Miss Europe 1976 was the 38th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 27th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held at the Castle of the Knights of St. John in Rhodes City, Rhodes Island, South Aegean, Greece on 5 June 1976. Riitta Inkeri Väisänen of Finland, was crowned Miss Europe 1976 by outgoing titleholder Maria Isabel "Maribel" Lorenzo Saavedra of Spain.[1] The 1976 contest was held two years after the previous one instead of one year due to the 1975 contest being cancelled. The 1975 contest was originally scheduled to take place in Beirut, Lebanon but was cancelled due to the Lebanese Civil War.
Miss Europe 1976 | |
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Date | 5 June 1976 |
Venue | Castle of the Knights of St. John, Rhodes City, Rhodes Island, South Aegean, Greece |
Entrants | 22 |
Placements | 7 |
Withdrawals | Portugal & Turkey |
Returns | Denmark, Iceland, Scotland, Wales & Yugoslavia |
Winner | Riitta Inkeri Väisänen![]() |
Photogenic | Mary Kirkwood![]() |
Miss Elegance | Mary Kirkwood![]() |
Results
editPlacements
editPlacement | Contestant |
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Miss Europe 1976 | |
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up | |
3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 7 |
Special awards
editAward | Contestant |
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Miss Elegance |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Contestants
edit- Austria - Heidi-Marie Passian
- Belgium - Yvette Maria Aelbrecht
- Cyprus - Andri (Antri) Tsangaridou
- Denmark - UNKNOWN
- England - Pauline Davies
- Finland - Riitta Inkeri Väisänen
- France - Monique Uldaric
- Germany - Karen Fastner
- Greece - Melina Michailidou
- Holland - Lucie Visser[2]
- Iceland - Lara Sveinbergsdóttir
- Ireland - Elaine Rosemary O’Hara[3]
- Italy - Maria Rosa Chimenti
- Luxembourg - Monique Wilmes
- Malta - Carmela Bonello
- Norway - Bente Lihaug
- Scotland - Mary Kirkwood
- Spain - Olga Fernández Pérez
- Sweden - Caroline Westerberg
- Switzerland - Isabella Fischbacher
- Wales - Sian Helen Adey-Jones
- Yugoslavia - UNKNOWN
Notes
editWithdrawals
editReturns
editReplacements
edit- Greece - Christiana Kavroudaki was replaced by Melina Michailidou during the contest.
"Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe" Competition
editMiss Europa 1976 | |
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Date | May 1976 |
Venue | Luna Park de Ricard, Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
Entrants | 23 |
Placements | 5 |
Debuts | Iceland |
Withdrawals | England, Elegance (Miss Elegance), Mediterranean, Scotland, Wales, Yugoslavia |
Returns | Austria, Italy, Monaco & Turkey |
Winner | Maria Teresa Maldonado Valle Spain |
From 1951 to 2002 there was a rival Miss Europe competition organized by the "Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe". This was founded in 1950 by Jean Raibaut in Paris, the headquarters later moved to Marseille. The winners wore different titles like Miss Europe, Miss Europa or Miss Europe International.
This year, the contest took place at the Luna Park de Ricard in Andorra la Vella, Andorra in May 1976. There 23 contestants all representing different countries and regions of Europe. At the end, Maria Teresa Maldonado Valle of Spain was crowned as Miss Europa 1976. She succeeded predecessor Vivianne Van der Cauter of Belgium.[4]
Placements
editFinal results | Contestant |
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Miss Europa 1976 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
Special awards
editAward | Contestant |
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Miss Beautiful Legs |
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Miss Elegance |
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Miss Photogenic |
Contestants
edit- Andorra - Nuria Berruezo
- Austria - UNKNOWN
- Denmark - UNKNOWN
- Finland - Anne Korhonen
- France - UNKNOWN
- Germany - UNKNOWN
- Holland - Nanny van der Kuyl
- Iceland - Torill Mariann Larsen (of Norway)
- Italy - UNKNOWN
- Luxembourg - UNKNOWN
- Monaco - Danielle Payan
- Norway - Nina Kristine Ronneberg
- Spain - Maria Teresa Maldonado Valle
- Sweden - UNKNOWN
- Switzerland - UNKNOWN
- Turkey - UNKNOWN
Notes
editWithdrawals
edit- Belgium
- England
- Elegance (Miss Elegance)
- Ireland
- Mediterranean
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Wales
- Yugoslavia
Returns
editDebuts
editReferences
edit- ^ "Miss Europe 1976". Lempimissit. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ^ a b "Miss Holland 1976 | Miss Holland Now |" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Legacy « Miss Ireland". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Unofficial Miss Europe 1976/Miss Europa 1976". Lempimissit. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
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