Miss Europe 1978, also sometimes referred to as Miss Europe 1977, was the 39th edition of the

Miss Europe Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by , the European distributor of Paramount, as a one-off event where the winner was to star in a film directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. A ...

pageant and the 28th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

on March 15, 1978. Eva Maria Düringer of

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

, was crowned Miss Europe 1978/1977 by outgoing titleholder Riitta Inkeri Väisänen of

Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Eva Maria Düringer * - Jacqueline Harmars * - Sarah Louise Long * - Maarit Ryhänen * - Véronique Fagot * - Dagmar Gabriele Winkler * - Maria Spantidaki * - Caroline Hooft * - Guðbjörg (Gudbjörg) Vilhjálmsdóttir * - Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez * - Emanuela Goggia * - Åshild Ottesen * - Guillermina Ruiz-Doménech * - Evonne Wilhelmsson * - Gaby Bosshard

Notes

Withdrawals

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"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

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, the headquarters later moved to

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. The winners wore different titles like Miss Europe, Miss Europa or Miss Europe International. This year, the contest took place in

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia (; ), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until Unification of Italy, 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 172,51 ...

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on September 11, 1978. There 22 contestants all representing different countries and regions of Europe. At the end, Barbara-Ann Neefs of

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was crowned as Miss Europa 1978. She succeeded predecessor Maria Teresa Maldonado Valle of

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Placements

Contestants

* - Marlene Sanchez * - Monique DeHavilland * - Christine Oset * - Helena Henrikssonova * - Christina Petersen * - Robina Sharpe * - Anne Marite Erkkila * - Danielle Borchio * - Simone Gorczak * - Fani Griba * - Barbara-Ann Neefs * - Janet Gilbey * - UNKNOWN * - Marika Spiteri * - Sylvie Parera * - Helene Hornfeldt * - Vokosava Andielkovic * - Joanna Woolger * - Katarina Malmros * - Katherina Hasenknopf * - Nazan Saatçi * - Milena Omerzu

Notes

Withdrawals

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Returns

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Debuts

References

External links

* Miss Europe 1978 beauty pageants 1978 in Finland 1978 in Italy Beauty pageants in Finland Beauty pageants in Italy 1970s in Helsinki Events in Helsinki Women in Helsinki {{Pageant-stub