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.