Miss Europe 1962

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

The competition for Miss Europe 1962 was the fourteenth 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 2, 1962 at the Casino du Liban in the Lebanese capital Beirut . As in the two previous years, there were 17 applicants.

The participants
country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. SpainSpain 1945	Maruja García Nicoláu	Maruja García Nicoláu
2. DenmarkDenmark	Birgitte Heiberg		Miss International 1963
3. FinlandFinland	Kaarina Marita Leskinen	Kaarina Leskinen	Miss World 1962: 2nd place, Miss Scandinavia 1963: Winner
4. HollandNetherlands	Catharina ("Rina") Lodders	Rina Lodders	Miss International 1962: 4th place, Miss World 1962: winner
5. SwedenSweden	Brigitta Lundberg
Other participants
Belgium Belgium	Jacqueline Oroi	Jacqueline Oroi	Miss International 1961, Miss World 1961
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany	Irene Ott
England England	Kim Carlton		Miss Universe 1962: semifinals
France France	Jeanne Rossi	Jeanne Rossi
Kingdom of Greece Greece	Kaiti Papadaki	Καιτη Παπαδακη (Kaiti Papadaki)
Iceland Iceland	Gudrun Bjarnadóttir	Guðrun Bjarnadóttir	Miss Scandinavia 1963: 3rd place, Miss International 1963: winner
Italy Italy	Franca Cattaneo	Franca Cattaneo Ferrucci	Miss World 1961
Luxembourg Luxembourg	Fernande Kodesch		Miss Universe 1962
Norway Norway	Beate Brevik Johansen		Miss International 1962
Austria Austria	Dorli Lazek		Miss World 1964
Switzerland Switzerland	Francine Delouille		Miss Universe 1962
Turkey Turkey	Zeynep Viyal	Zeynep Ziyal