Miss Switzerland

The Miss Switzerland or Miss Universe Switzerland (German: Miss Schweiz; French: Miss Suisse; Italian: Miss Svizzera) is a national Beauty pageant in Switzerland. The pageant was founded in 1951, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe.

Miss Schweiz Organisation

(in Italian) Miss Svizzera (in French) Miss Suisse (in German) Miss Schweiz (in Romansh) Miss Svizra
Formation	1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Bern
Location	Switzerland
Membership	Miss Universe
Official language	French German
National director	Bernard Poffet
Website	www.missuniverseswitzerland.ch

History

Nadine Vinzens, Miss Switzerland 2003, in 2017

Alina Buchschacher, Miss Switzerland 2011

Jastina Doreen Riederer, Miss Switzerland 2018

Began in 1951 the Miss Switzerland resulted Jacqueline Genton as the first ever Miss Switzerland and won the Miss Europa 1951 title. In 1953 Miss Switzerland was sponsored by Bea Kasse4. Since that year Miss Switzerland winning title automatically competes at Miss Universe competition. Between 1975 and 1976 Miss Switzerland was handled by Sylvia Grivelli (Valais) and founded the "Miss Suisse Organisation AG" (also referred to as "Miss Schweiz Organisation AG"). Later the organization was handled by Raffy Locher, Christoph Locher, and Karina Berger. In the past, the Miss Switzerland also franchised the Miss Europe, Miss World and Miss International. The pageants languages are French and German. The Miss Universe representative is chosen through an independent pageant organised by the Miss and Mister Suisse Francophone Organisation.

Procedure

Candidates are selected by television viewers and a jury. The winner is awarded the title Miss Switzerland (German: Miss Schweiz, French: Miss Suisse, Italian: Miss Svizzera, Romansh: Miss Svizra). Since 1976, the pageant is organized by "Miss Schweiz Organisation AG". Began in 2018 the new leaders of Miss Switzerland Organization will be handled by Angela Fuchs, Iwan Meyer and Andrea Meyer.

Franchise holders

The Miss Switzerland pageant is the national franchise holder for Miss Universe.

Titleholders

Year	Miss Suisse / Miss Schweiz / Miss Switzerland	Canton	Notes
1951	Jacqueline Genton	Vaud	Miss Europa 1951
1952	Sylvia Müller	Basel-Stadt
1953	Danielle Oudinet	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Sponsored by Bea Kasse4
1954	Claudine Bühler[1][2]
1960	Elaine Maurath	Ticino
1961	Liliane Burnier	Fribourg
1962	Francine DeLouille	Ticino
1963	Diana Tanner	Grisons
1964	Sandra Susler	Vaud
1965	Yvette Revelly	Glarus
1966	Hedy Frick	Schwyz
1967	Elsbeth Ruegger	Basel-Landschaft
1968	Jeanette Biffiger	Valais
1969	Patricie Sollner	Aargau
1970	Diane Jane Roth	Thurgau
1971	Anita Andrini	Ticino
1972	Anne Lisse Weber	Zurich
1973	Barbara Schottli	Zurich
1974	Christine Lavanchy	Zurich
1975	Beatrice Aschwanden	Solothurn	Sylvia Grivelli (Valais) directorship
1976	Isabelle Fischbacher	Vaud	Raffy Locher, Christoph Locher, and Karina Berger (Miss Schweiz Organisasion AG)
1977	Anja Terzi	Geneva
1978	Sylvia Vonarx	Appenzell Innerrhoden
1979	Barbara Mayer	Fribourg
1980	Margrit Kilchoer	Geneva
1981	Brigitte Voss	Bern
1982	Lolita Morena	Geneva
1984	Silvia Anna Affolter	Zurich
1985	Eveline Nicole Glanzmann	Aargau
1986	Renate Walther	Lucerne
1988	Karina Berger	Zurich	Miss Globe International 1989
1989	Catherine Mesot	Fribourg
1991	Sandra Aegerter	Aargau
1992	Valérie Bovard	Vaud
1993	Patricia Fässler	Zurich
1994	Sarah Briguet	Valais
1995	Stéphanie Berger	Zurich
1996	Melanie Winiger	Ticino
1997	Tanja Gutmann	Solothurn
1998	Sonja Grandjean	Zurich
1999	Anita Buri	Thurgau
2000	Mahara McKay	Aargau	Switzerland and New Zealand citizenship — Maori origins on her father's side
2001	Jennifer Ann Gerber	Aargau
2002	Nadine Vinzens	Grisons
2003	Bianca Nicole Sissing	Lucerne
2004	Fiona Hefti	Zurich
2005	Lauriane Gilliéron	Vaud	A daughter of the mayor of Prilly, Alain Gilliéron
2006	Christa Rigozzi	Ticino
2007	Amanda Ammann	St. Gallen
2008	Whitney Toyloy	Vaud
2009	Linda Fäh	St. Gallen
2010	Kerstin Cook[3]	Lucerne
2011	Alina Buchschacher	Bern
2013	Dominique Rinderknecht	Zurich
2014	Laetitia Guarino	Vaud
2015	Lauriane Sallin[4]	Fribourg	Longer "reign" of two years and four months
2018	Jastina Doreen Riederer	Aargau	Dethroned — The first Miss Switzerland who dismissed from her title · Angela Fuchs, Iwan Meyer and Andrea Meyer directorship[5]
Year	Miss Universe Switzerland	Canton	Notes
2014	Zoé Metthez	Zürich	François Matthey directorship
2016	Dijana Cvijetić	St. Gallen	Veeranda Aeberli directorship
2022	Alia Giundi	Valais	Bernard Poffet directorship
2023	Lorena Santen[citation needed]	Aargau
2024	Laura Bircher	Nidwalden

Canton Ranking of Winners

Canton	Total	Years
Zürich	10	1972, 1973, 1974, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2013
Vaud	7	1951, 1964, 1976, 1992, 2005, 2008, 2014
Aargau		1969, 1985, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2018, 2023
Ticino	5	1960, 1962, 1971, 1996, 2006
Fribourg	4	1961, 1979, 1989, 2015
Valais	3	1968, 1994, 2022
Lucerne		1986, 2003, 2010
Geneva		1977, 1980, 1982
Bern	2	1981, 2011
St. Gallen		2007, 2009
Grisons		1963, 2002
Thurgau		1970, 1999
Solothurn		1975, 1997
Appenzell Ausserrhoden		1953, 1978
Nidwalden	1	2024
Basel-Landschaft		1967
Schwyz		1966
Glarus		1965
Basel-Stadt		1952

Titleholders at Miss Universe pageant

•   : 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

The main winner of Miss Switzerland represents her country at Miss Universe.

Year	Canton	Miss Switzerland	Placement at Miss Universe	Special awards	Notes
Bernard Poffet directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 2022
2024	Nidwalden	Laura Bircher[citation needed]	Unplaced
2023	Aargau	Lorena Santen	Unplaced
2022	Valais	Alia Giundi	Unplaced
Angela Fuchs, Iwan Meyer, and Andrea Meyer directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 2018
Did not compete between 2019—2021
2018	Aargau	Jastina Doreen Riederer	Unplaced		Dethroned — The first Miss Switzerland who dismissed from her title.
Veeranda Aeberli directorship "Miss Universe Switzerland" — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 2016
Did not compete in 2017
2016	St. Gallen	Dijana Cvijetić	Unplaced
François Matthey directorship "Miss Universe Switzerland" — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 2014
Did not compete in 2015
2014	Zürich	Zoé Metthez	Unplaced
Miss Schweiz Organisation AG directorship "Miss Schweiz" — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1976―2013
2013	Zürich	Dominique Rinderknecht	Top 16
2012	Bern	Alina Buchschacher	Unplaced
2011	Lucerne	Kerstin Cook	Unplaced
2010	St. Gallen	Linda Fäh	Unplaced
2009	Vaud	Whitney Toyloy	Top 10
2008	St. Gallen	Amanda Ammann	Unplaced
2007	Ticino	Christa Rigozzi	Unplaced
2006	Vaud	Lauriane Gilliéron	2nd Runner-up
2005	Zürich	Fiona Hefti	Top 10
2004	Lucerne	Bianca Nicole Sissing	Top 15
2003	Grisons	Nadine Vinzens	Unplaced
2002	Aargau	Jennifer Ann Gerber	Unplaced
2001	Aargau	Mahara McKay	Unplaced
2000	Thurgau	Anita Buri	Unplaced
1999	Zürich	Sonja Grandjean	Unplaced
1998	Solothurn	Tanja Gutman	Unplaced
1997	Ticino	Melanie Winiger	Unplaced
1996	Zürich	Stéphanie Berger	Unplaced
1995	Valais	Sarah Briguet	Unplaced
1994	Zürich	Patricia Fässler	Top 10
1993	Vaud	Valérie Bovard	Unplaced
1992	Aargau	Sandra Aegerter	Unplaced
Did not compete in 1991
1990	Fribourg	Catherine Mesot	Unplaced
1989	Zürich	Karina Berger	Unplaced		Miss Globe International 1989
1988	Zürich	Gabriela Bigler	Unplaced		Designation — Gabriela was designated as Miss Universe Switzerland by Miss Schweiz Organization.
1987	Lucerne	Renate Walther	Unplaced
1986	Aargau	Eveline Nicole Glanzmann	Top 10
Did not compete in 1985
1984	Zürich	Silvia Anna Affolter	Unplaced
1983	Geneva	Lolita Morena	3rd Runner-up	Miss Photogenic
1982	Zürich	Jeanette Linkenheil	Unplaced		Designation — Jeanette was designated as Miss Universe Switzerland by Miss Schweiz Organization.
1981	Bern	Brigitte Voss	Unplaced
1980	Geneva	Margrit Kilchoer	Unplaced
1979	Geneva	Birgit Krahel	Unplaced		Runner-up took over after the winner did not compete at Miss Universe 1979.
1978	Appenzell Innerrhoden	Sylvia Vonarx	Unplaced
1977	Geneva	Anja Terzi	Unplaced
1976	Vaud	Isabelle Fischbacher	Unplaced
1975	Solothurn	Beatrice Aschwanden	Unplaced
1974	Zürich	Christine Lavanchy	Unplaced
1973	Zürich	Barbara Schottli	Unplaced
1972	Zürich	Anne Lisse Weber	Unplaced
1971	Ticino	Anita Andrini	Unplaced
1970	Thurgau	Diane Jane Roth	Top 15
1969	Aargau	Patricie Sollner	Top 15
1968	Valais	Jeanette Biffiger	Unplaced
1967	Basel-Landschaft	Elsbeth Ruegger	Unplaced
1966	Schwyz	Hedy Frick	Unplaced
1965	Glarus	Yvette Revelly	Unplaced
1964	Vaud	Sandra Susler	Unplaced
1963	Grisons	Diana Tanner	Unplaced
1962	Ticino	Francine DeLouille	Unplaced
1961	Fribourg	Liliane Burnier	Top 15
1960	Ticino	Elaine Maurath	Top 15
Did not compete between 1954—1959
1953	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Danielle Oudinet	Unplaced		Sponsored by Bea Kasse4.

See also

• Miss World Switzerland

References

1. "THIS IS THE WAY THE BEAUTY ENTRANTS". The Calgary Herald. 22 October 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
2. "'MISS WORLD' ENTRIES". St. Joseph Gazette. Vol. 110, no. 126. 18 October 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. "Kerstin Cook Miss Switzerland 2010". TSR. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
4. "Die Freiburgerin Lauriane Sallin erbt die Krone". NZZ. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
5. Huber, Sarah (24 January 2019). "Miss Schweiz Eklat: Jetzt äussert sich Jastina Doreen Riederer". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2020.

External links

• Official site
• 360 Virtual Tour of 2011 Event