Miss Europe 2001

Élodie Gossuin , Miss France and Miss Europe 2001.

The Miss Europe 2001 competition was the forty-third since 1948 organized by the Mondial Events Organization (MEO). (Several events were canceled). The organization was founded by the French Roger Zeiler and Claude Berr, was based in Paris and held 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.

The Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL), location of the event.

The event took place on December 29, 2001 at the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center in the Lebanese capital Beirut . There were 33 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. France	Elodie Gossuin	Élodie Gossuin	Miss Universe 2001: Semifinals
2. Poland	Adriana Gerczew	Adriana Gerczew	Miss International 1999: semifinals
3. Croatia	Karla Milinovic	Karla Milinović
4. Turkey	Hatice Sendil	Hatice Şendil
5. Spain	Verónica Martín García
Top 15
Armenia	Irina Tovmasian	Իրինա Թովմասյան
Belarus	Alesya Shmigel'skaya	Алеся Шмігельская
Finland	Susanna Tervaniemi	Susanna Tervaniemi	Miss Scandinavia 2002: 2nd place
Greece	Eleftheria Pantelidaki	Ελευθερία Παντελιδάκη
Iceland	Íris Björk Árnadóttir	Íris Björk Árnadóttir	Miss Scandinavia 2002: Winner, Queen of the World 2002: Winner
Moldova	Yuliya Shavelyeva	Юлия ...
Romania	Corina Nicoleta Tulan		Queen of the Year 2000: semifinals
Russia	Oksana calandyrets	Оксана Каландырец	Miss Universe 2001: Semifinals
Slovakia	Lucia Pilkova	Lucia Pilková
Ukraine	Kseniya Kuz'menko	Ксенія Кузьменко	Miss World 1997
Other participants
Albania	Gentiana Ramadani	Gentiana Ramadani
Belgium	Ann Van Elsen	Ann Van Elsen	Miss Universe 2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sanja Plese	Sanja Pleše
Denmark	Mary Nordman		Miss Scandinavia 2001, Miss Baltic Sea 2002
Germany	Katharina Berndt	Katharina Berndt	Miss Baltic Sea 2002: 3rd place
Estonia	Ragne Sinikas	Ragne Sinikas	Miss Intercontinental 2001
Georgia	Ana Ashvetiya	ანა (აშვეთია?)
Yugoslavia	Nevena Djordjevic	Nevena Đorđević
Latvia	Yulia Djadenko	Jūlija Djadenko	Miss Europe 2005
Malta	Loredana Zammit
Macedonia	Maja Georgieva	Маја Георгиева
Netherlands	Irena Pantelic	Irena Pantelic	Miss World 2001
San Marino	Marzia Bellesso		Miss International 2001: Semifinals
Sweden	Elisabeth Hall
Slovenia	Anja Slatinsek	Anja Slatinšek
Czech Republic	Ema Cernakova	Ema Černáková
Hungary	Palma Perenyi	Perényi Pálma
Cyprus	Despina Romanaki	Δέσποινα Ρωμανάκη (Despoina Romanaki)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ragne Sinikas at parnu.postimees.ee
2. ↑ misshollandnow.com

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 2000 to 2006 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Film of the 2001 election on YouTube (Spanish)