Miss Europe 1981

Birmingham, venue of the event, view from Bartley Green .

The Miss Europe 1981 competition was the thirtieth 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 arranged 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. It does not always have to be the first place in your national competition.

The event took place on June 9, 1981 in Birmingham , UK . There were 21 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Denmark	Anne Mette Larsen
2. Holland	Ingrid Johanna Maria Schouten	Ingrid Schouten	Miss Universe 1981: semifinals
3. Italy	Anna Maria Kanakis	Anna Kanakis	Miss Universe 1981
4. Sweden	Eva-Lena Lundgren	Eva-Lena Lundgren	Miss Universe 1981: 3rd place
5. Finland	Eija Helena Korolainen		Miss Scandinavia 1982: 4th place, Miss Nations 1981: 4th place
Top 11
France	Isabelle Sophie Benard	Isabelle Benard	Miss Universe 1981, Miss World 1981
Ireland	Valerie Roe	Valerie Roe (Vicki Roe)	Miss Universe 1981
Iceland	Elisabet Traustadóttir	Elísabet Traustadóttir	Miss Universe 1981, Miss Scandinavia 1982: 2nd place
Austria	Edda Schnell	Edda Schnell
Switzerland	Jolanda Egger	Jolanda Egger	Miss International 1980
Spain	Maria Agustina García Alcaide	María Agustina García Alcaide	Miss International 1980: 3rd place
Other participants
Belgium	Else Desplenter
BR Germany	Edith Maciejek
England	Joanna Longley	Joanna Longley	Miss International 1974: 2nd place, Miss Universe 1981
Gibraltar	Maria Pilar Wahnon
Greece	Natassa Zanthopoulou	Νατάσα Ξανθοπούλου (Natasa Xanthopoulou)
Norway	Mona Olsen		Miss Scandinavia 1981: winner, Miss Universe 1981: semifinals
Scotland	Anne McFarlane	Anne McFarlane	Miss Universe 1981
Turkey	Aysegul Ercan	Ayşegül Ercan
Wales	Karen Ruth Stannard	Karen Stannard	Miss Universe 1981
Cyprus	Rolly Stylianidou	... Στυλιανίδου

Individual evidence

1. ↑ misshollandnow.com
2. ↑ Anna Kanakis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
3. ↑ Jolanda Egger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
4. ↑ missuniversegb.co.uk ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ missuniversegb.co.uk ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ missuniversegb.co.uk ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 1980 to 1989 at pageantopolis.com (English)