Miss Europe 2006

Alexandra Rosenfeld, Miss France and Miss Europe 2006

The competition for Miss Europe 2006 was the third and last since 2003, organized by Endemol , an international television production and development company based in the Netherlands. The 2004 election was canceled. Endemol also produced the television broadcast.

The candidates had been selected in their countries of origin by national organizing committees that had concluded license agreements with Endemol. It does not always have to be the first place in your national competition.

The event took place on October 27, 2006 in the Ukrainian capital Kiev . There were 33 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
Placements
1. France	Alexandra Rosenfeld	Alexandra Rosenfeld	Miss Universe 2006
2. Ukraine	Alena Avramenko	Алена Авраменко
3. Spain	Laura Ojeda Ramírez	Laura Ojeda Ramírez
4. Poland	Katarzyna Weronika Borowicz	Katarzyna Borowicz	Miss World 2004: 4th place, Miss Earth 2005: 3rd place
5. Belarus	Yuliya Sindzeyeva	Юлія Сіндзеева (Belarusian) , Юлия Синдеева (Russian)	Miss International 2007: 3rd place, Top Model of the World 2008: Semifinals, Miss World 2009
Top 12
Armenia	Marina Vardanyan	Մարինա Վարդանյան
Belgium	Kaat Vermeeren
Germany	Daniela Domröse	Daniela Domröse
Finland	Sini Vahela	Sini Vahela
Moldova	Yekaterina Vigovskaya	Ekaterina Vigovskaya
Norway	Karoline Nakken		Miss International 2005
Switzerland	Sabine Christina Heierli	Sabine Christina Heierli
Other participants
Albania	Suada Bilbil Sherifi		Miss World 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Valentina Jurkovic	Valentina Jurkovic
Bulgaria	Ralitsa Bratovanova	Ралица Братованова
Denmark	Sandra Vester	Sandra Vester	Miss Scandinavia 2005
Estonia	Jana Kuvaitseva	Jana Kuvaitseva, Яна Кувайцева (Russian)
Georgia	Tatia Aprasidze	თათია აპრასიძე
Greece	Olympia Hopsonidou	Ολυμπία Χοψονίδου (Olympia Chopsonidou)	Miss Universe 2006
Great Britain	Eleanor Mary Ann Glynn	Eleanor Glynn	Miss World 2006
Iceland	Asdís Svava Hallgrímsdóttir	Ásdís Svava Hallgrímsdóttir	Miss World 2006
Malta	Sefora Micallef
Montenegro	Maja Perovic	Maja Perovič
Netherlands	Florencia Mulder	Florencia Mulder
Austria	Cathrin Czizek	Cathrin Czizek
Romania	Irina Cucireve	Irina Cucireve
Sweden	Cecilia Zatterl Harbo Kristensen		Miss International 2005, Miss Earth 2006
Serbia	Ana Sain	Ana Šain
Slovakia	Katarina Holanova	Kateřina Holánová
Czech Republic	Daniela Frantzova	Daniela Frantzová
Turkey	Sedla Ögrük
Hungary	Tunde Semmi-Kis	Semmi-Kis Tünde	Miss World 2005
Cyprus	Konstantina Kristodoulou	Κωνσταντίνα Χριστοδούλου

Follow-up events

Elections announced for Moscow in 2007 and Beirut in 2008 and 2009 did not take place. After that, nothing more was heard of this competition.

In the following years there were numerous competitions with similar sounding names :

• Miss European 2000-2015
• Miss European Union 2004–?
• Miss Europe Continental since 2013
• Miss Europe World since 2015

This leads to the conclusion that the title and brand Miss Europe® were still owned by Endemol and that other organizers were forced to circumvent the trademark protection in this way.

It was not until 2016 that there was another election for Miss Europe, organized by a Miss Europe Organization based in London , later Edinburgh . Photos of the winners from 2016 and 2017 show them with the same crown that the winners wore from 2003 to 2006. This is apparently intended to establish, or at least suggest, a continuity to the earlier events.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pageantopolis indicates a Ukraina Hall here .
2. ↑ misshollandnow.com , 2nd place there
3. ↑ Miss European
4. ↑ Miss European Union ( Memento from April 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Miss Europe Continental
6. ↑ Miss Europe World
7. ↑ The unlabeled portrait photos under the caption show Zsuzsanna Laky (2003, center), Shermine Shahrivar (2005, left) and Alexandra Rosenfeld (2006, right): opening page , accessed on July 5, 2017.

Web links

• Competitions 2000 to 2006 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Film of the 2006 election on YouTube (French)