Miss Europe 1969

Saša Zajc from Yugoslavia, Miss Europe 1969.

The Miss Europe 1969 competition was the twenty-first since 1948 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 18, 1969 at the Rabat Hilton Hotel in the Moroccan capital, Rabat . This was the second time since 1968 that MEO had chosen an African country to host. As in the previous year, there were 21 applicants.

The winner was Saša Zajc from Yugoslavia. She was not crowned by her predecessor (in this case Leena Brusiin, Miss Europe 1968 ) , as is traditionally customary, because she was involved in a car accident. Instead, Paquita Torres from Spain performed the ceremony ( Miss Europe 1967 ).

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Yugoslavia	Sasa Zajc	Saša Zajc
2. Denmark	Jeanne Perfeldt		Miss Universe 1969, Miss World 1969, Miss International 1970: Semifinals, Miss Scandinavia 1970: 5th place
3rd Federal Republic of Germany	Elke Hein
4. Finland	Harriet Marita Eriksson		Miss Universe 1969: 2nd place, Miss Scandinavia 1970: winner
5. Spain	Maria Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo	María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo	Miss Universe 1969
Top 7
6. Sweden	Ulla Adsten	Ulla Adsten
7. Norway	Patricia ("Pia") Ingrid Walker		Miss Universe 1969, Miss Scandinavia 1970
Other participants
Belgium	Maud Alin	Maud Alin	Miss World 1969
England	Marie Smith		Miss International 1968: Semifinals (as Miss Scotland)
France	Suzanne Angly	Suzanne Angly	Miss World 1969, Miss International 1972: semifinals
Greece	Irini Lorandou	Ειρήνη Λοράνδου (Eirini Lorandou)
Holland	Olga Westmaas	Olga Westmaas
Ireland	June MacMahon		Miss World 1968: Semifinals
Iceland	Maria Baldursdóttir	María Baldursdóttir	Miss Scandinavia 1970: 3rd place
Italy	Zaira Fabbri	Zaira Fabbri
Luxembourg	Jacqueline Schaeffer	Jacqueline Schaeffer	Miss World 1969
Malta	Natalie Quintana		Miss Universe 1969
Austria	?
Switzerland	Liselotte Pauli	Liselotte Pauli
Czechoslovakia	Jarmila Teplanova	Jarmila Teplanová
Turkey	Nurac Yetkin
Replaced by another candidate
Austria	Eva Rueber-Staier	Eva Rueber-Staier	Miss Universe 1969: semifinals, Miss World 1969: winner
Switzerland	Patrice Sollner		Miss Universe 1969: Semifinals, Miss World 1971

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Suzanne Angly in the Internet Movie Database (English)
2. ↑ misshollandnow.com , third place there.
3. ↑ missluxembourg.com/winners

Web links

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