Miss European

Miss European is a Beauty Pageant of between 90 to 110 contestants aged 16 to 25 from France, Belgium, Holland, England, Wales, Ireland, Malta and in 2011 both Scotland and Portugal joined the contest.2012 will see two more countries Spain and Rumania joining. With the final week being hed in Portugal. The pageant was founded by Claude Pasbbecq in France in 1996 as Miss International. It changed its name to Miss Euroregion in 1999 and became Miss European in 2006.

The contest involves 3 rounds where contestants take part in Clubwear, Swimwear and an Evening Dress round. There is also a Team Dance which must include all team members. This is judged separately. This part of the contest has become increasingly popular.

There is usually an entry fee which means you will need to cover the cost of your trip, which differs between each country. Cost of dresses, jewellery, shopping etc is contestants own responsibility.

Winners

This pageant was dominated by the French and Belgian contestants who had won the title every year between 1996 and 2004. In 2005 Laura Livesy from Team Wales, became the first Welsh girl and indeed British girl to win the pageant.^[1] On 5 November 2006, in Ypres, Belgium, Sasha Buckingham (Miss Kent), aged 17 from Folkestone in Kent, became the first English girl to ever win the coveted title, she also won the title of best dancer/model and helped team England walk away as winners of the much contested Dance competition. (Folkestone was where the first ever International Beauty Pageant took place on 14 August 1908 - the year before the first Miss World contest took place, which was also held in Folkestone and was won by the London beauty of Nellie Dawson)

In 2007 Amy Fuller, 20 from Hastings carried on England's rein to become the first ever Miss European. To add to this Amy also won the 'Miss Congeniality' sash, as voted for by the other contestants. Amy is the first girl to have won both sashes. Emma Finch also from Folkestone won the title of European Dauphine.

In 2008 and 2009 the crown went back to Belgium and in 2010 Malta won the crown for the first time with Katrina Pavia taking the top sash of Miss European.

Rachael Tate from Wales is the current winner for 2011. She also won Spirt of Miss European as voted for by Hotel staff

References

1. ^ http://www.mediamodelsuk.co.uk/gallery_miss_european.htm

Rachael Tate from Wales is the current winner for 2011. She also won Spirt of Miss European as voted for by Hotel staff

External links

• http://www.team-scotland.org.uk
• http://www.misseuroregion.fr (in French)
• http://www.misseuropean.eu
• http://www.misseuropean.be