Miss Europe 1959

Miss Europe 1959 was the 22nd edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 11th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Palermo, Sicily, Italy on September 6, 1959. Christl Spazier of Austria, was crowned Miss Europe 1959 by out going titleholder Johanna "Hanni" Ehrenstrasser of Austria. This was the 4th back to back win in the pageant's history.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Christl Spazier
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Michèle Goethals
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Nettie Torp
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - Karen MacGill
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Tarja Nurmi
 * 🇫🇷 France - Nicole Périn
 *  West Germany - Carmela Künzel
 *  Kingdom of Greece - Eleonora "Nora" Apergi
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Petra Poul (Paul)
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Margrét Gunnlaugsdóttir
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Maria Grazia Buccella
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Josée Pundel
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Berit Grundvig
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Monica Nordqvist
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Figen Özgür

Returns

 *  Kingdom of Greece

Withdrawals

 * 🇪🇸 Spain

"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 Paris, the headquarters later moved to Marseille. The winners wore different titles like Miss Europe, Miss Europa or Miss Europe International.

This year, the competition took place at Joy-Parc in Meaux, France. There were 12 delegates all from their own countries. At the end, Sophie d'Estrade of France was crowned as Miss Europa 1959. D'Estrade succeeded predecessor Evelyne Ricket of France. This was the first back to back in the history of Miss Europa.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Marguerite Nessler
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Rikkie Kraner
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Eve Dortant
 * 🇫🇷 D'Outre Mer, France - Liliane Chambertin
 * 🇫🇷 France - Sophie d'Estrade
 *  West Germany - Karin Gabor
 *  Kingdom of Greece - Catherine Tatopoulos
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Julia Cohen Stuart
 * 🇲🇶 Martinique - Marie-Jose Azur
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal - Manuela Marquez
 * 🇨🇭 German-speaking Switzerland - Carola Segesser
 * 🇨🇭 Romandy - Yvette Lavanchy