Anna Maria "Anke" Groot (; born 1952) is a Dutch retired model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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1973. Groot was the runner-up at Miss Holland 1973 in Roermond, Netherlands.Miss Europa blijft het liefst zichzelf
(in Dutch), ''

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'', 1974. Retrieved 13 February 2017. She reached semi-finals at

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in London, where she won the Miss Photogenic special award. She won the 1973

title in

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, Austria (the contest was postponed to January 1974). In August 1974, she announced her retirement as a model and plans to open a

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where she would become manager and hostess.Miss Europa Anke Groot is model-zijn beu
(in Dutch), ''

'', 1974. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

References

1952 births Dutch beauty pageant winners Dutch female models Living people Miss Europe winners Miss World 1973 delegates {{Netherlands-bio-stub