She won Miss Switzerland in 1996 and represented her country at Miss World 1996 in Bangalore , India and at Miss Universe 1997 in Miami , Florida , not placing in either pageant . Winiger worked as a model in Cape town , New York , Milan , and Munich in the late 1990s . Around the same time , she gained fame in Switzerland as a TV host and endorser of the Italian boutique chain Oviesse
Miss Universe 1997
Miss Universe 1997
Melanie Winiger