Miss Europe 1960

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The Casino du Liban in Beirut, location of the event.

The competition for Miss Europe 1960 was the twelfth 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 11, 1960 at the Casino du Liban in Beirut . There were 17 applicants.

The participants
country Spelling at Pageantopolis Spelling in the native language Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. ItalyItalyItaly  Anna Ranalli Anna Ranalli
2nd Federal Republic of GermanyGermany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany  Rita Simon
3. SwedenSwedenSweden  Monica Abrahamsson Monica Abrahamsson
4. AustriaAustriaAustria  Luise Kammermeier Luise Kammermeier
5. FranceFranceFrance  Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien Miss International 1961
Other participants
BelgiumBelgium Belgium Diane Hidalgo Diane Hidalgo Miss World 1959
DenmarkDenmark Denmark Tina Annelise Pedersen
EnglandEngland England Joan Ellinor Boardman Joan Ellinor Boardman Miss Universe 1960: semifinals
FinlandFinland Finland Marja-Leena Manninen Maija-Leena Manninen Miss Universe 1960
Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece Tzeni Loukea Τζένη Λουκέα (Tzeni Loukea)
NetherlandsNetherlands Holland Ansje Schoon To the schoon
IcelandIceland Iceland Edda Jonsdóttir Edda Jónsdóttir
LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg ?
NorwayNorway Norway Ragnhild Aass Ragnhild Aass Loven Miss Universe 1960: semifinals
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Eliane Maurath Éliane Maurath Miss Universe 1960: semifinals
Spain 1945Spain Spain Herrera Dávila-Núñez Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez Miss International 1960
TurkeyTurkey Turkey ?

Individual evidence

  1. misshollandnow.com
  2. oslosydavisen.no (Norwegian)

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