Miss Europe Shortly after World War II, the chairman of the French Committee of Elegance, Roger Zeiler, teamed with Claude Berr to set up a beauty contest open to all European countries. They established the Comite International Pour L'election de Miss Europe - Mondial Events Organisation (International Committee for the election of Miss Europe).   The first Miss Europe contest was in 1948 in Paris, and thereafter were held in locations throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.  Claude Berr passed away in 1981, and in 2003 Roger Zeiler sold the license to Endemol, one of the biggest French production houses.  In 2006 the Miss Europe pageant franchise was sold to Lebanese businessman Omar Harfouch.     Venue entries Miss Europe winner 1948 1949 France Italy 12 11 France France 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Italy (not held) Italy Turkey France Finland Sweden Germany Turkey Italy 12 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 Austria Turkey Italy Germany Finland Germany Holland Austria Austria 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon France France France Congo Morocco 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 20 21 21 Italy Germany Spain Norway Holland Germany France Spain Finland Yugoslavia 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Greece Tunisia Portugal Austria Austria (not held) Greece (not held) Finland (not held) 20 21 23 18 19 22 15   Spain Turkey Germany Holland Spain Finland Austria   1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Spain England Turkey (not held) Austria Germany (not held) (not held) Italy (not held) 20 21 23 25 23 ?   Austria Denmark Turkey Turkey Spain Italy   1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 (not held) Senegal Greece Turkey Turkey Turkey Albania Ukraine (not held) Lebanon 27 32 31 33 36 35 29 39 Germany Greece Turkey Israel Czech Republic England Greece Russia 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (not held) Lebanon Lebanon France (not held) Tunisia Ukraine (not held) (not held) (not held) 33 35 36 36 33   France Russia Hungary Germany France