Miss Europe 2002

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Miss Europe 2002
DateDecember 28, 2002
Presenters
Venue Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Broadcaster New TV, TV5
Entrants35
Placements15
Withdrawals Macedonia FYRO, Slovenia & Sweden
ReturnsBulgaria & Great Britain
Winner Svetlana Koroleva
Russia
  2001
2003  

Miss Europe 2002, was the 55th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 44th & final edition under the Mondial Events Organization. After this edition Mr. Roger Zeigler (owner of the pageant and Mondial Events Organization) sold the pageant to Endemol France (the French branch of the Dutch company Endemol). This years pageant was held at the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center in Beirut, Lebanon on December 28, 2002. Svetlana Koroleva, Miss Russia, was crowned Miss Europe 2002 by outgoing titleholder Elodie Gossuin of France. [1]

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Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Europe 2002
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10
Top 15

Historical significance

Contestants

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Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by Fanamet, the European distributor of Paramount, as a one-off event where the winner was to star in a film directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. After the initial twelve-person jury couldn't decide between 10 contestants, a runoff election was held where Murnau chose the winner. Murnau ended up choosing Štefica Vidačić of Yugoslavia as the winner and the first ever Miss Europe. Miss Europe was later re-established in December 1928 by French journalist Maurice de Waleffe (1874–1946), who also created, in 1920, what by 1927 had become the Miss France pageant. Miss Europe, under de Waleffe, was first held at the Paris Opera with participants from 18 countries. The first contest under de Waleffe did not occur until February 1929.

Miss Europe 2006, was the 58th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the third and final edition under Endemol France. After this years contest, the pageant was planned for 2007, 2008 & 2009 with it being held in places in Moscow and Beirut. The contest, however, was not held after 2006 and Endemol France stopped the pageant after this edition. The Miss Europe pageant went unheld until 2016 when the newly formed Miss Europe Organization started the pageant back up. This years pageant was held in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 27, 2006. Alexandra Rosenfeld of France, was crowned Miss Europe 2006 by outgoing titleholder Shermine Shahrivar of Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miss Europe 2005</span> 57th European Beauty Contest

Miss Europe 2005 was the 57th edition Miss Europe pageant and the second edition under Endemol France. It was held in Paris, France on March 12, 2005. Shermine Shahrivar of Germany, was crowned Miss Europe 2005 by outgoing titleholder Zsuzsanna Laky of Hungary.

Miss Europe 1999, was 53rd edition of the Miss Europe pageant and 42nd under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Beirut, Lebanon on 25 June 1999. Yelena Rogozhina of Russia, was crowned Miss Europe 1999 by out going titleholder Isabelle Darras of Greece.

Miss Europe 1997 was the 52nd edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 41st edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held at the Ukraina Palace of Culture in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 6, 1997. Isabelle Darras of Greece, was crowned Miss Europe 1997 by out going titleholder Marie-Claire Harrison of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miss Europe 2001</span>

Miss Europe 2001, was the 54th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 43rd edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held at the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center in Beirut, Lebanon on December 29, 2001. Élodie Gossuin of France, was crowned Miss Europe 2001 by outgoing titleholder Yelena Rogozhina of Russia.

Miss Europe 1948 was the 12th annual Miss Europe. The Miss Europe pageant was cancelled for 9 years due to the onset of World War II. The pageant came back with new sponsors and with only 12 entrants. The new sponsors are Mr. Roger Zeigler and Claude Berr both of whom later created the Mondial Events Organization which owned the pageant until after Miss Europe 2002 when Zeigler and the Mondial Events Org. sold the pageant to Endemol France. This is the 1st edition under Mondial Events. No new contestants competed but some returning countries came back.

Miss Europe 2003, was the 56th edition and the first edition under Endemol France; who bought the pageant from Mr. Roger Zeigler and the Mondial Events Organization in between this edition and the previous edition. This years pageant was held at Eurodisney in Nogent-sur-Marne, France on September 12, 2003. Zsuzsanna Laky of Hungary, was crowned Miss Europe 2003 by outgoing titleholder Svetlana Koroleva of Russia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miss Europe 1938</span>

Miss Europe 1938, was the 11th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the tenth and final edition under Maurice de Waleffe. The contest ended due to events leading to World War II. After the war ended Maurice de Waleffe died in 1946 leaving the pageant without an organizer until 1948 when Mr. Roger Zeigler and Claude Berr founded the Mondial Events Organization which started to sponsor and organize the pageant that year. This lasted until 2003 when the Mondial Events Org. sold the pageant to Endemol France. This years contest was held in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 10, 1938. Sirkka Salonen of Finland, was crowned Miss Europe 1938.

Miss Europe 1996 was the 51st edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 40th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Tirana, Albania on 28 September 1996. Marie-Claire Harrison of England, was crowned Miss Europe 1996 by outgoing titleholder Monika Žídková of the Czech Republic.

Miss Europe 1995 was the 50th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 39th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Istanbul, Turkey on October 23, 1995. Monika Žídková of the Czech Republic, was crowned Miss Europe 1995 by out going titleholder Lilach Ben-Simon of Israel.

Miss Europe 1994 was the 49th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 38th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Istanbul, Turkey on September 30, 1994. Lilach Ben-Simon of Israel, was crowned Miss Europe 1994 by outgoing titleholder Arzum Onan of Turkey.

Miss Europe 1993 was the 48th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 37th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Istanbul, Turkey on July 12, 1993. Arzum Onan of Turkey, was crowned Miss Europe 1993 by outgoing titleholder Marina Tsintikidou of Greece.

Miss Europe 1992 was the 47th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 36th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Athens, Greece on June 15, 1992. Marina Tsintikidou of Greece, was crowned Miss Europe 1992 by out going titleholder Katerina Michalopoulou of Greece.

Miss Europe 1984 was the 43rd edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 32nd edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Badgastein, Austria on February 17, 1984. Neşe Erberk of Turkey, was crowned Miss Europe 1984 by out going titleholder Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu of Turkey.

Miss Europe 1988 was the 45th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 34th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Teatro Duemila Ragusa, Sicily, Italy on 8 May 1988. Michela Rocco di Torrepadula of Italy, was crowned Miss Europe 1988 by out going titleholder Juncal Rivero Fadrique Castilla of Spain.

Miss Europe 1958 was the 21st edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the tenth edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 28 June 1958. Johanna "Hanni" Ehrenstrasser of Austria, was crowned Miss Europe 1958 by out going titleholder Corine Rottschäfer of Holland.

Miss Europe 1974 was the 37th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 26th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Vienna, Austria on 29 May 1974. Maria Isabel "Maribel" Lorenzo Saavedra of Spain, was crowned Miss Europe 1974 by outgoing titleholder Anna "Anke" Maria Groot of Holland. The 1975 contest was originally scheduled to take place in Beirut, Lebanon but was cancelled due to the Lebanese Civil War. The contest returned in 1976.

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. 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.

Miss Europe 1978, also sometimes referred to as Miss Europe 1977, was the 39th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 28th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Helsinki, Finland on March 15, 1978. Eva Maria Düringer of Austria, was crowned Miss Europe 1978/1977 by outgoing titleholder Riitta Inkeri Väisänen of Finland.

References

  1. "Miss Europe 2002 Results". Mondial Events Organization (MEO)/Miss Europe Organization. December 2002 – January 2003. Archived from the original on April 21, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Miss Universe NL '02 | Miss Holland Now |" (in Dutch). Retrieved December 20, 2020.