Miss Austria is a national beauty pageant in Austria.

Note: In the pageant of Miss Austria, the first and second placed candidates of each federal state take part. So in the final there are 18 delegates from the 9 Bundesländer.

The Miss Austria winner traditionally goes to Miss Universe and Miss World competitions; sometimes it could be allocated to Miss Europe. A runner-up will take over if the winner does not qualify to represent Austria on the world stage. In Schachermayer directorship between 2015 and 2017, the Miss Austria result divided into Top 3 classification winners. Before announcing the grand winner of Miss Austria, the Top 3 were automatically awarded as Miss Earth Austria, Miss World Austria and lastly, Miss Universe Austria.

The following women have represented Austria in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women. These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.

Different spelling of names:

http://www.vienna.at/valentina-schlager-ist-miss-austria-2010/news-20100328-08474196