with a Bambi, Leipzig, 27 November 1990 The Bambi originated in 1948. The first prize winners were actors
Jean Marais and
Marika Rökk, as well as the DEFA-director Prof.
Kurt Maetzig. His movie
Ehe im Schatten (
Marriage in the Shadows) was chosen as the best German film. At the 60th jubilee of the Bambi in 2008, the co-founder of the
DEFA, who celebrated his 100th birthday on 25 January 2011, received a duplicate of a porcelain Bambi, because the original had been broken. The award trophy was at first a fawn made of white porcelain, which was produced in the
Majolika Manufaktur in
Karlsruhe by the sculptor Else Bach (1899–1952). Since 1958, the golden-bronze deer has been produced in the art foundry of Ernst Strassacker in the Swabian village of
Süßen. According to
Marika Rökk's daughter, the name "Bambi" is attributed to her because she had said to her mother, after she brought the prize home: "Oh, you brought a Bambi for me", inspired by the book
Bambi by
Felix Salten or the 1942
Disney film of the same name. The Bambi Awards were presented in
Karlsruhe between 1948 and 1964, and afterwards in other cities such as
Berlin and
Offenburg. In 2002,
Michael Jackson won the Pop Artist of the Millennium Award and
Anastacia won the Best Newcomer Award. In 2003 and 2004, the awards ceremony took place in the Theater am Hafen in Hamburg. The 2006 Bambi was awarded in the Mercedes-Benz Welt in
Stuttgart, hosted by entertainer
Harald Schmidt and model
Eva Padberg. In 2007, the ceremony was held in the Congress Center in Düsseldorf (CCD), and in 2008 in Offenburg. Both events were presented by
Harald Schmidt. Award recipients in 2009 included Colombian singer/songwriter and choreographer
Shakira, actress
Kate Winslet, Austrian actor
Christoph Waltz, and
Giorgio Armani, whose niece Roberta Armani accepted the award for him. Shakira performed her single "
Did It Again" before accepting her award. The ceremonies of 2009 and 2010 were held in the Metropolis-Hall in Potsdam-Babelsberg. In 2014, the
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark received a Bambi in the charity category for her extensive work for women's rights. Bambi Awards are judged by
Hubert Burda and the editors-in-chief at
Hubert Burda Media. ==References==