Miss Germany

The election of Heidi Krüger by the daily newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost remained an exception for many years.

The Nazi government prohibited them as "Jewish-Bolshevik decadence", and instead of them publicised the election of (local) Harvest, Bloom, and Wine Queens.

The government forbade Charlotte Hartmann from taking part in the Miss Europe contest in Paris, France.

She had been elected Miss Germany a few days before the beginning of the Nazi rule, and secretly took part in the pageant, nevertheless.

However, the Saar Territory which was governed by the League of Nations chose a Miss, who was allowed to travel to international competitions.

In some years, no national contests were held: the German delegates for international pageants were handpicked from the regional winners, without a final, as happened from 1972 to 1978.

– In 1935, Elisabeth Pitz from Saarbrücken participated in the Miss Europe Pageant in Paris as last German delegate before World War II.

Note: (1) In 1979, the Miss Germany election was broadcast live on German TV for the first time.

In the inland it does not have the same prestige as Miss Germany, but compensates this, as the election always takes place (and is announced in the media) some weeks before.

Princess Entertainment is successor of MGF (renamed because the title Miss Germany must not be used any longer).

In 2001, Yet-Set Corporation in Cologne claims title protection (Titelschutz) according to German law (§ 5 Abs.