Miss Europe 1956

Margit Nünke, Miss Germany 1955 and Miss Europe 1956 (here at the IAA 1955 in Frankfurt, surrounded by school pilots)

The Miss Europe 1956 competition was the eighth organized by the Mondial Events Organization (MEO). It was founded by the French Roger Zeiler and Claude Berr, was based in Paris and organized the competition until 2002.

The candidates had been selected in their countries of origin by national organizing committees that had concluded license agreements with MEO.

The event took place on June 1, 1956 in the Swedish capital Stockholm . There were 13 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1st Federal Republic of Germany	Margit Nünke	Margit Nünke	Miss Universe 1955: 4th place
2. Sweden	Ingrid Goude	Ingrid Goude	Miss Universe 1956: 3rd place
3. Italy	Brunella Tosci	Brunella Tocci
4. Austria	Traudl Eichinger	Traudl Eichinger
5. Holland	Rita Schmidt	Rita Schmidt	Miss Universe 1956
Other participants
Belgium	Ghislain rosette	Ghislain rosette	Miss World 1955
England	Ilena Nelson
Finland	Sirpa Helena Koivu	Sirpa Koivu	Miss World 1956
France	Gisèle Charbit	Gisèle Charbit
Greece	Rona Karakasi	Ρένα Καρακάση (Rena Karakasi)
Ireland	Phyllis Glass
Switzerland	Yvonne Bridel
Turkey	Ayse Banu Denizeli	Ayşe Banu Denizli

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Margit Nünke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
2. ↑ Ingrid Goude in the Internet Movie Database (English)
3. ↑ Ingrid Goude in Glamor Girls of the Silverscreen (English)
4. ↑ misshollandnow.com

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 1948 to 1959 at pageantopolis.com (English)