ora was only a pseudonym. She did not take part under her original name (Daisy, Baronesse von Freyberg) because in the nobility, Miss-pageants were considered vulgar at that time.

1932: Liselotte de Booy-Schulze (other spelling: Liselotte de Booye)
1933: Charlotte Hartmann *

Charlotte Hartmann became the last titleholder prior to WW II. A few weeks after her election, the Nazi party came to power and beauty pageants were prohibited by the national socialist government as a "Jewish-Bolshevik decadence"!

1934-48: NO PAGEANTS
1949: Inge Löwenstein
1950: Susanne Erichsen—Schleswig-Holstein
1951: Vera Marks
1952: Renate Hoy
1953: Christel Schaack
(see note above)
1953/54: Heidi Krüger
1954: Regina Ernst
1955: Margit Nünke—Nordrhein-Westfalen
1956: Marina Orschel—Berlin
1957: Gerti Daub—Hamburg
1958: Marlies Jung Behrens—Bayern
1959: Carmela Künzel—Berlin
1960: Ingrun Helgard Moeckel—Rheinland
1961: Marlene Schmidt—Baden-Würtemberg
1962: Gisela Karschuck—Hessen
1963: Helga Carla Ziesemer—Bayern
1964: Martina Kettler—Berlin
1965: Ingrid Bethke—Nordrhein-Westfalen
1966: Marion Heinrich—Nordrhein-Westfalen
1967: Fee von Zitzewitz—Schleswig-Holstein
1968: Lilian Atterer—Bayern
1969: Gesine Froese—Bayern
1970: Irene Neumann
1971: Irene Neumann
(term extended without election)
1972: Heidi Weber—Bayern(appointed without election)
1973: Ingeborg Martin
1974: Monja Bageritz—Rheinland
(appointed without election)
1975: Marina Langner (appointed without election)
1976: Monika Schneeweis
1977: Dagmar Gabriele Winkler—Bayern
1978: Monika Greis—Süddeutschland

1979: Andrea Hontschik—Berlin
2. Katrin Gezved
3. Giesela Lange

1980: Gabriella Brum—Berlin

1981: Marion Kurz—Bayern
2. Barbara Reimund—Rheinland-Pfalz
3. Bettina Seyler—Hamburg

1982: Kerstin Natalie Paeserack—Niedersachsen
2. Irene Gröschke—Berlin
3. Jutta Beck—Hessen

1983: Loana Katharina Radecki—Berlin
2. Claudia Zielinsky—Niedersachsen
3. Martina Jahn—Baden-Würtemberg

1984: Brigitte Berx—Nordrhein-Westfalen

Miss Germany
organized by the Miss Germany Company (MGC)

The From 1985 until 1992, the Miss Germany Company (MGC) was entitiled to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Europe and Miss International franchises. It folded in 1992.

1985: Anke Symkowitz—Baden-Würtemberg
2. Stefanie Angelika Roth—Rheinland-Pfalz
3. Susanne Engelbrecht—Bayern

1986: Birgit Jahn—Bayern
2. Iris Klein—Schleswig-Holstein
3. Claudia Schindel—Hessen

PAGEANT TITLE POST-DATED FOLLOWING THE 1986 PAGEANT

1987: Dagmar Schulz—Nordrhein-Westfalen

1988: Christiane Kopp—Berlin
2. Renate Budina—Hessen
3. Martina Sonnenschein—Rheinland-Pfalz

1989: Andrea Stelzer—Bayern *
2. Katja Münch—Baden-Würtemberg
3. Iris Klein—Schleswig-Holstein (tie)
3. Jasmine Bell—Hessen (tie)

* — Andrea Stelzer's six-year quest to compete in Miss Universe was finally realized when she won the Miss Germany Pageant in 1988. She previously had won Miss South Africa 1985, but was not permitted to enter the Miss Universe Pageant, as the organization that year began to refuse entry to South Africans based on their government's policy of apartheid. Andrea Stelzer's dual German-South African citizenship was, essentially, her last resort, and she returned to Germany for another try for Miss Universe, and succeeded. She was, however, refused entry to the 1988 Miss World Pageant because of her South African heritage. As if that wasn't enough, she competed three times in Miss Hawaiian Tropic: 1986 (where she placed third), 1990 and 1994, all three times representing her homeland of South Africa.

1990: Christiane Stöcker—Hessen
2. Ilke Endres—Rheinland-Pfalz
3. Verona Feldbusch—Hamburg

1991: Susanne Petry—Saarland
2. Katrin Richter—Thüringen
3. Sandra Galler—Schleswig-Holstein

* — This was the first year of the pageant that included participation from the states which formerly made up East Germany.

1992: Monika Resch—Thüringen
2. Ute Schmidt—Saarland
3. Anja Wöltje—Hamburg

* — The Pageant was named Miss United Germany for this one and only year.

Miss Germany
organized by the Miss Germany Corporation GmbH (MGC)

The winner of this pageant represents Germany in the Queen of the World Pageant. It did not renew the franchise for Miss Universe after 1984.

1985: Patricia Patek—Hessen
2. Martina Fischer—Baden-Würtemberg
3. Christiane Glüsing—Schleswig-Holstein

1986: Anja Hörnich-Saarland
2. Juliette Kruse—Rheinland-Pfalz
3. Manuela Adofo—Niedersachsen

1987: Susanne Stoss—Rheinland-Pfalz
2. Jutta Munz—Baden-Würtemberg
3. Kathrin Purrucker-Schleswig-Holstein

1988: Nicole Reinhardt—Baden-Würtemberg
2. Michaela Baars—Hamburg
3. Azieta Mirein-Arefin—Hessen

1989: Claudia Weins—Nordrhein-Westfalen

1990: Leticia Koffke—Brandenburg

1991: Ines Kuba—Berlin
2. Susanne Bug—Hamburg
3. Katja Tschirsch—Niedersachsen

1992: Astrid Kuhlmann—Bayern
2. Beatrice Neumann—Berlin
3. Andrea Heinrich—Sachsen-Anhalt

1993: Cornelia Öhlmann—Baden-Würtemberg

1994: Beate Almer—Bayern

1995: NO PAGEANT

1996: Yasemine Mansoor—Berlin
2. Romy Klein—Hessen
3. Sandra Speichert—Sachsen-Anhalt

1997: Sabrina Paradies—Norddeutschland

1998: Michalina Koscielniak—LR-Kosmetik Winner
2. Geraldine Renna—Niedersachsen
3. Bianca Hofmann—"Das Neue" Magazine Winner

1999: Alexandra Philipps—Süddeutschland

2000: Sandra Hoffmann—Mitteldeutschland
2. Kathrin Lippold—Niedersachsen
3. Susan Höcke—Berlin

2001: Mirjana Bogojevic—Miss Millennium
2. Gesa Kawalek—Niedersachsen
3. Ella Klein—Norddeutschland
4. Kirsten Merz—Sachsen
5. Sylvia Hartwich—Mitteldeutschland

Miss Germany
organized by the Miss Germany Association GmbH (MGA)

This pageant is the larger national pageant, whose winners go to Miss Universe, Miss Europe, Miss International and Miss Intercontinental.

1991: Petra Hack

1992: Meike Schwartz

1993: Verona Feldbusch—Hamburg
2. Katja Modarskic—Saarland
3. Vicky Herrmann

1994: Tanja Wild—Baden-Würtemberg
2. Claudia Dietze—Berlin
3. Sandra Schönvoigt—Thüringen

1995: Ilka Endres—Rheinland-Pfalz
2. Bianca Dauber—Sachsen-Anhalt
3. Dahlia Kasten—Berlin

1996: Miriam Ruppert—Arabella TV Winner
2. Marion Meinert—Schleswig-Holstein
3. Milena Popovic—Baden-Würtemberg

1997: Nadine Schmidt—Rheinland-Pfalz
2. Sandra Suppa—Berlin
3. Anna Groth—Niedersachsen
4. Agathe Neuner—Bayern
5. Alice Wunk—Nordrhein-Westfalen

* — Claudia Ehlert of Hamburg was the original fourth runner-up, but was disqualified.

1998: Katharina Mainka—Rheinland-Pfalz
2. Vanessa Koemann—Nordrhein-Westfalen
3. Romy Cordes—Mecklenberg-Vorpommern
FINALISTS:
Fiona Amann—Arabella TV Winner
Nadine Rohr—Sachsen-Anhalt

1999: Diana Drubig—Sachsen
2. Neele Claussen—Nordrhein-Westfalen
3. Isabell Zachert—Baden-Würtemberg
4. Nina Hof—Saarland
5. Kinga Peters—Mecklenberg-Vorpommern

2000: Sabrina Schepmann—Ostdeutschland
2. Nadja Hausmann—Nordrhein-Westfalen
3. Katja Brunner—Sachsen
FINALISTS:
Olivia Hölstermann—Niedersachsen
Eva Volkmann—Rheinland-Pfalz

2001: Claudia Bechstein—Thüringen
2. Katharina Berndt—Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
3. Aljona Glöckner—Arabella TV Winner
FINALISTS:
Karolina Hoffman—Nordrhein-Westfalen
Silvana Kernchen—Sachsen-Anhalt
Vanessa Bourjau—Schleswig-Holstein

2002: Natascha Vanessa Börger Sevilla—Hamburg
2. Anja Pensold—Bayern
3. Susanne Tockan—Miss RTL Online
FINALISTS:
Susanne Auerswald—Baden-Württemberg
Eva Dedecke—Hessen
Isabelle Wiedenhöft—Thüringen

2003: Aleksandra Vodjanikova—Bayern
2. Sarah Teodoro-Belmonte—Nordrhein-Westfalen
3. Daniela Scholz—Miss RTL Online
FINALISTS:
Kristin Einwag—Arabella TV Winner
Darlitza Praljak—Brandenburg
Anne-Katrin Gora—Sachsen

2004: Shermine Sharivar—Süddeutschland
2. Viktoria Stadtlander—Niedersachsen
3. Cluadia Rössler—Ostdeutschland)
FINALISTS:
Ivana Martinovic—Baden-Württemberg
Ria Sommerfeld—Schleswig-Holstein
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Janina Hempel—Berlin
Simone Voss—Nordrhein-Westfalen
Julia Wagner—Rheinland-Pfalz
Anne Weise-Sachsen
Eva Süssmann—Westdeutschland


Information courtesy of Dan Mcevily, Axel Sonnenberg and Michael Knittel. Herzlichen Dank!

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