Miss Europe 1968

The coat of arms of Kinshasa, location of the event.

The Miss Europe 1968 competition was the twentieth since 1948 that the Mondial Events Organization (MEO) held (the event was canceled in 1951). The organization 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 competition was originally supposed to be held in Nice in the south of France in May of that year , as in the previous three years. But it was postponed because of the unrest in France. The Democratic Republic of the Congo volunteered to host the event to promote the country. The Minister for Culture, Paul Mushiete , in particular , campaigned for it.

The event therefore took place on September 23, 1968 in the Congolese capital Kinshasa . There were 21 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Finland	Leena Marketta Brusiin	Leena Brusiin	Miss Universe 1968: 3rd place
2. Austria	Brigitte Kruger	Brigitte Kruger	Miss Universe 1968, Miss World 1968: semifinals
3. Sweden	Anne-Christine Kahnberg
4th Federal Republic of Germany	Roswitha Moesi	Roswitha Moesi
5. Norway	Tone Knaran	Tone Knaran	Miss Universe 1968: semifinals, Miss Scandinavia 1969: winner, Miss International 1970: semifinals
Other participants
Belgium	Sonja Doumen	Sonja Doumen	Miss Universe 1968, Miss World 1968
Denmark	Berrit Kvorning	Berrit Kvorning
England	Jennifer Lowe Summers	Jennifer Lowe Summers	Miss World 1966: Semifinals (as Miss United Kingdom), Miss Universe 1968
France	Elizabeth Cadren	Elizabeth Cadren	Miss Universe 1968: Semifinals
Greece	Haris Papanikita	Χάρις Παπανικήτα (Charis Papanikita)
Holland	Marjolijn Ingrid Abbink	Marjolijn Abbink	Miss International 1970
Ireland	Mary Fitzgerald
Iceland	Helen Knutsdóttir		Miss Universe 1968, Miss International 1969
Italy	Paola Rossi		Miss Universe 1967: Semifinals
Yugoslavia	Daliborka Stojsic	Daliborka Stojšić, Далиборка Стойшич (Далиборка Стойшић)
Luxembourg	Lucienne Krier	Lucienne Krier	Miss Universe 1968
Malta	Kathlene Farrugia	Kathlene Farrugia	Miss Universe 1968
Spain	Francisca Delgado Sánchez	Francisca Delgado Sánchez	Miss Universe 1967
Switzerland	Jeanette Biffiger	Jeanette Biffiger	Miss Universe 1968, Miss World 1968, Miss International 1969: 4th place
Czechoslovakia	Alzbeta Strkulova	Alžběta Štrkulová	Miss World 1967: 6th place
Turkey	Sule Eksigil	Şule Ekşigil

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Election de Miss Europe 1968 à Kinshasa on mbokamosika.com from October 26, 2011.
2. ↑ So at mbokamosika.com , lempimissit and chileancharm.com ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Christina Gullberg named at Pageantopolis only appears there . 
3. ↑ Berrit Kvorning in the Internet Movie Database (English)
4. ↑ misshollandnow.com
5. ↑ Daliborka Stojsic in the Internet Movie Database (English)
6. ↑ Daliborka Stojšić's discography at discogs.com
7. ↑ missluxembourg.com/winners
8. ↑ Maltese Newsletter PDF (English), page 14
9. ↑ Photo series 50 years of Miss Switzerland on nzz.ch

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 1960 to 1969 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Pictures from the 1968 competition at lempimissit (English)
• Film from the 1968 election on YouTube (silent). Belgium is wrongly mentioned as a place name.