# Miss Universe Germany

Miss Universe Germany is a national Beauty pageant in Germany to select an official candidate for the Miss Universe pageant.

## History

The Miss Germany started in 1952. Miss Universe Germany started in 2009. Currently, the German franchise of Miss Universe is owned by former Miss Universe Germany winner Natalie Ackermann. She is also the franchiser of Miss Universe Colombia in Colombia. In Miss Universe Germany all the States of Germany but also some of the regions are represented as well.

### 1952-1999

In 1952 Miss Germany started with Renate Hoy as the first winner, who then became 4th Runner-up at Miss Universe. In 1961, Germany has the official winner of Miss Universe 1961, Marlene Schmidt. From 1985 : MGC - Miss Germany Corporation GmbH (Oldenburg), the official winner will be selecting by the organization. In 1991, the MGA (Miss Germany Association, Bergheim near Cologne) of Detlef Tursies run a Miss Germany pageant for the first time. The winners participate in Miss Universe. In 1999, MGA transforms into MGO (Miss Germany Organisation). From 2000, they award the title Miss Deutschland, and change their name again: MGO - Komitee Miss Deutschland. In 1999 is the last of Miss Germany Company sent the candidate for Miss Universe, she is Diana Drubig.

### 2000-2008

The Miss Deutschland came into being in 2000, inheriting the since 1952 established official winner of Miss Germany pageant, that would compete at the international Miss Universe pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. After 2008, Miss Germany for Miss Universe selected by Miss Universe Deutschland pageant.

## International crowns

* One – Miss Universe winner: Marlene Schmidt (1961)

## Titleholders
### Miss Universe Germany

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | State | State Election | Miss Universe Germany | Placement at Miss Universe | Special awards |
| Kim Kelly Braun directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe since 6th March 2025 ||||||
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Natalie Ackermann directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 2021 - 2024 ||||||
| 2024 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne | Pia Theissen | Unplaced | |
| 2023 | Baden-Württemberg | Ravensburg | Helena Bleicher | Unplaced | |
| 2022 | Saxony | Düsseldorf | Soraya Kohlmann | Unplaced | |
| 2021 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Düsseldorf | Hannah Seifer | Unplaced | |
| Kim Kotter directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 2009―2019 ||||||
| Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no representative in 2020 ||||||
| 2019 | Berlin | Munich | Miriam Rautert | Unplaced | |
| 2018 | Berlin | Berlin | Celine Willers | Unplaced | |
| 2017 | Saxony-Anhalt | Halle | Sophia Koch | Unplaced | |
| 2016 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Eschweiler | Johanna Acs | Unplaced | |
| 2015 | Bavaria | Berlin | Sarah-Lorraine Riek | Unplaced | |
| 2014 | Saxony | Berlin | Josefin Donat | Unplaced | Best National Costume (Top 5) |
| 2013 | Berlin | Berlin | Anne-Julia Hagen | Unplaced | |
| 2012 | Norddeutschland | Berlin | Alicia Endemann | Unplaced | |
| 2011 | Saxony | Berlin | Valeria Bystritskaia | Unplaced | |
| 2010 | Bavaria | Berlin | Kristiana Rohder | Unplaced | |
| 2009 | Saxony-Anhalt | Berlin | Martina Lee | Unplaced | |

### Miss Deutschland 2000-2008

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | State | State Election | Miss Deutschland | Placement at Miss Universe | Special awards |
| Miss Deutschland: MGO – Komitee Miss Deutschland (Bergheim near Cologne) directorship "Miss Universe Deutschland" — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 2008 ||||||
| 2008 | Berlin | Berlin | Madina Taher | Unplaced | |
| Miss Deutschland: MGO – Komitee Miss Deutschland (Bergheim near Cologne) directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 2000―2007; in 2006 and 2007 there were appointment girls. In 2007 Angelina (a Runner-up of Miss Deutschland 2005) was designated as Miss Germany Universe 2007 and in 2006 Natalie (Miss Nordrhein Westfalen 2006) was designated as Miss Germany Universe 2006. ||||||
| 2007 | Berlin | Berlin | Angelina Glass | Unplaced | |
| 2006 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Düsseldorf | Natalie Ackermann | Unplaced | Best National Costume (Top 20) |
| 2005 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen | Asli Bayram | Unplaced | |
| 2004 | Süddeutschland | Duisburg | Shermine Shahrivar | Unplaced | |
| 2003 | Bavaria | Bielefeld | Alexandra Vodjanikova | Unplaced | |
| 2002 | Hamburg | Kaiserslautern | Natascha Börger | Top 10 | |
| 2001 | Thuringia | Kaiserslautern | Claudia Bechstein | Unplaced | |
| 2000 | Ostdeutschland | Kaiserslautern | Sabrina Schepmann | Unplaced | |

### Miss Germany 1952-1999

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | State | State Election | Miss Germany | Placement at Miss Universe | Special awards |
| Miss Germany Organisation directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 1999 ||||||
| 1999 | Saxony | Trier | Diana Drubig | Unplaced | |
| Miss Germany Association, Bergheim near Cologne directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1991―1998 ||||||
| 1998 | Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier | Katharina Mainka | Unplaced | |
| 1997 | Schleswig-Holstein | Trier | Agathe Neuner | Unplaced | |
| 1996 | Brandenburg | Trier | Miriam Ruppert | Unplaced | |
| 1995 | Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier | Ilka Endres | Unplaced | |
| 1994 | Baden-Württemberg | Chemnitz | Tanja Wild | Unplaced | |
| 1993 | Hamburg | Bremen | Verona Feldbusch | Unplaced | |
| 1992 | Thuringia | Berlin | Monika Resch | Unplaced | |
| 1991 | Saxony | Berlin | Katrin Richter | Unplaced | |
| Miss Germany Corporation GmbH (Oldenburg) directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1985―1990 ||||||
| 1990 | Hesse | Berlin | Christiane Stöcker | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality |
| 1989 | Bavaria | Berlin | Andrea Stelzer | Top 10 | |
| 1988 | Berlin | Berlin | Christiane Kopp | Unplaced | |
| 1987 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Berlin | Dagmar Schulz | Unplaced | |
| 1986 | Bavaria | Berlin | Birgit Jahn | Unplaced | |
| 1985 | Berlin | Appointed―Miss Germany Universe 1985 | Angelika Roth | Unplaced | |
| Miss Germany (German TV) directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1979―1984 ||||||
| 1984 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bad Mondorf (Luxembourg) | Brigitte Berx | Top 10 | |
| 1983 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Badgastein (Austria) | Loana Radecki | Top 12 | |
| 1982 | Lower Saxony | Palma de Mallorca (Spain) | Kerstin Paeserack | Top 12 | |
| 1981 | Bavaria | Munich | Marion Kurz | Top 12 | |
| 1980 | Lower Saxony | Berlin | Kathrin Glotzl | Unplaced | |
| 1979 | Berlin | Bremen | Andrea Hontschik | Top 12 | |
| Miss Germany (German’s Casting) directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1979―1984 ||||||
| 1978 | Brandenburg | Appointed | Maria Gottschalk | Unplaced | |
| 1977 | Berlin | Appointed | Marie Gassen | 4th Runner-up | |
| 1976 | Saxony-Anhalt | Appointed | Birgit Hamer | Unplaced | |
| 1975 | Saarland | Appointed | Sigrit Klose | Unplaced | |
| 1974 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Appointed | Ursula Faustle | Unplaced | |
| 1973 | Bavaria | Baden-Baden | Dagmar Winkler | Unplaced | |
| 1972 | Brandenburg | Appointed | Heidi Weber | Top 12 | |
| Miss Germany (Opal Company) directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1952―1971 ||||||
| 1971 | Bavaria | Appointed | Vera Kists | Unplaced | |
| 1970 | Bavaria | San Juan (Puerto Rico) | Irene Neumann | Unplaced | |
| 1969 | Bavaria | Munich | Gesine Froese | Unplaced | |
| 1968 | Bavaria | Munich | Lilian Atterer | Unplaced | |
| 1967 | Schleswig-Holstein | Berlin | Fee von Zitzewitz | Unplaced | |
| 1966 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Berlin | Marion Heinrich | Top 15 | |
| 1965 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Berlin | Ingrid Bethke | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality |
| 1964 | Berlin | Berlin | Martina Kettler | Unplaced | |
| 1963 | Bavaria | Travemünde | Helga Carla Ziesemer | Top 15 | |
| 1962 | Hesse | Travemünde | Gisela Karschuck | Unplaced | |
| 1961 | Baden-Württemberg | Baden-Baden | Marlene Schmidt | Miss Universe 1961 | |
| 1960 | Rhineland-Palatinate | Baden-Baden | Ingrun Helgard Moeckel | Top 16 | |
| 1959 | Berlin | Baden-Baden | Carmela Künzel | Top 16 | |
| 1958 | Bavaria | Baden-Baden | Marlies Behrens | Top 16 | |
| 1957 | Hamburg | Baden-Baden | Gerti Daub | 4th Runner-up | Miss Photogenic |
| 1956 | Berlin | Baden-Baden | Marina Orschel | 1st Runner-up | Miss Photogenic |
| 1955 | North Rhine-Westphalia | Baden-Baden | Margit Nünke | 3rd Runner-up | |
| 1954 | Bremen | Baden-Baden | Regina Ernst | 3rd Runner-up | |
| 1953 | Berlin | Wiesbaden | Christel Schaack* | Top 16 | |
| 1952 | Rhineland-Palatinate | Baden-Baden | Renate Hoy | 4th Runner-up | |

### State rankings

| State | Title | Year |
| Berlin | 15 | 1953, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1988, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 |
| Bavaria | 12 | 1958, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1981, 1986, 1989, 2003, 2010 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 9 | 1955, 1965, 1966, 1984, 1987, 2005, 2016, 2021, 2024 |
| Saxony | 5 | 1991, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2022 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 4 | 1952, 1960, 1995, 1998 |
| Baden-Württemberg | 3 | 1961, 1994, 2023 |
| Saxony Anhalt | 3 | 1976, 2009, 2017 |
| Hamburg | 3 | 1957, 1993, 2002 |
| Brandenburg | 3 | 1972, 1978, 1996 |
| Thuringia | 2 | 1992, 2001 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 2 | 1967, 1997 |
| Hesse | 2 | 1962, 1990 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 2 | 1974, 1983 |
| Lower Saxony | 2 | 1980, 1982 |
| Norddeutschland | 1 | 2012 |
| Süddeutschland | 1 | 2004 |
| Ostdeutschland | 1 | 2000 |
| Saarland | 1 | 1975 |
| Bremen | 1 | 1954 |