Miss Austria

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 handled the Miss Austria Corporation.
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.

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.

Titleholders

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

Miss World Austria

Miss Earth Austria

Year	Province	Miss Earth Austria	Placement at Miss Earth	Special Award	Notes
2017	Upper Austria	Bianca Kronsteiner	Unplaced		Received the title of "Miss Earth Austria" in the Top 3 finale
2016	Lower Austria	Kimberly Budinsky	Unplaced		Received the title of "Miss Earth Austria" in the Top 3 finale

Different spelling of names:
http://www.vienna.at/valentina-schlager-ist-miss-austria-2010/news-20100328-08474196