{{short description|National beauty pageant competition in Switzerland}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss Suisse Organisation<br>Miss Schweiz Organisation |native_name = {{in lang|fr}} Miss Suisse<br>{{in lang|de}} Miss Schweiz<br>{{in lang|it}} Miss Svizzera<br>{{in lang|rm}} Miss Svizra |formation = {{start date and age|1949}}<ref name="Miss Suisse 1949">{{Cite web |title=Scriptorium |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/s/oeIwEeVBbX |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=www.scriptorium.ch}}</ref> |type = [[Beauty pageant]] |headquarters = [[Bern]] |location = {{flag|Switzerland}} |membership = [[Miss Universe]] |language = {{Hlist|[[French language|French]]|[[German language|German]]}} |leader_title = National director |leader_name = Bernard Poffet |website = [http://www.missuniverseswitzerland.ch/ www.missuniverseswitzerland.ch] }}
The '''Miss Switzerland''' or '''Miss Universe Switzerland''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Miss Suisse}}; {{langx|de|link=no|Miss Schweiz}}; {{langx|it|link=no|Miss Svizzera}}) is a national [[beauty pageant]] in [[Switzerland]].
==History== [[File:Nadine Vinzens bei der WIGA 2017.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Nadine Vinzens, Miss Switzerland 2003, in 2017]] [[File:Alina Buchschacher.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[Alina Buchschacher]], Miss Switzerland 2011]] [[File:Jastina Doreen Riederer for Jowissa.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Jastina Doreen Riederer, Miss Switzerland 2018]]
==Titleholders== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center" !width="60"|Year||width="250"|Miss Suisse / Miss Schweiz / Miss Switzerland||width="250"|[[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]]|| width="250" |Notes |- | 1949 | Noëlle Stern<ref name="Miss Suisse 1949"/> | [[Canton of Bern|Bern]] ! Comité Miss Suisse |- | 1950 | France Freiburghaus<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scriptorium |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/s/p7go9bev7R |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=www.scriptorium.ch}}</ref> | [[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]] | |-style="background-color:GOLD; font-weight: bold" | 1951 | Jacqueline Genton | [[Vaud]] | [[Miss Europe 1950#Miss Europa 1951|Miss Europa 1951]] |- | 1952 | Sylvia Müller | [[Basel-Stadt]] | |- | 1953 | Danielle Oudinet | [[Appenzell Ausserrhoden]] ! Sponsored by Bea Kasse4 |- |1954 |Claudine Chaperon Du Larrêt-Bühler<ref name="hometown for 1954">{{Cite news |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LGE19540511-01.2.13 |title=Miss Suisse 1954 est Lausannoise |trans-title=Miss Switzerland 1954 is Lausannoise |language=fr-CH |access-date=2026-04-03 |date=1954-05-11 |work=[[La Gruyère (newspaper)|La Gruyère]] |pages=3}}</ref><ref name="name for 1954">{{Cite news |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=JDJ19550208-01.2.10.5 |title=Miss Bienne 1955 est élue en la personne d'une jeune Grangeoise. de 18 ans! |trans-title=Miss Bienne 1955 is elected a young woman from Grange, 18 years old! |access-date=2026-04-03 |date=1955-02-08 |language=fr-CH |work=[[Journal du Jura|La Journal du Jura]] |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 22, 1954 |title=THIS IS THE WAY THE BEAUTY ENTRANTS |pages=6 |work=[[The Calgary Herald]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=US5kAAAAIBAJ&q=%22THIS+IS+THE+WAY+THE+BEAUTY+ENTRANTS%22&pg=PA6 |access-date=July 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 18, 1954 |title='MISS WORLD' ENTRIES |volume=110 |pages=2 |work=[[St. Joseph Gazette]] |issue=126 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myNaAAAAIBAJ&q=%22%27MISS+WORLD%27+ENTRIES%22&pg=PA2 |access-date=July 23, 2022}}</ref> | [[Vaud]]<ref name="hometown for 1954"/> | |- | 1960 | Elaine Maurath | [[Ticino]] | |- | 1961 | Liliane Burnier | [[Canton of Fribourg|Fribourg]] | |- | 1962 | Francine DeLouille | [[Ticino]] | |- | 1963 | Diana Tanner | [[Grisons]] | |- | 1964 | Sandra Susler | [[Vaud]] | |- | 1965 | Yvette Revelly | [[Canton of Glarus|Glarus]] | |- | 1966 | Hedy Frick | [[Canton of Schwyz|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 | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | |- | 1973 | Barbara Schottli | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | |- | 1974 | Christine Lavanchy | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | |- | 1975 | Beatrice Aschwanden | [[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]] ! Sylvia Grivelli (''Valais'') directorship |- | 1976 | Isabelle Fischbacher | [[Vaud]] ! Raffy Locher, Christoph Locher, and Karina Berger (''Miss Suisse Organisasion AG'') |- | 1977 | Anja Terzi | [[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]] | |- | 1978 | Sylvia Vonarx | [[Appenzell Innerrhoden]] | |- | 1979 | Barbara Mayer | [[Canton of Fribourg|Fribourg]] | |- | 1980 | Margrit Kilchoer | [[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]] | |- | 1981 | Brigitte Voss | [[Canton of Bern|Bern]] | |- | 1982 | [[Lolita Morena]] | [[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]] | |- | 1984 | Silvia Anna Affolter | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | |- | 1985 | Eveline Nicole Glanzmann | [[Aargau]] | |- | 1986 | Renate Walther | [[Canton of Lucerne|Lucerne]] | |-style="background-color:GOLD; font-weight: bold" | 1988 | Karina Berger | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | Miss Globe International 1989 |- | 1989 | Catherine Mesot | [[Canton of Fribourg|Fribourg]] | |- | 1991 | Sandra Aegerter | [[Aargau]] | |- | 1992 | Valérie Bovard | [[Vaud]] | |- | 1993 | Patricia Fässler | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | |- | 1994 | Sarah Briguet | [[Valais]] | |- | 1995 | Stéphanie Berger | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | |- | 1996 | [[Melanie Winiger]] | [[Ticino]] | |- | 1997 | Tanja Gutmann | [[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]] | |- | 1998 | Sonja Grandjean | [[Canton of Zürich|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 | [[Canton of Lucerne|Lucerne]] | |- | 2004 | Fiona Hefti | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | |- | 2005 | [[Lauriane Gilliéron]] | [[Vaud]] ! A daughter of the mayor of Prilly, Alain Gilliéron |- | 2006 | [[Christa Rigozzi]] | [[Ticino]] | |- | 2007 | Amanda Ammann | [[Canton of St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] | |- | [[Miss Switzerland 2008|2008]] | [[Whitney Toyloy]] | [[Vaud]] | |- | 2009 | [[Linda Fäh]] | [[Canton of St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] | |- | 2010 | [[Kerstin Cook]]<ref name="switzerland2010"/> | [[Canton of Lucerne|Lucerne]] | |- | 2011 | [[Alina Buchschacher]] | [[Canton of Bern|Bern]] | |- | 2013 | [[Dominique Rinderknecht]] | [[Canton of Zürich|Zurich]] | |- | 2014 | [[Laetitia Guarino]] | [[Vaud]] | |- | 2015 | Lauriane Sallin<ref name="miss2015"/> | [[Canton of Fribourg|Fribourg]] ! Longer "reign" of two years and four months |- | 2018 | Jastina Doreen Riederer | [[Canton of Aargau|Aargau]] ! Dethroned — The first Miss Switzerland who dismissed from her title · Angela Fuchs, Iwan Meyer and Andrea Meyer directorship<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huber |first1=Sarah |title=Miss Schweiz Eklat: Jetzt äussert sich Jastina Doreen Riederer |url=https://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/jetzt-aeussert-sich-jastina-doreen-riederer-zum-eklat |access-date=2 November 2020 |work=[[Schweizer Illustrierte]] |date=January 24, 2019 |language=de}}</ref> |- !width="60"|Year||width="250"|Miss Universe Switzerland||width="250"|[[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]]|| width="250" |Notes |- | 2014 | [[Zoé Metthez]] | {{canton|ZH|Article}} ! François Matthey directorship |- | 2016 | [[Dijana Cvijetić]] | {{canton|SG|Article}} ! Veeranda Aeberli directorship |- | 2022 | Alia Giundi | {{canton|VS|Article}} ! Bernard Poffet directorship |- | 2023 | Lorena Santen{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} | [[Aargau]] | |- | 2024 | Laura Bircher | [[Nidwalden]] | |- | 2025 | Naima Acosta | [[Canton of Ticino|Ticino]] | |- |}
===Canton Ranking of Winners=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !width="200" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Canton !width="40" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Total !width="500" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Years |- | '''[[Canton of Zürich|Zürich]]''' | align=center| 10 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2013 |- | '''[[Vaud]]''' | align=center| 8 | 1951, 1954, 1964, 1976, 1992, 2005, 2008, 2014 |- | '''[[Canton of Aargau|Aargau]]''' | align=center| 7 | 1969, 1985, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2018, 2023 |- | '''[[Canton of Ticino|Ticino]]''' | align=center| 6 | 1960, 1962, 1971, 1996, 2006, 2025 |- | '''[[Canton of Fribourg|Fribourg]]''' | rowspan="2" align=center| 4 | 1961, 1979, 1989, 2015 |- | '''[[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]]''' | 1950, 1977, 1980, 1982 |- | '''[[Valais]]''' | rowspan="3" align=center| 3 | 1968, 1994, 2022 |- | '''[[Canton of Bern|Bern]]''' | 1949, 1981, 2011 |- | '''[[Canton of Lucerne|Lucerne]]''' | 1986, 2003, 2010 |- | '''[[Canton of St. Gallen|St. Gallen]]''' | rowspan="5" align=center| 2 | 2007, 2009 |- | '''[[Grisons]]''' | 1963, 2002 |- | '''[[Canton of Thurgau|Thurgau]]''' | 1970, 1999 |- | '''[[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]]''' | 1975, 1997 |- | '''[[Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden|Appenzell Ausserrhoden]]''' | 1953, 1978 |- | '''[[Nidwalden]]''' | rowspan="5" align=center| 1 | 2024 |- | '''[[Canton of Basel-Landschaft|Basel-Landschaft]]''' | 1967 |- | '''[[Canton of Schwyz|Schwyz]]''' | 1966 |- | '''[[Canton of Glarus|Glarus]]''' | 1965 |- | '''[[Canton of Basel-Stadt|Basel-Stadt]]''' | 1952 |- |}
==Titleholders at Miss Universe pageant== {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner }} ::''The main winner of Miss Switzerland represents her country at [[Miss Universe]].'' {| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 90%;" !width="60" |Year !width="150" |Canton !width="250" |Miss Switzerland !width="250" |Placement at Miss Universe !width="250" |Special awards !width="250" |Notes |- ! colspan="6"|Bernard Poffet directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 2022 |- ! [[Miss Universe 2025|2025]] | [[Canton of Ticino|Ticino]]<ref name=":2025">{{Cite news |author=Pestalozzi |first=Flurin |date=28 September 2025 |title=Tessinerin Naima Acosta (20) ist Miss Universe Schweiz |trans-title=Naima Acosta (20) from Ticino is Miss Universe Switzerland |url=https://www.20min.ch/story/miss-universe-schweiz-jeder-mensch-ist-schoen-trotzdem-gewann-nur-eine-kandidatin-103423631 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250928232641/https://www.20min.ch/story/miss-universe-schweiz-jeder-mensch-ist-schoen-trotzdem-gewann-nur-eine-kandidatin-103423631 |archive-date=28 September 2025 |access-date=28 September 2025 |website=[[20 Minuten]] |language=de}}</ref> | Naima Acosta<ref name=":2025"/> | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2024|2024]] | [[Nidwalden]] | Laura Bircher{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2023|2023]] | [[Canton of Aargau|Aargau]] | Lorena Santen | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2022|2022]] | [[Valais]] | Alia Giundi | Unplaced | | |- ! colspan="6"|Angela Fuchs, Iwan Meyer, and Andrea Meyer directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 2018 |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2019—2021}} |- ! [[Miss Universe 2018|2018]] | [[Canton of Aargau|Aargau]] | Jastina Doreen Riederer | Unplaced | | Dethroned — The first Miss Switzerland who dismissed from her title. |- ! colspan="6"|Veeranda Aeberli directorship "Miss Universe Switzerland" — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 2016 |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete in 2017}} |- ! [[Miss Universe 2016|2016]] | {{canton|SG|Article}} | [[Dijana Cvijetić]] | Unplaced | | |- ! colspan="6"|François Matthey directorship "Miss Universe Switzerland" — a franchise holder to Miss Universe in 2014 |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete in 2015}} |- ! [[Miss Universe 2014|2014]] | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | [[Zoé Metthez]] | Unplaced | | |- ! colspan="6"|Miss Schweiz Organisation AG directorship "Miss Schweiz" — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 1976―2013 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! [[Miss Universe 2013|2013]] | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | [[Dominique Rinderknecht]] | Top 16 | | |- ! 2012 | {{canton|BE|Article}} | [[Alina Buchschacher]] | Unplaced | | |- ! 2011 | {{canton|LU|Article}} | [[Kerstin Cook]] | Unplaced | | |- ! 2010 | {{canton|SG|Article}} | [[Linda Fäh]] | Unplaced | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! 2009 | {{canton|VD|Article}} | [[Whitney Toyloy]] | Top 10 | | |- ! 2008 | {{canton|SG|Article}} | Amanda Ammann | Unplaced | | |- ! 2007 | {{canton|TI|Article}} | [[Christa Rigozzi]] | Unplaced | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" ! 2006 | {{canton|VD|Article}} | [[Lauriane Gilliéron]] | 2nd Runner-up | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 2005 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Fiona Hefti | '''Top 10''' | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! 2004 | {{canton|LU|Article}} | Bianca Nicole Sissing | Top 15 | | |- ! 2003 | {{canton|GR|Article}} | Nadine Vinzens | Unplaced | | |- ! 2002 | {{canton|AG|Article}} | Jennifer Ann Gerber | Unplaced | | |- ! 2001 | {{canton|AG|Article}} | [[Mahara McKay]] | Unplaced | | |- ! 2000 | {{canton|TG|Article}} | [[Anita Buri]] | Unplaced | | |- ! 1999 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Sonja Grandjean | Unplaced | | |- ! 1998 | {{canton|SO|Article}} | Tanja Gutman | Unplaced | | |- ! 1997 | {{canton|TI|Article}} | [[Melanie Winiger]] | Unplaced | | |- ! 1996 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Stéphanie Berger | Unplaced | | |- ! 1995 | {{canton|VS|Article}} | Sarah Briguet | Unplaced | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! 1994 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Patricia Fässler | Top 10 | | |- ! 1993 | {{canton|VD|Article}} | Valérie Bovard | Unplaced | | |- ! 1992 | {{canton|AG|Article}} | Sandra Aegerter | Unplaced | | |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete in 1991}} |- ! 1990 | {{canton|FR|Article}} | Catherine Mesot | Unplaced | | |- ! 1989 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Karina Berger | Unplaced | | Miss Globe International 1989 |- ! 1988 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Gabriela Bigler | Unplaced | | Designation — Gabriela was designated as Miss Universe Switzerland by Miss Schweiz Organization. |- ! 1987 | {{canton|LU|Article}} | Renate Walther | Unplaced | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! 1986 | {{canton|AG|Article}} | Eveline Nicole Glanzmann | Top 10 | | |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete in 1985}} |- ! 1984 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Silvia Anna Affolter | Unplaced | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" ! 1983 | {{canton|GE|Article}} | [[Lolita Morena]] | 3rd Runner-up | align="left"| * Miss Photogenic | |- ! 1982 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Jeanette Linkenheil | Unplaced | | Designation — Jeanette was designated as Miss Universe Switzerland by Miss Schweiz Organization. |- ! 1981 | {{canton|BE|Article}} | Brigitte Voss | Unplaced | | |- ! 1980 | {{canton|GE|Article}} | Margrit Kilchoer | Unplaced | | |- ! 1979 | {{canton|GE|Article}} | Birgit Krahel | Unplaced | | Runner-up took over after the winner did not compete at Miss Universe 1979. |- ! 1978 | {{canton|AI|Article}} | Sylvia Vonarx | Unplaced | | |- ! 1977 | {{canton|GE|Article}} | Anja Terzi | Unplaced | | |- ! 1976 | {{canton|VD|Article}} | Isabelle Fischbacher | Unplaced | | |- ! 1975 | {{canton|SO|Article}} | Beatrice Aschwanden | Unplaced | | |- ! 1974 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Christine Lavanchy | Unplaced | | |- ! 1973 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Barbara Schottli | Unplaced | | |- ! 1972 | {{canton|ZH|Article}} | Anne Lisse Weber | Unplaced | | |- ! 1971 | {{canton|TI|Article}} | Anita Andrini | Unplaced | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! 1970 | {{canton|TG|Article}} | Diane Jane Roth | Top 15 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! 1969 | {{canton|AG|Article}} | Patricie Sollner | Top 15 | | |- ! 1968 | {{canton|VS|Article}} | Jeanette Biffiger | Unplaced | | |- ! 1967 | {{canton|BL|Article}} | Elsbeth Ruegger | Unplaced | | |- ! 1966 | {{canton|SZ|Article}} | Hedy Frick | Unplaced | | |- ! 1965 | {{canton|GL|Article}} | Yvette Revelly | Unplaced | | |- ! 1964 | {{canton|VD|Article}} | Sandra Susler | Unplaced | | |- ! 1963 | {{canton|GR|Article}} | Diana Tanner | Unplaced | | |- ! 1962 | {{canton|TI|Article}} | Francine DeLouille | Unplaced | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! 1961 | {{canton|FR|Article}} | Liliane Burnier | Top 15 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" ! 1960 | {{canton|TI|Article}} | Elaine Maurath | Top 15 | | |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 1954—1959}} |- ! 1953 | {{canton|AR|Article}} | Danielle Oudinet | Unplaced | | Sponsored by Bea Kasse4. |- |}
== See also == * [[Miss World Switzerland]]
==References== <references>
<ref name="switzerland2010">{{cite news|title=Kerstin Cook Miss Switzerland 2010|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://www.tsr.ch/info/suisse/2513384-la-lucernoise-kerstin-cook-est-miss-suisse-2010.html%3Fwysistatpr%3Dads_rss_texte|access-date=1 November 2010|newspaper=[[Télévision Suisse Romande|TSR]]|date=25 September 2010}}</ref> <ref name="miss2015">{{cite news|title=Die Freiburgerin Lauriane Sallin erbt die Krone|url=https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/menschen/lauriane-sallin-erbt-die-krone-1.18642891|access-date=26 March 2017|newspaper=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung|NZZ]]|date=8 November 2015}}</ref>
</references>
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160127124157/http://www.missschweiz.ch/ Official site] * [http://lugano.arounder.com/en/events/miss-switzerland-2011/ 360 Virtual Tour of 2011 Event]
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