Switzerland at major beauty pageants
This is a list of Switzerland's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.
Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]
The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on specific standards such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[13][14][15]
Switzerland's Big Four titleholders
Switzerland has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][16] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[17][18][19]
- Color Key
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | x | × | × | × |
2018 | Jastina Doreen Riederer | × | × | × |
2017 | × | × | × | Sarah Laura Peyrel Top 16 |
2016 | Dijana Cvijetić | × | × | Manuela Oppikofer |
2015 | × | × | × | Corinne Schädler |
2014 | Zoé Metthez | Dijana Cvijetić | × | Shayade Hug |
2013 | Dominique Rinderknecht Top 16 |
Cindy Williner | × | Djoa Strassburg |
2012 | Alina Buchschacher | × | × | Lea Sara Wittwer |
2011 | Kerstin Cook | × | × | Irina de Giorgi |
2010 | Linda Fäh | × | × | Liza Andrea Kuster |
2009 | Whitney Toyloy Top 10 |
× | × | Graziella Rogers |
2008 | Amanda Ammann | × | × | Nasanin Nuri Top 8 |
2007 | Christa Rigozzi | × | × | Stephanie Gossweiler Top 8 |
2006 | Lauriane Gilliéron 2nd Runner-Up |
× | × | Laura Ferrara |
2005 | Fiona Hefti Top 10 |
Lauriane Gilliéron | × | × |
2004 | Bianca Sissing Top 15 |
Fiona Hefti | × | Simone Röthlisberger |
2003 | Nadine Vinzens | Bianca Sissing Top 20 |
× | Catherine Waldenmeyer |
2002 | Jennifer Ann Gerber | × | × | Jade Chang |
2001 | Mahara McKay | Mascha Santschi | × | × |
2000 | Anita Buri | Mahara McKay | × | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines) |
1999 | Sonja Grandjean | Anita Buri | × | |
1998 | Tanja Gutman | Sonja Grandjean | × | |
1997 | Melanie Winiger | Tanja Gutmann | × | |
1996 | Stéphanie Berger | Melanie Winiger | × | |
1995 | Sarah Briguet | Stephanie Berger | × | |
1994 | Patricia Fässler Top 10 |
Sarah Briguet | × | |
1993 | Valérie Bovard | Patricia Fässler | Chantal Hediger | |
1992 | Sandra Aegerter | Valerie Bovard | Sandra Anita Steffen | |
1991 | × | Sandra Aegerter | Francesca Centamore | |
1990 | Catherine Mesot | Priscilla Leimgruber | Rosemarie Roswitha Naef | |
1989 | Karina Berger | Catherine Mesot | Françoise Bezzola | |
1988 | Gabriela Bigler | Karina Berger | Corine Wittwer | |
1987 | Renate Walther | Gabriela Bigler | Nathalie Amiet | |
1986 | Eveline Nicole Glanzmann Top 10 |
Renate Walther | Marianne Müller | |
1985 | × | Eveline Nicole Glanzmann Top 7 |
Lucienne Thiebaud | |
1984 | Silvia Anna Affolter | Silvia Anna Affolter Top 15 |
Gabrielle Amrein | |
1983 | Lolita Morena 3rd Runner-Up |
Patricia Lang | Barbara Zehnder | |
1982 | Jeanette Linkenheil | Lolita Morena Top 7 |
Ruth Heinder | |
1981 | Brigitte Voss | Margit Kilchoer | Brigitte Voss | |
1980 | Margrit Kilchoer | Jeannette Linkenheil | Jolanda Egger | |
1979 | Birgit Krahel | Barbara Meyer 4th Runner-Up |
× | |
1978 | Sylvia Vonarx | Jeanette Keller Top 7 |
Daniela Patricia Haberli | |
1977 | Anja Terzi | Danielle Patricia Haberli Top 15 |
Brigitte Bocquet | |
1976 | Isabelle Fischbacher | Ruth Crottet | Beatrice Aschwanden | |
1975 | Beatrice Aschwanden | Franziska Angst | Isabelle Cathrine Michel | |
1974 | Christine Lavanchy | Astrid Maria Angst | Astrid Maria Angst | |
1973 | Barbara Schottli | Magda Lepori | Dunya Claudia Wiederkehr Top 15 | |
1972 | Anne Lisse Weber | Astrid Vollenweider | Anneliese Weber | |
1971 | Anita Andrini | Patrice Sollner | Regula Herrmann | |
1970 | Diane Jane Roth Top 15 |
Sylvia Christina Weisser | Yolanda Gahwiler | |
1969 | Patricie Sollner Top 15 |
× | Jeanette Biffiger 3rd Runner-Up | |
1968 | Jeanette Biffiger | Jeanette Biffiger | Irene Stierli Top 15 | |
1967 | Elsbeth Ruegger | Edith Fraefel | Ursula Isler Top 15 | |
1966 | Hedy Frick | Janine Solliner | ↑ No pageant held | |
1965 | Yvette Revelly | × | × | |
1964 | Sandra Susler | × | × | |
1963 | Diana Tanner | × | × | |
1962 | Francine DeLouille | × | Rosemarie Loeliger | |
1961 | Liliane Burnier Top 15 |
× | Michele Rossellat | |
1960 | Elaine Maurath Top 15 |
× | Mylene Delapraz | |
1959 | × | × | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan) | |
1958 | × | × | ||
1957 | × | × | ||
1956 | × | Yolanda Daetwyler | ||
1955 | × | × | ||
1954 | × | × | ||
1953 | Danielle Oudinet | Odette Michel | ||
1952 | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States. Switzerland send their first delegate in 1953) |
Sylvia Müller 1st Runner-Up | ||
↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom. Switzerland send their first delegate in 1952) | ||||
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 12 | 2nd Runner-up (2006) |
Miss World | 8 | 1st Runner-up (1952) |
Miss International | 4 | 3rd Runner-up (1969) |
Miss Earth | 3 | Top 8 (2007, 2008) |
Total | 27 | 1st Runner-up (1952) (Miss World) |
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