Miss Europe 1966

The Palais de la Mediterranée in Nice, location of the event.

The competition for Miss Europe 1966 was the eighteenth 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 May 30, 1966 in the Palais de la Mediterranée in Nice in the south of France . As in the previous year, there were 18 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. France	Maria Dornier	Maria Dornier
2. (undecided) Austria	Eva Rieck
2. (undecided) Switzerland	Hedy Frick		Miss Universe 1966
3. Spain	Rafaela Roque Sánchez		Miss International 1965: semifinals
4. Finland	Satu Charlotta Östring	Satu Charlotta Östring	Miss Universe 1966: 2nd place, Miss Scandinavia 1967: winner, Miss International 1969: 2nd place
5th Federal Republic of Germany	Tove-Regina Neitzel	Tove-Regina Neitzel
Other participants
Belgium	Mireille De Man	Mireille De Man	Miss Universe 1966, Miss World 1966
Denmark	Gitte Fleinert	Gitte Fleinert	Miss Universe 1966: semifinals
England	Janice Carol Whiteman		Miss Universe 1966: semifinals
Greece	Stivi Vikardzi	Στίβι Βικάρτζη (Stivi Vikartzi)
Holland	Margo Isabelle Domen	Margo Domen	Miss Universe 1966: semifinals
Ireland	Gladys Anne Waller	Gladys Anne Waller	Miss World 1965: 3rd place
Iceland	Rosa Einarsdóttir	Rósa Einarsdóttir	Miss World 1964, Miss International 1965
Italy	Alba Rigazzi	Alba Rigazzi
Luxembourg	Gigi Antinori	Gigi Antinori	Miss Universe 1966
Norway	Siri Gro Nilsen		Miss Universe 1966: semifinals, Miss Scandinavia 1967: 2nd place
Sweden	Gun-Inger Anna Andersson		Miss World 1966
Turkey	Hülya Asan	Hülya Aşan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ gala.fr : biography, 2nd paragraph
2. ↑ The mirror 21/1965 of 19 May 1965th
3. ↑ teenmakers.dk
4. ↑ misshollandnow.com
5. ↑ (Gladys) Anne Waller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
6. ↑ Alba Rigazzi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
7. ↑ missluxembourg.com
8. ↑ Hülya Aşan on sinematurk.com (Turkish)

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 1960 to 1969 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Film from the 1966 election on YouTube (silent)