Miss Europe
Miss Europe is a beauty pageant with female contestants from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 (or 1929 ) by French journalist Maurice de Waleffe (1874-1946[1]), who also created, in 1920, what by 1927 had become the Miss France pageant. Miss Europa was first held at the Paris Opera with participants from 18 countries.
Type | Beauty Pageant |
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The contest was interrupted by the onset of World War II but later re-established by Mr. Zeigler (of the Moulin Rouge) and Claude Berr. Most contestants won their respective national contests for Miss World, and participated as supplemental training for their respective competitions. After the death of Berr, Roger Zeigler sold the license for the pageant to Endemol France, part of the Dutch television production company Endemol, in 2003. Current Miss Europe titleholder is Andrea de las Heras from Spain, who was crowned in Hotel Martinez in May 2019 during Cannes Festival.
Titleholders
Country/Territory by winning the title
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8 | 1935, 1936, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1985, 2019 |
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7 | 1931, 1948, 1949, 1966, 2001, 2006, 2016 |
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1954, 1956, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1991 (disq.), 2005 | |
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6 | 1934, 1937, 1938, 1955, 1968, 1976 |
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5 | 1952, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1993 |
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1950, 1958, 1959, 1978, 1980 | |
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4 | 1930, 1991 (resume), 1997, 1992 |
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3 | 1999, 2002, 2018 |
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1957, 1964, 1973 | |
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2 | 1929, 2003 |
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1963, 1986 | |
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1932, 1981 | |
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1927, 1969 | |
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1939, 1953, 1960 | |
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1 | 2018 |
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2017 | |
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1996 | |
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1995 | |
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1994 | |
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1951 | |
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1933 |
Details
The Miss Europe 2018 were winners from two countries, first time in 90 years history title divided between two countries: Anastasia Ammosova from Russia and Anna Shornikova from Ukraine. 1st runner up Miss Europe 2018 is Nika Kar from Slovenia and 2nd runner up is Agatha Maksimova from France.
Gallery
- Miss USSR, Tat’yana Maslova 1933; Miss Europe 1933
- Miss Europe 1934, Ester Toivonen
- Miss Europe 1953 Eloisa Cianni
- Miss Europe 1969
- Miss Europe 2001
- Miss Europe 2005
- Miss Europe 2006
- Miss Europe 2016
References
External links
See also
- List of beauty contests