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Lucia Sisic, Miss Austria, dies at 22

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lucia Sisic, Miss Austria since 2024, has died at age 22, according to Mission Austria, which organizes the country’s main beauty competition.
  • The cause of death was not specified; Sisic had a heart-valve malformation and underwent seven heart operations during her life.
  • Friends and pageant figures remembered her as a remarkable young woman and expressed condolences to her family.

Lucia Sisic, who held the title of Miss Austria, has died at the age of 22. Mission Austria, the organization behind Austria’s main beauty competition, confirmed her death on Instagram but did not specify the cause.

It is with great shock and deep sorrow that we learned of the death of our Miss Austria 2024, Lucia Sisic.

· Mission AustriaAnnouncing Sisic’s death on Instagram.

Sisic won Miss Austria in 2024 and still held the title because the ceremony had not been held during the following two years. Earlier in 2024, she also won Miss Vienna at an event at Lugner City.

She was born with a heart malformation and underwent seven heart operations. According to Oe24, her most difficult surgery came in 2017. She had to be resuscitated and later relearned how to walk after suffering nerve damage. She underwent another operation in August 2024 and thanked the medical team after it succeeded.

Thanks to the dedicated specialists and doctors who repeatedly saved my life through their incredible efforts, I have overcome many difficult moments and been able to live a full life.

· Lucia SisicThanking her medical team after a successful operation in August 2024.

“Thanks to the dedicated specialists and doctors who repeatedly saved my life through their incredible efforts, I have overcome many difficult moments and been able to live a full life,” Sisic said at the time. “I know I have only mastered a small part of what still lies ahead. However, I am proud that I did not give up, even though there were many reasons to do so.”

I know I have only mastered a small part of what still lies ahead. However, I am proud that I did not give up, even though there were many reasons to do so.

· Lucia SisicReflecting on her surgeries and recovery after the 2024 operation.

Mission Austria director Kerstin Rigger said Sisic would be remembered as a wonderful young woman. Christopher Dengg, who was named Mister Austria in 2024, said she had been like a sister, while family friend Miroslav Piplica said she had gone “too soon and forever.” Sisic’s last hospitalization took place at the end of 2025. She wrote then that she had undergone her seventh operation and hoped to take a break for several years.

She was like a sister to me, especially during the time we held the titles together. We will all miss her enormously.

· Christopher DenggMourning Sisic, who held the Miss Austria title alongside his Mister Austria title in 2024.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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