Miss Europe 1996

Miss Europe 1996 was a beauty pageant thattook placein Albania in the second half of September 1996. Miss Europe was selectedat a second event in Turkey in October of the same year.

Miss Europe 1996

Poster at the Palace of Culture in Tirana referring to the event

The Miss Europe 1996 competition was the fortieth 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 main sponsor of the event was the Albanian company Gjallica , one of the 16 pyramid companies that were all supposed to go bankrupt a few months later, which triggered the lottery uprising , a violent state crisis, in early 1997 . During their stay in Albania for several weeks, the Missen visited various sights for photo ops. The state television TVSH reported daily. 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 winner was announced on September 28, 1996 in the capital Tirana . There were 35 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. England	Marie-Claire Harrison
2. Belarus	Yelena Shcherbak	Алена Шчэрбак
3. Israel	Kim Roslikov
4. Greece	Nonie Dounia	Νόνη Δούνια
5. Spain	Aurelia Barrera Escalera	Aurelia Barrera Escalera
Top 12
Albania	Hygerta Sako	Hygerta Sako
Belgium	Laetitia Bureau	Laëtitia Bureau
Finland	Anitra Ahtola	Anitra Ahtola	Miss Baltic Sea 1997
France	Caroline Clery	Caroline Cléry
Italy	Anna Valle	Anna Valle	Miss Universe 1996
Slovakia	Marcela Janova	Marcela Jánová
Turkey	Pinar Yigit	Pinar Yiğit
Other participants
Armenia	Karine Khachatrian	Կարինե Խաչատրյան
Bulgaria	Svetlana Stoianova	Светлана Стоянова
Denmark	Anette Oldenborg	Anette Oldenborg	Miss Universe 1996, Miss Baltic Sea 1998: 2nd place, Miss Scandinavia 2000: 2nd place
Germany	Miriam Ruppert	Miriam Ruppert	Miss Intercontinental 1996, Miss Universe 1996
Estonia	Kaie Kaas	Kaie Kaas
Holland	Virginia Koopmans	Virginia Koopmans
Georgia	Natia Gogichiashvili	ნათია… ვილი
Ireland	Joanne Black	Joanne Black	Miss World 1995, Miss Universe 1996
Iceland	Solveig Lilja Gudmundsdóttir	Sólveig Lilja Guðmundsdóttir	Miss Universe 1997
Latvia	Ilvita Liepina	Ilvita Liepiņa
Lithuania	Sonata Pulkauskaite	Sonata Pulkauskaitė
Luxembourg	Christiane Lorent	Christiane Lorent
Malta	Donna Evans Xwereb	Donna Evans Xuereb
Poland	Agata Dworniczek	Agata Dworniczek
Portugal	Rita Carvalho	Rita Carvalho	Miss Universe 1996
Romania	Angela Patau
Russia	Victoria Bogdanova	Виктория Богданова
Sweden	Anna Olin
Switzerland	Mariana Barleycorn
Czech Republic	Iva Kubelkova	Iva Kubelková
Ukraine	Radmila Lalazarova	Радмила Лалазарова (Russian)
Wales	Zara Baynes
Cyprus	Christiana Stavrinides	Χριστίνα Σταυρινίδου (Christina Stavrinidou)

Miss Europe 1996

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 .

The election for Miss Europe 1996 took place on October 4, 1996 in the Turkish metropolis of Izmir . There were 30 applicants.

Placements:

• 1. Sweden : Mimmi Gunnarsson (resigned) 
• 2. Finland : Jenni Rautawaara (took over the title) 
• 3. Scotland : Kelly Hodson 

Other participants:

•  Albania : Medera Moxma Diaz
•  Andorra : Helena Bourre
•  Bulgaria : Adelina Dinkova / Аделина Динкова
•  France : Cynthia Lustig
•  Greece : Teresa Rousso / Τερέζα Ρούσσου
•  Israel : Olga Makaron
•  Croatia : Suzanna Miltanovica
•  Luxembourg : Marilyne Rambourt
• Macedonia :?
•  Moldova : Monica Zamfir
• "Mediterranean": Cathy Palombo
•  Monaco : Geraldine Flechmon
•  New Caledonia : Tanya Lise Chitty ( Miss International 1996: Semifinals)
•  Netherlands : Kelly Smit
•  Norway : Carina Mjones
•  Poland : Beata Palega
•  Romania : Iolanda Bellu
•  Russia : Polina Gavia / Попина Гавия
• "Scandinavia": Marika Toppari
•  Switzerland : Katie Pastori
•  Spain : Cristina Moreno
•  Turkey : Bilge Kara
•  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus :?
•  Ukraine : Natalia Egorava / Наталья Егорова
•  United Kingdom : Anna Marie Todino
•  Wales : Trudi Leeson
•  Cyprus : Sureyya Eray / Süreyya Eray

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lars Haefner: Hot autumn election . In: newsletter Albania . No. 15 , November 5, 1996, pp. 7 ( albanien.ch ).
2. ↑ Anna Valle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
3. ↑ Pinar Yiğit at sinematurk.com (Turkish)
4. ↑ misshollandnow.com , 3rd place there
5. ↑ zarchiwummiss.eu , there under Lista kandydatek
6. ↑ Iva Kubelková in the Internet Movie Database (English)
7. ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Competition 1978–2002 at Pageantopolis (English) ( Memento from March 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )