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Holland & England with England's manager |

Italy, Spain, Finland & Belgium
Spain's manager is in the background |

Finland |

Sweden |

Back Germany, France, Denmark & Switzerland
2nd row back Iceland, Austria, Norway, Holland
& Sweden
2nd row front Belgium, Turkey, Finland, Scotland & Greece
Front Spain, Malta, Italy, Wales & England
Absent Ireland |

Scotland, Wales, Ireland & England (bottom) |

Belgium, Austria, England, Germany, Turkey & Switzerland |
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1980 March 2
Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
20 entries
NOTE: Miss Europe contest was not held in 1979. The winner in 1980 is officially Miss Europe 1979/80.
For the first
time in its history, the contest took place during the day, rather than at
night.
Results
1 Austria Karin Zorn (Universe 79; 6th RU World 79) 2
Belgium Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau (Universe & World 79) 3
Spain Maria Dolores "Lola" Forner Toro (SF World 79) 4
Sweden Christina Bolinder 5 Norway Anette Stai
Finalists
Germany Andrea Hontschik (SF
Universe 79; SF World 79) Holland Marlene Vermeulen
Remainder
Denmark Lone Gladys Jörgensen
(Universe & World 79) England Tracey Jessop Finland
Päivi Uitto (Universe 79)
France Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera (Universe & World 79;
SF International 80) Greece Mika Dimitropoulou (World 79)
Iceland Kristin Bernhardsdóttir Ireland Maura McMenamim (World 79, Universe 80)
Italy Franca Filone Malta Brenda de Bono Scotland
Lorraine Davidson (SF Universe 79; International
80) Switzerland Birgit Krahl (Universe 79) Turkey
Serap Yalcin
Wales Janet Beverly Hobson (SF Universe 79)
Did not compete
Cyprus Constantia Christodoulidou
Awards
Miss Amity Holland
Miss Photogenic Spain
Miss Elegance France
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Germany, England (hidden), Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, Spain,
Finland, France, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Iceland, Italy & Norway |

France |

Germany |

Spain |

Switzerland |

Top 7 Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Norway
& Sweden |

Miss Elegance
France |
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Sweden (4th), Belgium (2nd),
Austria (winner), Spain (3rd)
& Norway (5th) |
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