Miss Europe 1959
The competition for Miss Europe 1959 was the eleventh 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 September 6, 1959 in Palermo , Sicily . As in the two previous years, there were 15 applicants.
country | Spelling at Pageantopolis | Spelling in the native language | Participation in other competitions |
---|---|---|---|
Placements | |||
1. Austria | Christl walking | Christl walking | Miss Universe 1959 |
2. France | Nicole Perin | Nicole Périn | |
3. Italy | Maria Grazia Buccella | Maria Grazia Buccella | Miss Universe 1959 |
4th Federal Republic of Germany | Carmela Künzel | Carmela Künzel | Miss Universe 1959 |
5. Holland | Petra Poul | Petra Paul | |
Other participants | |||
Belgium | Michèle Goethals | Michèle Goethals | Miss World 1958 |
Denmark | Nettie Torp | ||
England | Karen MacGill | ||
Finland | Tarja Nurmi | Tarja Nurmi | |
Greece | Eleonora Apergi | Νόρα Απέργη (Nora Apergi) | |
Iceland | Margret Gunnlaugsdottir | Margrét Gunnlaugsdóttir | |
Luxembourg | Josée Pundel | Josée Pundel | Miss Universe 1959, Miss World 1959 |
Norway | Berit Grundvig | Berit Grundvig | Miss World 1959 |
Sweden | Monica Nordqvist | Monica Nordqvist | |
Turkey | Figen Ozgur | Figen Özgür |
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 from May 29 to June 3, 1959 in Joy-Parc , in French Meaux instead. There were 11 (or 12) applicants. The following placements became known:
Other participants:
- French overseas departments and territories: Liliane Chambertin
- Greece : Catherine Tatopoulos
- Holland: Julia Cohen Stuart
- Martinique : Marie-Jose Azur
- Austria : Rikkie Kraner
- Austria : Marguerite Nessler
- Portugal : Manuela Marquez
- German Switzerland : Carola Segesser
- Romandie : Yvette Lavanchy
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maria Grazia Buccella in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ misshollandnow.com
- ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Eleven candidates at gettyimages.de (excluding Miss Belgium)
- ↑ 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)