Miss Europe 1999 Explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Europe 1999	– Yelena Rogozhina
1st Runner-Up	– Cristina Cellai
2nd Runner-Up	– Kadri Väljaots
3rd Runner-Up	– Minna Lehtinen
4th Runner-Up	– Jitka Kocurová
Top 15	– Gohar Harutyunian – Svetlana Kruk – Tijana Safar France – Pamela Semmache – Katrín Rós Baldursdóttir – Dusana Fridrichova – Malin Jonsson – Tiziana Bölsterli – Hulya Mutlu – Yuliya Zharkova

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Elegance	Italy – Cristina Cellai
Miss Friendship	Switzerland – Tiziana Bölsterli
Miss Photogenic	Finland – Minna Lehtinen
Miss Talent	Armenia – Gohar Harutyunian

Contestants

• Albania - Venera Mustafa
• Armenia - Gohar Harutyunian
• Austria - Magdalena Jamrozy
• Belarus - Svetlana Kruk
• Belgium - Alexandra Monteiro
• Bulgaria - Krastina Totkova
• Croatia - Tijana Safar
• Cyprus - Carina Constantinidou
• Czech Republic - Jitka Kocurova
• Denmark - Maria Hjelmborg
• Estonia - Kadri Väljaots
• Finland - Minna Lehtinen
• France - Pamela Semmache
• - Eka Tordia
• Germany - Helene Löwenstein
• - Danielle Waller
• Greece - Fei Georgakopoulou
• Netherlands - Angčle du Bois^[4]
• Hungary - Erika Dankai
• Iceland - Katrín Rós Baldursdóttir
• Ireland - Claire McKenna
• Italy - Cristina Cellai
• Latvia - Anete Jurjane
• Lithuania - Ieva Bieliauskaite
• - Ana Binovska
• Malta - Janet Spiteri
• - Lilia Ciofu
• Norway - Anette Rusten
• Poland - Agnieszka Stolarczyk
• Portugal - Marisa Ferreira
• Romania - Angela Tanase
• - Yelena Rogozhina
• Slovakia - Dusana Fridrichova
• Slovenia - Tatjana Tutan^[5]
• Spain - Inmaculada Nadal González
• Sweden - Malin Jonsson
• Switzerland - Tiziana Bölsterli
• Turkey - Hulya Mutlu
• Ukraine - Yuliya Zharkova

"Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe" Competition

Miss Europa 1999
Winner:	Anna Maria Tudorache
Represented:	Romania
Date:	8 September 1999
Venue:	Taormina Greek Theatre, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Entrants:	34
Placements:	2
Debuts:	Latvia
Withdraws:	Andorra, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Luxembourg, Macedonia FYRO, Moldova, Monaco, New Caledonia (French Territory), Norway, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, United Kingdom & Wales
Returns:	England, Germany, Hungary & Malta
Before:	1996
Next:	2002

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.^[6]

This year's competition took place at the Taormina Greek Theatre in Taormina, Sicily, Italy. There were 34 contestants from 12 countries. At the end, Anna Maria Tudorache of Romania was crowned as Miss Europa 1999. Tudorache succeeded her predecessor Mimmi Gunnarsson of Sweden.^[7]

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Europa 1999	Romania – Anna Maria Tudorache
1st Runner-Up	Spain – Eva Maria Blanco Games

Contestants

• Albania - Aldona Elezi
• Bulgaria - Ana Maria Oproiu
• Bulgaria - Cristina Stan
• - Angela Lynn Smedley
• - Danielle Wall
• - Katie Vigers
• - Kishmiro Dickinson
• - Zara Baynes
• Finland - Anu Pekkarinen
• Finland - Jenni Ahola
• Finland - Linda Kvalvaag
• Germany - Jessica Stahl
• Hungary - Lilla Hartai
• Hungary - Szilvia Booli
• Latvia - Iveta Vanaga
• Malta - Citianne Balzan
• Romania - Alina Tautan
• Romania - Anna Maria Tudorache
• Romania - Simona Verestiuc
• Spain - Eva Maria Blanco Games
• Sweden - Nadine Callus
• Ukraine - Galina Lakhtina

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1999. Miss Europe 1999. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20020208025333/http://www.misseurope.org/miss99a.htm. February 8, 2002. December 13, 2020. Mondial Events Organization/Miss Europe Organization.
2. Web site: 1990-1999 - Pageantopolis. https://web.archive.org/web/20200629081156/http://www.pageantopolis.com/1990-1999-7.html. 2020-06-29. 2020-12-14. usurped. www.pageantopolis.com.
3. Web site: MISS EUROPE 1999. 2021-01-24. YouTube.
4. Web site: Miss Nederland 1998 Miss Holland Now . 2020-12-14. nl.
5. Web site: Tatjana Tutan. 2020-12-14. IMDb.
6. Web site: West. Donald. Miss Europe (unofficial)/Miss Europa. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20150318034046/http://www.pageantopolis.com:80/Int_past/europa.htm. March 18, 2015. December 20, 2020. Pageantopolis.
7. Web site: West. Donald. Miss Europe (unofficial)/Miss Europa 1978-2002. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20150314203413/http://www.pageantopolis.com:80/Int_past/Europa_1978.htm. March 14, 2015. December 20, 2020. Pageantopolis.