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.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| 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
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Elegance |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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Contestants
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
Withdrawals
Returns
Replacements
- Greece - Christiana Kavroudaki was replaced by Melina Michailidou during the contest.
"Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe" Competition
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
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| 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
| Award | Contestant |
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| Miss Beautiful Legs |
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| Miss Elegance |
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| Miss Photogenic |
Contestants
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
Withdrawals
- Belgium
- England
- Elegance (Miss Elegance)
- Ireland
- Mediterranean
Portugal- Scotland
- Wales
- Yugoslavia
Returns
Debuts
References
- ^ "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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