10 things about Miss Universe Switzerland 2024 Laura Bircher

Laura Bircher won the fifth edition of Miss Universe Switzerland 2024. She represented Switzerland in the 73rd edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Bircher is a Swiss model and beauty queen from Stans, Nidwalden, Switzerland. While reigning as Miss Universe Switzerland 2024, she used her platform to raise awareness about anxiety and depression.

On October 3, 2025, Bircher turned 25. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Nidwalden.
2. She was bullied as a child.
3. She suffered from eating disorders and depression before she became a beauty queen.
4. From 2015 to 2018, she trained as a veterinary assistant.
5. In 2021, she visited Malta and the United States.
6. In 2022, she visited Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
7. In 2023, she visited Platariá, Thesprotia, Greece.
8. In 2024, she visited Austria and Mexico.
9. She won Miss Universe Switzerland 2024 while she was employed as a veterinary assistant.
10. She was a Miss Universe 2024 candidate.

TIMELINE

Bircher is 5’11” tall. Her Miss Universe 2024 roommate was Rumina Ivezaj of Montenegro.

2021

• On September 11, 2021, she visited the Popeye Village in Mellieha, Malta.
• In October 2021, she traveled to Hawaii, USA.

2022

• In March 2022, she had photoshoots in Zurich, Switzerland.
• In July 2022, she traveled to Milan, Italy.
• In August 2022, she traveled to Ibiza, Spain.

2024

• In January 2024, she had photoshoots in Lucerne, Switzerland.
• In March 2024, she traveled to Vienna, Austria.
• On September 28, 2024, she competed against 15 other Miss Universe Switzerland 2024 candidates at the Kursaal Arena in Bern and won the title.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Switzerland at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. She was unplaced.

2025

• In a Frontfurter Allgemeine article published on September 7, 2025, she explained why depression was the greatest gift of her life.
• On September 27, 2025, she was not invited to attend Miss Universe Switzerland 2025 at the Kursaal Arena in Bern where her successor Naima Acosta was crowned by Lina Poffet.