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Miss Europe 1976 - Wikipedia

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Miss Europe 1976
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 Finland
Photogenic	Mary Kirkwood Scotland
Miss Elegance	Mary Kirkwood Scotland
← 1974 1978 →

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	Finland – Riitta Väisänen
1st Runner-Up	Switzerland – Isabella Fischbacher
2nd Runner-Up	Holland – Lucie Visser^[2]
3rd Runner-Up	Greece – Melina Michailidou
4th Runner-Up	Scotland – Mary Kirkwood
Top 7	Cyprus – Andri Tsangaridou Norway – Bente Lihaug

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Elegance	Scotland – Mary Kirkwood
Miss Photogenic	Scotland – Mary Kirkwood

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

Portugal
Turkey

Returns

Denmark
Iceland
Scotland
Wales
Yugoslavia

Replacements

Greece - Christiana Kavroudaki was replaced by Melina Michailidou during the contest.

"Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe" Competition

Miss Europa 1976
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
← 1975 1978 →

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	Spain - Maria Teresa Maldonado Valle
1st runner-up	Holland - Nanny van der Kuyl
2nd runner-up	Andorra - Nuria Berruezo
3rd runner-up	Monaco - Danielle Payan
4th runner-up	Iceland - Torill Mariann Larsen (of Norway)

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Beautiful Legs	Finland - Anne Korhonen
Miss Elegance	France - UNKNOWN
Miss Photogenic	Iceland - Torill Mariann Larsen (of Norway)

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

Austria
Italy
Monaco
Turkey

Debuts

Iceland

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.

External links

Official website

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