Miss Luxembourg

Miss Luxembourg org.
Formation1927
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersLuxembourg City
Location
MembersMiss World
Official language
Luxembourgish
President
Hervé Lancelin
Websitewww.missluxembourg.lu

Miss Luxembourg is a national beauty pageant in Luxembourg.

History

The Miss Luxembourg pageant has existed since 1927. The winner is expected to become the brand ambassador of the country. The national committee has required the candidates to have Luxembourg citizenship, to be between 18 and 26 years of age, to have a good reputation, to be unmarried, to have no children, to be ready to serve in social and humanitarian actions, and must not have posed for any nude photos. Between 1959 and 1994 the winner represented the country at Miss Universe pageant. Later, Miss Luxembourg is expected to represent Luxembourg at the Miss World competition.

Titleholders

Chris Scott, Miss Luxembourg 1989
Melanie Heynsbroek, Miss Luxembourg 2019
YearMiss Luxembourg
1927 Rose Blanc[1]
1928 Anna Friedrich[2]
1929 Ketty Hipp[3]
1930 Alice Reger[4]
1934 Marie Watgen[5]
1939 Jeanny Diederich[6]
1948 Josée Ewen[7]
1957 Josée Jaminet[8]
1958 Lydie Schmitz[9]
1959 Josée Pundel[10]
1960 Liliane Müller[11]
1961 Vicky Schoos[12]
1962 Fernande Kodesch[13]
1963 Sylvie Welter[14]
1964 Gaby Heyard[15]
1965 Marianne Geisen[16]
1966 Gigi Antinori[17]
1967 Josée Mathgen[18]
1968 Lucienne Krier[19]
1969 Jacqueline Schaeffer[20]
1972 Sylvie Dothée[21]
1973 Lydia Maes[22]
1974 Gisèle Azzeri[23]
1975 Thérèse Manderschied[24]
1976 Monique Wilmes[25]
1984 Alexandra Krier[26]
1985 Marianne Schnell[27]
1986 Martine Pilot[28]
1987 Claudine Atten[29]
1988 Chantal Schanbacher[30]
1989 Chris Scott[31]
1990 Bea Jarzynska[32]
1991 Annette Feydt[33]
1992 Carole Reding[34]
1993 Nathalie Dos Santos[35]
1994 Sandy Wagner[36]
1996 Christiane Lorent[37]
2009 Diana Nilles[38]
2010 Shari Thuyns[39]
2011 Stéphanie Ribeiro[40]
2012 Claudia Vitoria Müller[41]
2013 Héloïse Paulmier[42]
2014 Frédérique Wolff[43]
2015 Vonessa Alijaj[44]
2016 Ada Strock[45]
2017 Julie Majerus[46]
2018 Kelly Nilles[47]
2019 Melanie Heynsbroek[48]
2020 Émilie Boland[49]
2021 Léa Sevenig[50]

References

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  9. ↑ "Wir stellen vor: Miss Luxembourg 1958" [Introducing: Miss Luxembourg 1958]. Tageblatt (in German). 12 May 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
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  11. ↑ "Hauptstadt" [Capital city]. Tageblatt (in German). 4 April 1960. p. 4. Retrieved 3 August 2026 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
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  16. ↑ "inland: Marianne Geisen wurde „Miss Luxembourg"" [domestic: Marianne Geisen becomes „Miss Luxembourg”]. Tageblatt (in German). 5 April 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 3 August 2026 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
  17. ↑ Fisch, John (14 March 1966). "inland: PROTESTAKTION GEGEN VERSTAUBTE PARAGRAPHEN: Die Mannequins bangen um ihr Brot: Gesetz von 1850 verbietet Modedéfilés" [domestic: PROTEST AGAINST OUTDATED LAWS: Models fear for their livelihood: 1850 law bans fashion shows]. Tageblatt (in German). p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2026 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
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  21. ↑ "inland: Die Escherin Sylvie Dothée wurde „Miss Luxembourg"" [domestic: Escher Sylvie Dothée becomes „Miss Luxembourg”]. Tageblatt (in German). 10 April 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 5 August 2026 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
  22. ↑ "Süden: Kantone Esch und Capellen: Lydia Maes aus Zolver zur „Miss Luxemburg '73" gekürt" [South: Cantons of Esch and Capellen: Lydia Maes from Zolver crowned „Miss Luxembourg ’73”]. Tageblatt (in German). 16 April 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 5 August 2026 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
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