Miss Europe 1982

View of Istanbul, location of the event.

The 1982 Miss Europe competition was the thirty-first 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.

Miss Europe 1982

The event took place on 11. June 1982 in Turkey's Istanbul instead. There were 23 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Turkey	Nazli Deniz Kuruoglu	Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu
2. Sweden	Annelie Margareta Sjöberg	Annelie Margareta Sjöberg	Miss World 1982
3. Spain	Cristina Perez Cottrell	Cristina Perez Cottrell	Miss World 1981, Miss Universe 1982
4. Wales	Caroline Jane Williams		Miss Young International 1981: semifinals, Miss Intercontinental 1982: 2nd place, Miss International 1982: semifinals
5. Portugal	Ana Maria Valdiz Wilson	Ana Maria Valdiz Wilson	Miss Universe 1982
Top 10
BR Germany	Bettina Seylert	Bettina Seyler	Miss Teen Intercontinental 1981: 3rd place
Finland	Tarja Hakakoski	Tarja Hakakoski
France	Sabrina Belleval	Sabrina Belleval
Holland	Brigitte Dierickx	Brigitte Dierickx	Miss Universe 1982
Switzerland	Jeannette Linkenheil	Jeannette Linkenheil	Miss World 1980, Miss Universe 1982
Other participants
Belgium	Marie-Pierre Lemaître		Miss Universe 1982, Miss World 1982
Denmark	Tina Maria Nielsen		Miss Universe 1982, Miss World 1982
England	Jane Karen Davidson
Gibraltar	Michelle Lara	Michelle Lara
Greece	Nantina Synnefia	Κωνσταντίνα Συννεφιά (Konstantina Synnefia)
Ireland	Geraldine Mary McGrory	Geraldine Mary McGrory	Miss World 1981: semifinals, Miss Universe 1982
Iceland	Hlin Sveinsdóttir	Hlín Sveinsdóttir
Italy	Ivana Gianferdi	Ivana Gianferdi
Luxembourg	Brigitte Hlywiak
Malta	Adelina Camilleri	Adelina Camilleri	Miss World 1982
Norway	Anne Nybo
Austria	Karin Stocklitsch
Scotland	Lena Masterton	Lena Masterton	Miss International 1982, Miss Intercontinental 1982

Competition of the "Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe"

From 1951 to 2002 there was 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 in February 1982 in the Greek capital Athens . Neither the winner nor the number of applicants is documented.

Among the participants

•  Finland : Mirja Riita Helenius / Mirja-Riitta Helenius
•  Netherlands : Margot Keune

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Photo at gettyimages.de
2. ↑ Sabrina Belleval in the Internet Movie Database (English)
3. ↑ misshollandnow.com
4. ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Competition 1978–2002 at Pageantopolis (English) ( Memento from March 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Margot Keune in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Web links

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