Miss Austria 2024 Lucia Sisic has died aged 22 after living with a congenital heart condition

Miss Austria 2024 Lucia Sisic has died at the age of 22. Mission Austria, which runs the Miss Austria and Mister Austria pageants, announced her death on Facebook on Monday, describing the news as coming with “great shock and deep sorrow”.

No cause of death has been confirmed.

Sisic was crowned Miss Austria in 2024 and remained the reigning titleholder, with no subsequent contest having yet taken place.

Mission Austria CEO Kerstin Rigger and her husband, Jörg, paid tribute to the young beauty queen, saying she would be remembered as a “wonderful young woman”.