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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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Pic of the Week, confrontation at Miss World

jan 6th – jan 12th newspaper: de Telegraaf date: 12-11-1985 At first an uncomfortable and cold meeting in Londen: the “real” Miss Holland, Pasquale Somers, surprises Brigitte Bergman, the dutch candidate at the Miss World (1985)


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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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pic of the week, Miss Cinema

dec 30th – jan 5th newspaper: Leeuwarder Courant date: 30-06-1971 “In Alghero in Sardinië is yesterday Miss Ethel Theresa Donskoj-Pitkänen from Finland crowned as Miss Cinema Europe. Diana Scapolan (left) from Italy became third. She had to share that


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10 questions for: Miss Teen of the Netherlands Phaydra Saenen

For Phaydra a dream came true when she won the Miss Teen of the Netherlands 2017 pageant. She has a hard act to follow as her predecessor, Lotte xander Zee, won the Miss Teenager Universe pageant


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Frisky Friday

Frisky in the snow. Nanny van der Kayla represented the Netherlands at the unofficial Miss Europa 1976 pageant and became 1st runner-up. Nanny is on the left of this picture, together with Miss Austria she carries


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Pic of the Week

dec 23rd – dec 29th This was the picture we made because of the 20th Miss Nederland pageant in 2008. In 2018 we will witness the 30th Miss Nederland and the 10th Miss Nederland pageant organized


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I was a Beauty Queen

Part two of the series: ” I was a Beauty Queen” from the Rits magazines is about Dingena Andriesen. She became Miss Zeeland 1981 and that gave her a ticket to the Miss Holland pageant. At


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Frisky Friday

A beautiful Christmas Angel, Melanie de Laat, Miss Earth Netherlands 2008


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I was a Beauty Queen

In an old magazine called Rits, there were some nice articles about beauty queen in the 70’s and 80’s. This is an article about Mariëtte Manuels, how was once Miss Callanstoog 1979 and also participated in


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