Miss Europe 1958

The fifth place, Pirkko Mannola, later made a career as a pop singer.

The 1958 Miss Europe competition was the tenth 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 28, 1958 in Istanbul , Turkey. As in the previous year, there were 15 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Austria	Johanna "Hanni" Ehrenstrasser	Johanna ("Hanni") Ehrenstrasser
2nd Federal Republic of Germany	Dagmar Herner	Dagmar Herner	Miss World 1958: semifinals
3. France	Annie Simplot
4. Holland	Lucienne Struve	Luciënne Struve	Miss World 1958
5. Finland	Pirkko Mannola	Pirkko Mannola
Other participants
Belgium	Jeanine Chandelle	Jeanne Chandelle	Miss World 1957
Denmark	Aase Hansen	Aase Hansen, Åse Hansen
England	Dorothy Hazeldine	Dorothy Hazeldine	Miss Universe 1958
Iceland	Anna Gudmundsdóttir	Anna Guðmundsdóttir
Italy	Elisabetta Rota	Elisabetta Rota
Luxembourg	Lydie Schmitz	Lydie Schmitz
Norway	Elizabeth Tonning
Sweden	Marie-Louise Hjelm
Spain A	Adela Bustillo
Turkey	Ezel Olcay	Ezel Olcay	Miss Universe 1959
Did not start
Greece B	May Cavalika	Μέι Καβάμη (May Kavami)

^A.From 1936 to 1960 there were no elections for Miss Spain in their own country. When and where she qualified is unknown.

^B. She was unable to enter Turkey due to the political tension between the two countries over Cyprus.

Competition of the "Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe"

Since 1951 there has been a rival European competition organized by the Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe . This was founded in 1950 by Jean Raibaut in Paris , who later relocated to Marseille . The winners wore different titles such as Miss Europe , Miss Europe or Miss Europe International .

He found in 1958 in the French Amiens instead. There were 8 applicants.

Placements:

• 1. France : Evelyne Ricket 
• 2. Albania : Hajett Rekik 

Other participants:

• French overseas possessions ( D'Outre Mer ): Claudie Johns
•  Italy : Giacomina Forlini
•  Austria : Eda Prack
•  Poland : Linda Lolyi
•  Switzerland : Liliane Ringler
•  Spain : Colette Obadia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ misshollandnow.com
2. ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Competition from 1951 at Pageantopolis (English) ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 1948 to 1959 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Pictures from the 1958 competition at lempimissit (English)