Mould-breaking Miss Germany defies wave of online hatred

But those traits also exposed her to a wave of online abuse. "I knew I would get a bit of blowback, but not like this," Schoenauer, 39, told AFP. Many of the hateful messages aimed at her over her looks and ethnicity after her coronation in February were "superficial", she said. But it was also her unconventional profile that drove her to sign up for the contest. "I took part in Miss Germany because I wanted to change something," said Schoenauer, an architect and mother of a toddler, who moved to Germany aged six.