Miss Switzerland
former beauty contest (first event around 1925, held annually from 1951 to 2011, last event in 2018)
The Miss Switzerland or Miss Universe Switzerland (French: Miss Suisse; German: Miss Schweiz; Italian: Miss Svizzera) is a national beauty pageant in Switzerland.
History
Titleholders
Canton Ranking of Winners
Titleholders at Miss Universe pageant
The main winner of Miss Switzerland represents her country at Miss Universe.
The public source identifies “Miss Switzerland” as former beauty contest (first event around 1925, held annually from 1951 to 2011, last event in 2018). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Miss, Switzerland and former.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q252840. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Miss Switzerland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.