Miss Europe 1968

Miss Europe 1968
Leena Brusiin
DateSeptember 23, 1968
VenueKinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
Entrants21
Placements5
ReturnsCzechoslovakia
WinnerLeena Brusiin
Finland
Best in African WearLeena Brusiin (Finland)
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Miss Europe 1968 was the 31st edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 20th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa on September 23, 1968. Leena Marketta Brusiin of Finland, was crowned Miss Europe 1968 by out going titleholder Paquita Torres Pérez of Spain. The pageant was originally scheduled to be held in Nice, France in May but was postponed due to the May-June 1968 civil unrest in France. Congo-Kinshasa later requested the pageant be hosted in their country because they saw it as a good advertisement for them.[1][2][3]

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Europe 1968
  •  Finland – Leena Brusiin
1st Runner-Up
  •  Austria – Brigitte Krüger
2nd Runner-Up
  •  Sweden – Christina Gullberg
3rd Runner-Up
  •  West Germany – Roswitha Moesi
4th Runner-Up
  •  Norway – Tone Knaran

Special awards

Award Contestant
Best in African Wear
  •  Finland – Leena Marketta Brusiin †

Contestants

  •  Austria - Brigitte Krüger
  •  Belgium - Sonja Doumen
  •  Czechoslovakia - Alžběta Štrkulová
  •  Denmark - Berrit Kvorning
  •  England - Jennifer Lowe Summers
  •  Finland - Leena Marketta Brusiin
  •  France - Elizabeth Cadren
  •  West Germany - Roswitha Moesi
  •  Greece - Haris (Charis) Papanikita
  •  Holland - Marjolijn Ingrid Abbink[4]
  •  Iceland - Helen Knutsdóttir
  •  Ireland - Mary Fitzgerald
  •  Italy - Paola Rossi
  •  Luxembourg - Lucienne Krier[5]
  •  Malta - Kathlene Farrugia[6]
  •  Norway - Tone Knaran
  •  Spain - Francisca Delgado Sánchez
  •  Sweden - Anne-Christine Kahnberg
  •   Switzerland - Jeanette Biffiger[7]
  •  Turkey - Şule Ekşigil
  •  Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojšić

Notes

Returns

References

  1. ^ "Miss Europe 1968". Lempimissit. Archived from the original on 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. ^ "Election de Miss Europe 1968 à Kinshasa". MBOKAMOSIKA (in French). 26 October 2011. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ^ Miss Europe Competition In Belgium AKA Miss Europe (1968), retrieved 2021-07-19
  4. ^ "Miss Holland 1968 | Miss Holland Now |" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  5. ^ "Winners of Miss Luxembourg". MissLuxembourg.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  6. ^ "Maltese Newsletter 147 - End of 2016" (PDF). The Maltese Newsletter. 2016. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  7. ^ "Miss-Schweiz-Wahl: Ein Blick zurück | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
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