History of Miss Europe

**Tidus** Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:24 am

Miss Europe is an annual, regional beauty pageant among female contestants from the nations of the European continent established at the end of World War II by Roger Zeiler of the French Committee of Elegance and Claude Berr. Most contestants won their respective national contests for Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Earth and participated as supplemental training for their respective competitions. If the titleholders have not succeeded in winning their international titles, titleholders eventually compete for the Miss Europe crown, such as the case of France's Elodie Gossuin who placed in the Top 10 at Miss Universe 2001 yet won the Miss Europe title in the subsequent year.

Recent editions have included contestants from Israel, and Lebanon. In fact, its 2001 and 2002 pageants were held in Lebanon, well outside of the geographic boundaries of Europe. The license to the pageant passed on to French production company Endemol in 2003.

Score Table

7France, Germany, Spain,
6 Finland
5 Austria, Turkey
4 Greece
3 Italy, Netherlands, Russia
2 Denmark, Hungary, Switzerland
1Czech Republic, England, Israel, Norway, Yugoslavia

Titleholders
Year Miss Europe Country Venue
1928 Stefanie Job Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Paris, France
1929 Erzsébet (Böske) Simon Flag of Hungary Hungary Paris, France
1930 Aliki Diplarakou Flag of Greece Greece Paris, France
1931 Jeanne Juilla Flag of France France Paris, France
1932 Åse Clausen Flag of Denmark Denmark Nice, France
1933 Tatiana Marlow Flag of Russia Russia Madrid, Spain
1934 Ester Toivonen Flag of Finland Finland Hastings, United Kingdom
1935 Alicia Navarro Flag of Spain Spain Paris, France
1936 Antonia Arques Flag of Spain Spain Tunis, Tunisia
1937 Britta Wikström Flag of Finland Finland Alger, Algeria
1938 Sirkka Salonen Flag of Finland Finland Copenhagen, Denmark
1939-47 -
1948 Jacqueline Donny Flag of France France Enghien-les-Bains, France
1949 Juliette Figueras Flag of France France Palermo, Italy
1950 Hanni Schall Flag of Austria Austria Rimini, Italy
1951 Jacqueline Genton Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Palermo, Italy
1952 Günseli Başar Flag of Turkey Turkey Naples, Italy
1953 Eloisa Cianni Flag of Italy Italy Istanbul, Turkey
1954 Christel Schaack Flag of Germany Germany Vichy, France
Danièle Gerault Flag of France France
1955 Inga-Britt Söderberg Flag of Finland Finland Helsinki, Finland
1956 Margit Nünke Flag of Germany Germany Stockholm, Sweden
1957 Corine Rottschäfer Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Baden-Baden, Germany
1958 Johanna (Hanni) Ehrenstrasser Flag of Austria Austria Istanbul, Turkey
1959 Christine Spatzier Flag of Austria Austria Palermo, Italy
1960 Anna Ranalli Flag of Italy Italy Beirut, Lebanon
1961 Ingrun Helgard Möckel Flag of Germany Germany Beirut, Lebanon
1962 Maruja García Nicoláu Flag of Spain Spain Beirut, Lebanon
1963 Mette Stenstad Flag of Norway Norway Beirut, Lebanon
1964 Elly Konie Koot Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Beirut, Lebanon
1965 Juliana Herm Flag of Germany Germany Nice, France
1966 Maria Dornier Flag of France France Nice, France
1967 Paquita Torres Pérez Flag of Spain Spain Nice, France
1968 Leena Marketta Brusiin Flag of Finland Finland Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1969 Sasa Zajc Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Rabat, Morocco
1970 Noelia Alfonso Cabrera Flag of Spain Spain Piraeus, Greece
1971 Filiz Vural Flag of Turkey Turkey Tunis, Tunisia
1972 Monika Sarp Flag of Germany Germany Estoril, Portugal
1973 Anke Maria Groot Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Kitzbühel, Austria
1974 Maria Isabel (Maribel) Lorenzo Saavedra Flag of Spain Spain Vienna, Austria
1975 -
1976 Riitta Inkeri Väisänen Flag of Finland Finland Rhodes, Greece
1977 -
1978 Eva Maria Düringer Flag of Austria Austria Helsinki, Finland
1979 -
1980 Karin Zorn Flag of Austria Austria Puerto de la Cruz, Spain
1981 Anne Mette Larsen Flag of Denmark Denmark Birmingham, England
1982 Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu Flag of Turkey Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
1983 -
1984 Neşe Erberk Flag of Turkey Turkey Bad Gastein, Austria
1985 Juncal Rivero Fadrique Flag of Spain Spain Mainz, Germany
1986-87 -
1988 Michela Rocco di Torrepadula Flag of Italy Italy Ragusa, Italy
1989-90 -
1991 Susanne Petry Flag of Germany Germany Dakar, Senegal
Katerina Michalopoulou Flag of Greece Greece
1992 Marina Tsintikidou Flag of Greece Greece Athens, Greece
1993 Arzum Onan Flag of Turkey Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
1994 Lilach Ben-Simon Flag of Israel Israel Istanbul, Turkey
1995 Monika Zidkova Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Istanbul, Turkey
1996 Marie-Claire Harrison Flag of England England Tirana, Albania
1997 Isabelle Darras Flag of Greece Greece Greece
1998 -
1999 Yelena Rogozhina Flag of Russia Russia Beirut, Lebanon
2000 -
2001 Elodie Gossuin Flag of France France Beirut, Lebanon
2002 Svetlana Koroleva Flag of Russia Russia Beirut, Lebanon
2003 Zsuzsanna Laky Flag of Hungary Hungary Nogent-sur-Marne, France
2004 -
2005 Shermine Shahrivar Flag of Germany Germany Paris, France
2006 Alexandra Rosenfeld Flag of France France Kyiv, Ukraine

**Tidus** Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:30 am

There were no Miss Europe contests in 1989 and 1990, supposedly due to the Gulf War. The titleholder in 1991 is officially known as Miss Europe 1990/91.
Susanne Petry of Germany was later "dismissed" and the title given to the 1st runner-up, Katerina Michalopoulou of Greece

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**Tidus** Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:36 am

2001: FRANCE
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2002: RUSSIA
Svetlana Koroleva

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2003: HUNGARY
Zsuzsanna Laky

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2005: GERMANY
Shermine Shivar
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2006: FRANCE
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**Tidus** Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:45 am

Miss Europe 1995 - Monika Zidkova from Czech republic

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**Tidus** Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:02 am

The first ever miss Europe Aliki Diplarakou from Greece.

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In 1929 Aliki entered the "Miss Hellas" pageant as Miss Athens. Her biggest competitor was Miss Thessaloniki Roxani Stergiou , who came in second to Aliki. Aliki won the title and was given the chance to represent her country at the Miss Europe event in Paris, where she was crowned Miss Europe on February 6, 1930.
That same year the 18-year-old brunette beauty was once more given the chance to represent her country and Europe in the Miss Universe Contest. The event was held on October 13, 1930 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Aliki did very well, coming away as runner-up.
Aliki can be seen as somewhat of a pioneer in the beauty contest world. In an era when it was believed that pageant winners with intelligence did not exist, she proved them wrong. She toured the United States giving lectures on ancient and modern Greek culture. Aside from her native Greek language, she also spoke fluent English, French and Italian. She made headlines in the 1930s when she dressed up in men's clothes and smuggled herself into the monks' sanctuary on Mount Athos which had stood "inviolated" since the time of the Byzantine Empire, save for harbouring female refugees twice in the past.
When asked by reporters on how she became Miss Europe, she was quoted in Time magazine as saying:

"My mother, some friends and I were at tea one day last year at the British Embassy in Athens when someone for fun suggested we go look at the beauty contest being held in an Athens theatre. We went and sat in a box. The judges... suddenly called out my name. I thought they were fooling... When I tried to refuse, the President of Greece said I must accept as a patriotic duty. Three days later I found myself in Paris: I won the European contest, and of course had then to go through with it and go to Rio."
Aliki also tried her skills in theater, her first appearance being in Prometheus.

On July 13, 1953, Aliki was a featured item in a Time's article, "The Climax of Sin"[1], which discussed the transformation of women's role throughout history. Aliki was mentioned in regard to her escapades of dressing up as a man and sneaking into Mount Athos where no women were allowed.