Miss Europe 1978

Miss Austria 1977 and Miss Europe 1978, Eva Cavalli née Düringer with her husband (picture from 2013).

The 1978 Miss Europe competition was the twenty-eighth since 1948 organized by the Mondial Events Organization (MEO). (The events in 1951 and 1975 were canceled). 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 1977/78

The Finnjet fast ferry , location of the event. Here is a recording from 2004.

The event had been postponed from 1977 to March 15, 1978 , so that MEO called him "Miss Europe 1977/78". It took place on board the Finnjet , the fastest conventional ferry in the world at the time, on the way from Helsinki to Travemünde and back. There were 15 applicants.

The successor competition for 1979 was postponed to the spring of 1980.

The participants
country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. AustriaAustria	Eva Maria Düringer	Eva Maria Düringer	Miss Universe 1976
2nd Federal Republic of GermanyGermany Federal Republic	Dagmar-Gabriele Winkler	Dagmar Winkler	Miss Universe 1973, Miss International 1977: 2nd place, Miss World 1977: 3rd place
3. EnglandEngland	Sarah Louise Long		Miss Universe 1977
4. IcelandIceland	Gudbjörg Wilhjalmsdóttir	Guðbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir	Miss Scandinavia 1978: 5th place
5. FinlandFinland	Maarit Ryhänen	Maarit Ryhänen
Other participants
Belgium Belgium	Jacqueline Harmars
France France	Veronique Fagot	Véronique Fagot	Miss Universe 1977, Miss World 1977: Semifinals, Miss International 1978
Greece 1975 Greece	Maria Spantidaki	Μαρία Σπαντιδάκη (Maria Spantidaki)	Miss Universe 1977
Netherlands Holland	Caroline Hooft	Caroline Hooft
Ireland Ireland	Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez	Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez	Miss World 1977, Miss Universe 1978: semifinals, Miss International 1978: 5th place
Italy Italy	Emanuela Goggia
Norway Norway	Ashild Ottesen	Åshild Ottesen	Miss Universe 1977, Miss World 1977
Sweden Sweden	Evonne Wilhelmsson
Switzerland Switzerland	Gaby Bosshard
Spain 1945 Spain	Guillermina Ruiz-Domenech	Guillermina Ruiz Doménech	Miss World 1977: semifinals, Miss Universe 1978: 3rd place

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 .

It took place on September 11, 1978 in Reggio nell'Emilia , northern Italy . There were 22 applicants.

Placements