{{Short description|Austrian national beauty pageant}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Earth Austria | formation = 2011 | logo = File:Miss Earth Austria.png | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | headquarters = [[Vienna]] | location = [[Austria]] | membership = [[Miss Earth]] | language = [[German language|German]] | leader_title = Presidents | leader_name = Melanie Gassner Kleinitzer | num_staff = | budget = | website = https://missearthaustria.com }}
'''Miss Earth Austria''' is a national [[Beauty pageant]] in [[Austria]] which was founded in 2011. It is responsible for selecting the country's representative to [[Miss Earth]], which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting [[environmental awareness]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Afghanistan: Anti-Pageant Judges|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E3DC1430F933A05753C1A9659C8B63&scp=1&sq=miss%20earth%20vida%20samadzai&st=cse|newspaper=The New York Times |date=2003-10-30|access-date=2009-01-03}}</ref><ref name="chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/25/content_385531.htm">{{cite news|title=Miss Earth 2004 beauty pageant|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/25/content_385531.htm|publisher=China Daily|agency=Reuters|date=2004-10-25|access-date=2007-10-23}}</ref><ref name=make-beauty>{{cite news|last=Enriquez|first=Amee|title=Philippines: How to make a beauty queen|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25550425|access-date=3 February 2014|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=2 February 2014}}</ref> Miss Earth Austria also tackles environmental and humanitarian issues and serves to promote environmental awareness and social thinking.
In 2019 Melanie Gassner Kleinitzer became Miss Earth Austria National Director. She is also the 2019's titleholder.
==Titleholders== [[File:Bianca Kronsteiner at Miss Austria 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Bianca Kronsteiner, Miss Earth Austria 2017]] [[File:Kimberly Budinsky Miss Austria Akademie.jpg|thumb|Kimberly Budinsky, Miss Earth Austria 2016]] [[File:Katja Wagner Miss Austria Akademie.jpg|thumb|Katia Wagner, Miss Earth Austria 2013]] ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} Ended as special awards winner }} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;" !width="50" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="150" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss Earth Austria !width="50" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Age !width="150" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Height !width="100" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Hometown !width="200" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss Earth !width="200" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special awards |- | [[Miss Earth 2025|2025]] | Lotte Diry<ref>{{cite news|date=14 September 2025|title=Wienerin Lotte Diry ist Miss Earth Austria 2025|trans-title=Viennese Lotte Diry is Miss Earth Austria 2025|url=https://www.oe24.at/leute/oesterreich/wienerin-lotte-diry-ist-miss-earth-austria-2025/648597012|url-status=live|access-date=23 September 2025|website=[[Österreich (newspaper)|OE24]]|language=de|archive-date=15 September 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250915114100/https://www.oe24.at/leute/oesterreich/wienerin-lotte-diry-ist-miss-earth-austria-2025/648597012}}</ref> | 20 | | [[Vienna]] | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss Earth 2023|2023]] | Zoe Müller<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dank |first=Dieter |date=28 August 2023 |title=Miss Earth Austria erstmals im Burgenland gekrönt |trans-title=Miss Earth Austria crowned for the first time in Burgenland |url=https://www.bvz.at/oberpullendorf/glamouroese-premiere-miss-earth-austria-erstmals-im-burgenland-gekroent-383204441 |access-date=31 August 2023 |website=Burgenländische Volkszeitung |language=de}}</ref> | 28 | | [[Vienna]] | colspan=1 {{n/a|Did not compete}} | |-style="background-color:#FADADD; | [[Miss Earth 2022|2022]] | Katharina Prager<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2022 |title=Niederösterreicherin zur "Miss Earth Austria" 2022 gekrönt |url=https://kurier.at/stars/austropromis/miss-earth-austria-2022-kommt-aus-niederoesterreich/402086476 |access-date=24 July 2022 |website=[[Kurier]] |language=de}}</ref> | 19 | {{height|m=1.71}} | [[Weitra]] | Unplaced | '''{{bronze03}} Talent Competition (Air Group)''' |- | [[Miss Earth 2021|2021]] | Enya Rock | 25 | | [[Styria]] | Unplaced | |- | [[Miss Earth 2020|2020]] | Nadine Anna Pfaffeneder<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss Earth Austria: Nadine Pfaffeneder wird Miss Earth Austria 2020 (Nadine Pfaffeneder is Miss Earth Austria 2020)|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meinbezirk.at%2Finnere-stadt%2Fc-lokales%2Fnadine-pfaffeneder-wird-miss-earth-austria-2020_a4242594|access-date=17 September 2020|date=17 September 2020|first=Maximilian|last=Spitzauer|website=Meinbezirk.at|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nadine Pfaffeneder ist die neue Miss Earth Austria|url=https://kurier.at/stars/austropromis/nadine-pfaffeneder-ist-die-neue-miss-earth-austria/401033951|access-date=17 September 2020|date=17 September 2020|first=Stefanie|last=Weichselbaum|website=kurier.at|language=de}}</ref> | 19 | {{height|m=1.75}} | [[Vienna]] | Unplaced | |-style="background-color:#FADADD; | [[Miss Earth 2019|2019]] | Melanie Gassner | 23 | {{height|m=1.75}} | [[Vienna]] | Unplaced | '''{{bronze03}} Talent Competition (Water Group)''' |-style="background-color:#FFFF66; font-weight: bold" | [[Miss Earth 2018|2018]] | Melanie Mader | 26 | {{height|m=1.70}} | [[Vienna]] | Miss Earth - Air 2018 | {{gold01}} Talent Competition (Water Group) |-style="background-color:#FADADD; | [[Miss Earth 2017|2017]] | Bianca Kronsteiner | 19 | {{height|m=1.63}} | [[Linz]] | Unplaced | '''Top 10 Miss Earth Hannah's''' |- | [[Miss Earth 2016|2016]] | Kimberly Budinsky | 21 | {{height|m=1.70}} | [[Baden bei Wien]] | Unplaced | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD; font-weight: bold" | [[Miss Earth 2015|2015]] | [[Sophie Totzauer]]<ref name=meaus1>{{cite news|title=Die neue Miss Earth Austria 2015 heisst Sophie Totzauer.|url=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20150909_OTS0133/die-neue-miss-earth-austria-2015-heisst-sophie-totzauer-bild|access-date=9 September 2015|newspaper=OTS|year=2015}}</ref> | 23 | {{height|m=1.75}} | [[Vienna]] | Top 8 |{{gold01}} Darling of the Press <br>{{bronze03}} Tree Planting Activity <br> {{silver02}} National Costume (Western Europe) |-style="background-color:#FADADD; | [[Miss Earth 2014|2014]] | [[Valerie Huber]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Valerie Huber is Miss Earth Austria 2014 |url=http://www.miss-earth.at/finale-austria2014/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140925172809/http://www.miss-earth.at/finale-austria2014/ |archive-date=2014-09-25 }}</ref> | 18 | {{height|m=1.70}} | [[Vienna]] | Unplaced | '''{{bronze03}} Miss Friendship (Group 1)''' |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66; font-weight: bold" | [[Miss Earth 2013|2013]] | Katia Wagner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://translate.google.com.ph/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.meinbezirk.at/wien-09-alsergrund/leute/oesterreich-hat-eine-neue-miss-earth-d699133.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DKatia%2BWagner%2Bmiss%2Bearth%26start%3D10%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677 |title=Google Translate |access-date=2013-12-07}}</ref> | 25 | {{height|m=1.73}} | [[Vienna]] | Miss Earth - Air 2013 | {{gold01}} Most Child Friendly (Group 1)<br>Swimsuit Competition (Top 15)<br> Talent Competition (Top 15) |-style="background-color:#FADADD; | [[Miss Earth 2012|2012]] | Sandra Seidl<ref>{{cite web|title=Sandra Seidl is Austria's Miss Earth 2012|url=http://www.kost-bar.tv/2012/10/28/miss-earth-austria-2012-die-siegerin-sandra-seidl/|publisher=Kost-bar.tv|access-date=2012-10-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101021325/http://www.kost-bar.tv/2012/10/28/miss-earth-austria-2012-die-siegerin-sandra-seidl/|archive-date=2012-11-01}}</ref> | 24 | {{height|m=1.70}} | [[Vienna]] | Unplaced | '''{{silver02}} Greenbag Challenge''' |- | [[Miss Earth 2011|2011]] | Elisabeth Hanakamp<ref name="missearth1">{{cite web|url=http://www.missearth.tv/delegates_missaruba.php |access-date=August 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211204741/http://www.missearth.tv/delegates_missaruba.php |archive-date=February 11, 2012 |title=The Miss Earth Pageant }}</ref> | 20 | {{height|m=1.73}} | [[Wiener Neustadt]] | Unplaced | |- |}
==See also== * [[Miss Earth]] * [[Miss Austria]]
==External links== *[http://www.missearth.tv/ Miss Earth Official Website]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Miss Earth countries and territories}}
[[Category:Beauty pageants in Austria]] [[Category:Austrian awards]]