Miss Europe 1973

Panorama of Kitzbühel, location of the event.

The Miss Europe 1973 competition was the twenty-fifth since 1948 that the Mondial Events Organization (MEO) organized. 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 was originally supposed to take place in Germany in September 1973, then in Turkey. Both dates have been postponed. After all, the competition did not take place until January 23, 1974 in the Austrian winter sports resort of Kitzbühel . There were 18 applicants.

The participants
country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. HollandNetherlands	Anke Maria Groot	Anke Groot	Miss Universe 1973: semifinals
2. SpainSpain 1945	Amparo Muñoz Quesada	Amparo Muñoz Quesada	Miss Universe 1974: winner
3. GreeceGreece 1970	Sicta Vana Papadaki	Βάνα Παπαδάκη (Vana Papadaki)	SF Miss Universe 1973: Semifinals
4. BelgiumBelgium	Christiane Devisch		Miss Universe 1973, Miss World 1973
5. SwitzerlandSwitzerland	Barbara Schöttli	Barbara Schöttli	Miss Universe 1973
Top 7
England England	Zoe Spink	Zoe Spink	Miss International 1973: 2nd place
Portugal Portugal	Carla Luisa dos Santos Paiva Barros		Miss Universe 1973
Other participants
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany	Ingeborg Braun	Ingeborg Braun	Miss International 1973: semifinals
Finland Finland	Raija Kaarina Stark	Raija Kaarina Stark	Miss Universe 1973, Miss Scandinavia 1974: 3rd place
France France	Isabelle Nadia Krumacker	Isabelle Krumacker	Miss Universe 1973, Miss World 1973, Miss International 1975: Semifinals
Ireland Ireland	Pauline Theresa Fitzsimons	Pauline Theresa Fitzsimons	Miss Universe 1973
Italy Italy	Patrizia Castaldi	Patrizia Castaldi
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia	Snezana Milojevic	Snežana Milojević
Luxembourg Luxembourg	Lydia Maes		Miss Universe 1973
Austria Austria	Roswitha Kobald	Roswitha Kobald	Miss Universe 1973, Miss World 1973
Sweden Sweden	Christine Göthlander		Miss Scandinavia 1974: 4th place
Turkey Turkey	Nuray Belbuken	Nuray Belbüken
Cyprus Republic Cyprus	Helena Siakou	΄Ελενα ...
Did not run
Denmark Denmark	? ^A.
Iceland Iceland	Nina Breidfjord ^B
Norway Norway	Aina Walle ^C.

^A. The reason is not known.

^B. She did not get permission from her parents.

^C. She had meanwhile married.

Competition of the "Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe"

Since 1951 there has been a rival European competition organized by the Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe . This was founded in 1950 by Jean Raibaut in Paris , who later relocated to Marseille . The winners wore different titles such as Miss Europe , Miss Europe or Miss Europe International .

He was on 24 June 1973 at the Spanish Barcelona instead. There were 16 applicants.

Placements

1. Italy : Diana Scapolan (participation in Miss Universe 1976)Italy

2. Monaco : Veronique MercierMonaco

3. United Kingdom : Linda Hooks ( Miss International 1972: winner)United Kingdom

Other participants

Belgium Belgium :?
Finland Finland : Anne-Elisabeth Schäfer
France France : Aleth Mosson
Greece Greece : Helene Sibiropoulos / Ελένη Σιδηροπούλου (Eleni Sidiropoulou)
Ireland Ireland :?
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia : Milene Birkic (Milena Brkić?)
Corsica Corsica : Teliziana Altieri
Luxembourg Luxembourg :?
"Mediterranean Sea": ?
Norway Norway : Elisabeth Krabbe
Austria Austria :?
Switzerland Switzerland : Laurence Erhart
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia : Bogina Adryva