February 15, 2009 - Doris Schmidts was just recently elected as Miss Germany 2009 during a gala in the southern German town of Rust last February 14th.

The second place went to Maria Ishutova of Nordheim-Westfallen and third place went to Kristiana Rohder of Bayern.

It was earlier reported that Miss Germany will not compete in any Grand Slam pageants this year.

Photo by REUTERS / Alex Grimm (Germany)