Miss Europe 1992

Panorama of Athens, the location of the event.

The Miss Europe 1992 competition was the thirty-sixth 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 1992

The event took place on June 15, 1992 in the Greek capital Athens . There were 32 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Greece	Marina Tsintikidou	Μαρίνα Τσιντικίδου	Miss Universe 1992
2. Czechoslovakia	Pavlina Baburkova	Pavlína Babůrková	Miss Universe 1993: semifinals
3. Turkey	Banu Sagnak	Banu Sağnak
4. Finland	Kirsi-Mari Ketola	Kirsi-Maria Ketola	Miss Scandinavia 1993
5. Israel	Ravit Kanfi	רוית כנפי
Top 12
Albania	Valbona Selimllari	Valbona Selimllari	Queen of the World 1992: 3rd place, Mrs Globe 1999: winner
Germany	Maike Schwartz	Meike Black
France	Linda Hardy	Linda Hardy	Miss Universe 1992, Miss World 1992
Italy	Rosangela Bessi	Rosangela Bessi
Portugal	Maria Fernanda Silva		Miss Universe 1992
Russia	Anna Portnaya	Анна Портная
Spain	Sofia Mazagatos	Sofía Mazagatos
Other participants
Belgium	Sandra Joine	Sandra Joine	Miss World 1992, Miss Universe 1993
Bulgaria	Glina Velitchkova	Глина Величкова
England	Joanne Elizabeth Lewis		Miss World 1991, Miss International 1992
Holland	Mariëlle Pontier
Ireland	Tara McDonald
Iceland	Heiðrun Anna Björnsdóttir	Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir
Lithuania	Rasa Kukenyte	Rasa Kukenytė	Miss Baltic Sea 1993: winner
Luxembourg	Carole Reding	Carole Reding	Miss Universe 1992, Miss International 1992
Malta	Karin Demicoli
Norway	Rita Omvik	Rita Omvik	Miss Scandinavia 1992, Miss International 1992: Semifinals, Miss World 1993
Austria	Karin Friedl		Miss Universe 1992, Miss International 1992
Poland	Jana Fabian
Romania	Liliana Les
Scotland	Katrina Lyall
Sweden	Jeannette Lindstroem	Jeannette Lindström
Switzerland	Sandra Aegerter	Sandra Aegerter	Miss World 1991, Miss Universe 1992
Hungary	Orsolya Anna Michna	Michna Orsolya	Miss World 1991
Wales	Sharon Isherwood
Cyprus	Yiota Koufalidou	Γιώτα Κουφαλίδου (Giota Koufalidou)

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 .

On September 27 In 1992, the Italian Catania on Sicily , another Miss Europe contest held. It's not entirely clear who the organizer was. The show was presented by the TV presenter Daniele Piombi, who is very well known in Italy. There were (at least) twelve applicants.

Placements:

• 1. Spain : Yolanda Marcos Gonzales 
• 2. France : Anne Jandera 
• 3. (draw) Greece : Elena Liafou / Έλενα Λιάφου 
• 3. (draw) Italy : Tatiana Zaghet 

Other participants:

•  Belgium : Nathalie De Cuyper
•  Denmark : Mette Friis-Mikkelsen
•  Germany : Caren Buffor
•  England : Emma Ashby
• Holland: Wendy Niesthoven
•  Ireland : Camilla Conolly Carew
•  Luxembourg : Nathalie Quiring
•  Portugal : Susanna Silva

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Banu Sağnak at sinematurk.com (Turkish)
2. ↑ Linda Hardy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
3. ↑ Sofía Mazagatos in the Internet Movie Database (English)
4. ↑ Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir in the Internet Movie Database (English)
5. ↑ Sandra Aegerter at alamy.com
6. ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ TV recording on YouTube (Italian). At 1:45 a.m., a stele with the logos / abbreviations MEB and MEO is visible on the right .
8. ↑ pagesperso-orange.fr , there under Miss France 1992

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 1990 to 1999 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Film of choice on YouTube (mostly English with Greek subtitles)