Miss Europe 1976
The competition for Miss Europe 1976 was the twenty-seventh since 1948 that the Mondial Events Organization (MEO) organized. (The events in 1951 and 1975 were canceled, the latter because of the civil war in Lebanon ). The organization was founded by the French Roger Zeiler and Claude Berr, was based in Paris and held 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.
Miss Europe 1976
The event took place on June 5, 1976 in the Palace of the Grand Masters in Rhodes , Greece . There were 22 applicants.
The follow-up competition for 1977 was postponed to spring 1978.
country | Spelling at Pageantopolis | Spelling in the native language | Participation in other competitions |
---|---|---|---|
Placements | |||
1. Finland | Riitta Inkeri Väisänen | Riitta Väisänen | |
2. Switzerland | Isabella Fischbacher | Miss Universe 1976 | |
3. Holland | Lucie Visser | Lucie Visser | |
4. Greece | Melina Michailidou | Μελίνα Μιχαηλίδου (Melina Michailidou) | Miss Universe 1976 |
5. Scotland | Mary Kirkwood | Miss Universe 1975 | |
Top 7 | |||
Norway | Bente Lihaug | Bente Lihaug | Miss Universe 1976: Semifinals, Miss International 1977 |
Cyprus | Andri Tsangaridou | ΄Αντρη Τσαγγαρίδου (Antri Tsangaridou) | Miss Universe 1974, Miss World 1976 |
Other participants | |||
Belgium | Yvette Maria Aelbrecht | Miss Universe 1976, Miss World 1976, Miss International 1977 | |
Denmark | ? | ||
BR Germany | Karen Fastner | ||
England | Pauline Davies | Miss Universe 1976: semifinals | |
France | Monique Uldaric | Monique Uldaric | Miss Universe 1976, Miss World 1976 |
Ireland | Elaine Rosemary O'Hara | Elaine Rosemary O'Hara | Miss World 1975, Miss Universe 1976 |
Iceland | Lara Sveinbergsdóttir | ||
Italy | Maria Rosa Chimenti | ||
Yugoslavia | ? | ||
Luxembourg | Monique Wilmes | Miss Universe 1976, Miss World 1976 | |
Malta | Carmela Bonello | ||
Austria | Heidi-Marie Passian | Heidi Passian | Miss Universe 1976 |
Sweden | Caroline Westerberg | Caroline Westerberg | Miss Universe 1976 |
Spain | Olga Fernández Pérez | Olga Fernández Pérez | Miss Universe 1976 |
Wales | Sian Helen Adey-Jones | Sian Adey-Jones | |
Replaced during competition | |||
Greece | Christiana Kavroudaki | Χριστιάνα Καβρουδάκη (Christiana Kavroudaki) |
Competitions 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 .
1975
It took place in May 1975 at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Monaco . There were 19 applicants.
Placements
Other participants
- Andorra : Rosalina Mestres
- Denmark :?
- Germany :?
- "Elegance":?
- England :?
- Holland: Marga Scheide
- Ireland :?
- Yugoslavia :?
- Luxembourg :?
- “Mediterranean”:?
- Norway : Kate Rasmussen
- Portugal :?
- Scotland :?
- Sweden :?
- Switzerland :?
- Wales :?
1976
It took place in May 1976 at Luna Park de Ricard in Andorra la Vella . There were 21 applicants.
Placements
- 1. Spain : Maria Teresa Maldonado Valle; also took part in the Miss International 1975
- 2. Holland: Nanny van der Kuyl
- 3. Andorra : Nuria Berruezo
- 4. Monaco : Danielle Payan
- 5. Iceland : Torill Mariann Larsen (from Norway); also at Miss World 1974: semifinals, Miss Scandinavia 1975: 2nd place
Among the other participants
- Denmark :?
- Germany :?
- Finland : Anne Korhonen
- France :?
- Italy :?
- Luxembourg :?
- Norway : Nina Kristine Ronneberg; also at Miss World 1976
- Austria :?
- Sweden :?
- Switzerland :?
- Turkey :?
Individual evidence
- ↑ misshollandnow.com
- ↑ miss-ireland.ie
- ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Competition 1975–1976 at Pageantopolis (English) ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Competition 1975–1976 at Pageantopolis (English) ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- Competitions 1970 to 1979 at pageantopolis.com (English)
- Pictures at lempimissit