Miss Europe 1995

View of Istanbul, location of the event. Here is a picture from 2010.

The 1995 Miss Europe competition was the thirty-ninth since 1948 organized by the Mondial Events Organization (MEO). 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 1995

The event took place on October 23, 1995 in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul , as in the previous two years. There were 36 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Czech Republic	Monika Zidkova	Monika Žídková
2. Norway	Ingeborg Dossland
3. Sweden	Sofie Tocklin
4. Albania	Monika Zguro	Monika Zguro
5. Russia A	Ilmira Shamsutdinova	Ильмира амсутдинова	Miss International 1993: 3rd place, Miss Universe 1996: Top 6
Top 12
Germany	Ilka Endres	Ilka Endres	Miss International 1990, Miss Baltic Sea 1991, Miss Universe 1995
England	Angie Bowness
Greece	Johanna Mavredaki	Ιωάννα Μαυριδάκη
Iceland	Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdóttir	Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdóttir	Miss Universe 1996
Israel	Yana Kalman	יאנה קלמן	Miss Universe 1995
Switzerland	Veronique Kreen	Veronique Kreen
Turkey	Best acar	Best açar
Other participants
Belarus	Natalia Makei	Натальля Макей
Belgium	Vanessa Minique	Vanessa Minique
Bulgaria	Guergana Karadjova	Гергана Караджова
Denmark	Mille Sandgren
Estonia	Kadri Kont-Kontson	Kadri Kont-Kontson
Finland	Miia Puoskari	Miia Puoskari
France	Sophie Bourger
Holland	Kaysa de Haan	Kaysa de Haan
Ireland	Anna Maria McCarthy	Anna Maria McCarthy	Miss World 1994, Miss Universe 1995
Italy	Barbara Cioni
Latvia	Ilze Sirina	Ilze Širiņa
Lithuania	Danguole Leskeviciute	Danguolė Leskevičiūtė
Luxembourg	Paola Roberto	Paola Roberto	Miss International 1995
Malta	Janet Gould
Austria	Cornalia Hatzl	Cornelia Hatzl
Poland	Magdalena Pecikiewicz	Magdalena Pęcikiewicz	Miss Universe 1995
Portugal	Adriana Iria	Adriana Iria	Miss Universe 1995
Romania	Irena Aldea
Scotland	Tracy West
Slovakia	Jana Budovicova	Jana Budovičová
Spain	Ana Martínez Conde
Ukraine	Vlada Litovchenko	Влада Литовченко (Ukrainian and Russian)
Hungary	Krisztina Dallos
Wales	Liza Warner		Miss World 1996, Miss International 1997

^A.Ilmira Shamsutdinova was named the last Miss USSR in 1991 . She then competed internationally for Russia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ missraplamaa.ee , there under Miss Raplamaa 1995
2. ↑ misshollandnow.com , there in second place

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 1990 to 1999 at pageantopolis.com (English)