Miss Europe 1999

Aerial view of Beirut, location of the event.

The Miss Europe 1999 competition was the forty-second 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 1999/2000

The event took place on June 25, 1999 in the Lebanese capital Beirut . There were 39 applicants. In the following year 2000 the competition should be held there again. However, it was canceled due to the uncertain political situation . This is why MEO subsequently referred to him and the winner as "Miss Europe 1999/2000".

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. Russia	Yelena Rogozhina	Елена Рогожина
2. Italy	Cristina Cellai	Cristina Cellai
3. Estonia	Kadri Väljaots	Kadri Väljaots	Miss Baltic Sea 1999: winner
4. Finland	Minna Lehtinen	Minna Lehtinen	Miss World 1997
5. Czech Republic	Jitka Kocurova	Jitka Kocurová	Miss Universe 2000
Top 15
Armenia	Gohar Harutyunian	Գոհար Հարությունյան
Belarus	Svetlana Kruk	Святлана Крук (Sviatlana Kruk)	Miss World 2000
France	Pamela Semmache	Pamela Semmache
Iceland	Katrín Rós Baldursdóttir	Katrín Rós Baldursdóttir
Croatia	Tijana Safar	Tijana Safar
Sweden	Malin Jonsson	Malin Jonsson
Switzerland	Tiziana Bölsterli	Tiziana Bölsterli
Slovakia	Dusana Fridrichova	Dušana Fridrichová
Turkey	Hulya Mutlu	Hülya Mutlu
Ukraine	Yuliya Zharkova	Юлія Жаркoва (Ukrainian) , Юлия Жаркoва (Russian)
Other participants
Albania	Venera Mustafa
Belgium	Alexandra Monteiro
Bulgaria	Krastina Totkova	Кръстина Тоткова
Denmark	Maria Hjelmborg	Maria Hjelmborg
Germany	Helene Lowenstein
Georgia	Eka Tordia
Greece	Fei Georgakopoulou	Φαίη Γεωργακοπούλου
Great Britain	Danielle Waller		Miss Europe 1999 of the "Comité Officiel" (see below)
Ireland	Claire McKenna
Latvia	Anete Jurjane		Best Model of the World 1999, Miss Bikini World 2001
Lithuania	Ieva Bieliauskaite	Ieva Bieliauskaitė
Malta	Janet Spiteri
Macedonia	Ana Binovska	Ана Биновска	Miss International 1998
Moldova	Lilia Ciofu
Netherlands	Angèle du Bois	Angela du Bois
Norway	Anette Rusten		Miss International 1999
Austria	Magdalena Jamrozy
Poland	Agnieszka Stolarczyk
Portugal	Marisa Ferreira		Miss Universe 1999
Romania	Angela Tanase
Slovenia	Tatiana Tutan	Tatiana Tutan
Spain	Inmaculada Nadal González	Inmaculada Nadal González
Hungary	Erika Dankai		Miss World 1999
Cyprus	Carina Constantinidou	Καρίνα Κωνσταντίνιδου

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 on September 8, 1999 in the Greek Theater in Taormina on the Italian island of Sicily . There were 34 applicants, 22 of whom are documented by name.

Placements:

• 1. Romania : Anna Maria Tudorache 
• 2. Spain : Eva Maria Blanco Games 

Among the other participants:

•  Albania : Aldona Elezi
•  Bulgaria : Ana Maria Oproiu
•  Bulgaria : Cristina Stan
•  Germany : Jessica Stahl
•  England : Zara Baynes (participation in Miss Europe 1996 for Wales)
•  England : Kishmiro Dickinson
•  England : Angela Lynn Smedley
•  England : Katie Vigers
•  England : Danielle Waller (also participation in the MEO competition, see above)
•  Finland : Jenni Ahola
•  Finland : Linda Kvalvaag ( Miss Globe 1999: Semifinals, for Norway)
•  Finland : Anu Pekkarinen
•  Latvia : Iveta Vanaga (participation in the Queen of the World 1998)
•  Malta : Citianne Balzan
•  Romania : Alina Tautan
•  Romania : Simona Verestiuc
•  Sweden : Nadine Callus
•  Ukraine : Galina Lakhtina / Галіна Лахтіна (Ukrainian) , Галина Лахтина (Russian)
•  Hungary : Szilvia Booli
•  Hungary : Lilla Hartai

Individual evidence

1. ↑ misshollandnow.com , 2nd place there
2. ↑ Tatjana Tutan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
3. ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Competition 1978–2002 at Pageantopolis (English) ( Memento from March 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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