Browsing: Beauty of the Past

80’s Saturday, Miss Grand Prix USA

The TT races are the biggest annual sports event in the Netherlands and the festival, which takes place over a whole week are visited by more than 200.000 people. In the 1980’s the races were at


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European Friday, 1976

Nanny van der Kuyl represented the Netherlands at some smaller pageants like Miss Teenage Intercontinental (nowadays Miss Intercontinental) 1975. Her sponsor was at that pageant Heineken, she was crowned Miss Heineken…… The national director for Nanny


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80’s Saturday, Miss Limburg International 1986

The lovely and beautiful Angelique Erens participated in several national and local pageants. She participated in 1984 and in 1986 in the Miss Holland pageant and became 2nd runner-up in 1986. When she entered her first


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European Friday, 1978

Since 1951 there were two Miss Europe pageants. The so called official Miss Europe and the unofficial Miss Europa. The girls who won had on their sash: Miss Europa, Miss Europe and Miss Europe International. This


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Pic of the Week

week 5 newspaper: Haagse Courant date: 25-01-1930 Miss Holland 1930 to Paris Miss Rie van der Rest, who was crowned Miss Holland 1930, left yesterday by KLM airplane from Waalhaven to Paris  


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80’s Saturday, Gül Caman

The dutch mother of Gül Caman was the one entered her daughter for the Miss Rotterdam 1984 pageant. At first Gül, 17 years old at that time, didn’t want to participate but went with some hesitation


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European Friday, 2005

One of the last official Miss Europe pageants was held in 2005. As Endemol France had all the rights to organize this pageant, the 2005 edition was held in Paris France. Several European countries like Polen


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European Friday, 1981

The trio on the black and white picture is such a beautiful trio, the top 3 of Miss Europe 1980. The pageant was live on television and held in Birmingham, UK. On the left the lovely


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European Friday

Our second European Friday brings us back to 1972, when Miss Holland was Jenny ten Wolde and she represented the Netherlands at two pageants: Miss Europe and Miss Universe. This picture is taken on the beaches


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European Friday

   From today we will publish on every friday pictures of our dutch beauties in European pageants. On the black and white picture we see Miss Greece, Vivi Alexopoulou and Miss, Stephanie Flatow, in front of


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