Browsing: Historical

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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Pic of the Week

week 4 newspaper: Het vrij volk date: 11-07-1968 What were they talking about, those three on  the fence? Miss Holland, alias Nathalie Heyl (in the middle), together with two competitors from Turkey (left) and Denmark on


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80’s Saturday, Miss Texel 1983

Antionette van Rossum (Miss Holland 1976 and 1978) was born on the island of Texel. It’s one of the small islands in the north of the Netherlands and most of them are really populair amongst tourists.


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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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Pic of the Week, Miss Maja Holland

jan 13 – jan 19 newspaper: Telegraaf date: 18-04-1973 To fly to Spain and come back in just one day. Thats what Mieke Nugteren did yesterday, just being 19 being Miss Maja Holland. She made the


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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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