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Miss Austria 2024 Lucia Sisic dies at 22

9/9/2026

Summary

Miss Austria Dies

Miss Austria 2024 Lucia Sisic died at age 22.
She lived with a congenital heart valve defect and had undergone seven surgeries, the latest in winter 2025.
Mission Austria announced her death on September 7, 2026, expressing shock and sadness.
No replacement has been named, so Austria may miss the Miss Universe 2026 contest.

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Historical Context

Chelsi Smith, who won Miss USA on February 10 1995 and also received Miss Congeniality, was the seventh woman from Texas to claim the national title. She was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2017 and died at her mother’s home in Mifflin, Pennsylvania on September 8 2018, aged 45. After her reign she appeared as a celebrity contestant on Wheel of Fortune and presented awards at the People’s Choice Awards.

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Miss Austria Dies

Miss Austria 2024 Lucia Sisic died at age 22.
She lived with a congenital heart valve defect and had undergone seven surgeries, the latest in winter 2025.
Mission Austria announced her death on September 7, 2026, expressing shock and sadness.
No replacement has been named, so Austria may miss the Miss Universe 2026 contest.

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