Miss Earth Austria

Miss Earth Austria

Formation	2011
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Vienna
Location	Austria
Membership	Miss Earth
Official language	German
Presidents	Melanie Gassner Kleinitzer
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. ^{[1] [2] [3]} 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

Bianca Kronsteiner, Miss Earth Austria 2017

Kimberly Budinsky, Miss Earth Austria 2016

Katia Wagner, Miss Earth Austria 2013

Color key

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   Ended as special awards winner

Year	Miss Earth Austria	Age	Height	Hometown	Placement at Miss Earth	Special awards
2025	Lotte Diry [4]	20		Vienna	TBA
2023	Zoe Müller [5]	28		Vienna	Did not compete
2022	Katharina Prager [6]	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Weitra	Unplaced	Talent Competition (Air Group)
2021	Enya Rock	25		Styria	Unplaced
2020	Nadine Anna Pfaffeneder [7] [8]	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Vienna	Unplaced
2019	Melanie Gassner	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Vienna	Unplaced	Talent Competition (Water Group)
2018	Melanie Mader	26	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Vienna	Miss Earth - Air 2018	Talent Competition (Water Group)
2017	Bianca Kronsteiner	19	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Linz	Unplaced	Top 10 Miss Earth Hannah's
2016	Kimberly Budinsky	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Baden bei Wien	Unplaced
2015	Sophie Totzauer [9]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Vienna	Top 8	Darling of the Press Tree Planting Activity National Costume (Western Europe)
2014	Valerie Huber [10]	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Vienna	Unplaced	Miss Friendship (Group 1)
2013	Katia Wagner [11]	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Vienna	Miss Earth - Air 2013	Most Child Friendly (Group 1) Swimsuit Competition (Top 15) Talent Competition (Top 15)
2012	Sandra Seidl [12]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Vienna	Unplaced	Greenbag Challenge
2011	Elisabeth Hanakamp [13]	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Wiener Neustadt	Unplaced

See also

• Miss Earth
• Miss Austria

External links

• Miss Earth Official Website

References

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