 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.
Miss Europe 2006
The casting tour among winners of Ukrainian regional beauty competitions will start in June and will last through July. The final is slated for October to November, 2006. The winner of the competition will be established through balloting by TV audience. According to Omar Arfush, the "Miss Europe - 2006" competition in Kyiv became possible under purchase of the show. He also said that he is on a stage of negotiations with Hollywood actress Sharon Stone to head the jury of the competition.
Alexandra Rosenfeld won Miss Europe 2006
Blonde Miss France, Alexandra Rosenfeld, on Friday won the Miss Europe 2006 title in the Ukrainian capital which hosted the annual contest for the first time. Rosenfeld, 19, from the southern Languedoc region, was chosen by an international jury headed by Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli.
The youngest sister of the 1996 title holder, Claire-Marie Harrison, is now a professional *bridal make-up artist under her married name of Charlotte Greaves.
Titleholders
| Year |
Miss Europe |
Country |
Venue |
| 1928 |
Stefanie Job |
Switzerland |
Paris, France |
| 1929 |
Erzsebet (Böske) Simon |
Hungary |
Paris, France |
| 1930 |
Aliki Diplarakou |
Greece |
Paris, France |
| 1931 |
Jeanne Juilla |
France |
Paris, France |
| 1932 |
Åse Clausen |
Denmark |
Nice,
France |
| 1933 |
Tatiana Maslow |
Russia |
Madrid, Spain |
| 1934 |
Ester Toivonen |
Finland |
Hastings,
United Kingdom |
| 1935 |
Alicia Navarro |
Spain |
Paris, France |
| 1936 |
Antonia Arques |
Spain |
Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1937 |
Britta Wikström |
Finland |
Alger,
Algeria |
| 1938 |
Sirkka Salonen |
Finland |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1939-47 |
NOT HELD |
| 1948 |
Jacqueline Donny |
France |
Enghien-les-Bains, France |
| 1949 |
Juliette Figueras |
France |
Palermo, Italy |
| 1950 |
Hanni Schall |
Austria |
Rimini,
Italy |
| 1951 |
Jacqueline Genton |
Switzerland |
Palermo, Italy |
| 1952 |
Günseli Başar |
Turkey |
Naples,
Italy |
| 1953 |
Eloisa Cianni |
Italy |
Istanbul,
Turkey |
| 1954 |
Christel Schaack |
Germany |
Vichy, France |
|
Danièle Gerault |
France |
| 1955 |
Inga-Britt Söderberg |
Finland |
Helsinki, Finland |
| 1956 |
Margit Nünke |
Germany |
Stockholm,
Sweden |
| 1957 |
Corine Rottschäfer |
Netherlands |
Baden-Baden, Germany |
| 1958 |
Johanna (Hanni) Ehrenstrasser |
Austria |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1959 |
Christine Spatzier |
Austria |
Palermo, Italy |
| 1960 |
Anna Ranalli |
Italy |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1961 |
Ingrun Helgard Möckel |
Germany |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1962 |
Maruja García Nicoláu |
Spain |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1963 |
Mette Stenstad |
Norway |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1964 |
Elly Konie Koot |
Netherlands |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1965 |
Juliana Herm |
Germany |
Nice,
France |
| 1966 |
Maria Dornier |
France |
Nice, France |
| 1967 |
Paquita Torres Perez |
Spain |
Nice, France |
| 1968 |
Leena Marketta Brusiin |
Finland |
Kinshasa,
DR Congo |
| 1969 |
Sasa Zajc |
Yugoslavia |
Rabat, Morocco |
| 1970 |
Noelia Alfonso Cabrera |
Spain |
Piraeus, Greece |
| 1971 |
Filiz Vural |
Turkey |
Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1972 |
Monika Sarp |
Germany |
Estoril, Portugal |
| 1973 |
Anke Maria Groot |
Netherlands |
Kitzbühel, Austria |
| 1974 |
Maria Isabel Lorenzo Saavedra |
Spain |
Vienna,
Austria |
| 1975 |
NOT HELD |
| 1976 |
Riitta Inkeri Väisänen |
Finland |
Rhodes, Greece |
| 1977 |
NOT HELD |
| 1978 |
Eva Maria Düringer |
Austria |
Helsinki, Finland |
| 1979 |
NOT HELD |
| 1980 |
Karin Zorn |
Austria |
Puerto de la Cruz, Spain |
| 1981 |
Anne Mette Larsen |
Denmark |
Birmingham, England |
| 1982 |
Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu |
Turkey |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1983 |
NOT HELD |
| 1984 |
Neşe Erberk |
Turkey |
Bad Gastein, Austria |
| 1985 |
Juncal Rivero Fadrique |
Spain |
Mainz,
Germany |
| 1986-87 |
NOT HELD |
| 1988 |
Michela Rocco di Torrepadula |
Italy |
Ragusa, Italy |
| 1989-90 |
NOT HELD |
| 1991 |
Susanne Petry |
Germany |
Dakar,
Senegal |
|
Katerina Michalopoulou |
Greece |
| 1992 |
Marina Tsintikidou |
Greece |
Athens,
Greece |
| 1993 |
Arzum Onan |
Turkey |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1994 |
Lilach Ben-Simon |
Israel |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1995 |
Monika Zidkova |
Czech
Republic |
Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1996 |
Claire-Marie Harrison |
United
Kingdom |
Tirana, Albania |
| 1997 |
Isabelle Darras |
Greece |
Paris,France |
| 1998 |
NOT HELD |
| 1999 |
Yelena Rogozhina |
Russia |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2000 |
NOT HELD |
| 2001 |
Elodie Gossuin |
France |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2002 |
Svetlana Koroleva |
Russia |
Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2003 |
Zsuzsanna Laky |
Hungary |
Nogent-sur-Marne, France |
| 2004 |
NOT HELD |
| 2005 |
Shermine Shahrivar |
Germany |
Paris,
France |
| 2006 |
Alexandra Rosenfeld |
France |
Kyiv,
Ukraine |
| 2007 |
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Moscow, Russia |
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