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    Miss Europe 1956 was the 19th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the eighth edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Stockholm...
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  • Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by Fanamet [de], the European distributor of Paramount...
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    Miss Universe 1956 was the fifth Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 20 July...
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  • stocking industries, acquired the international franchises for Miss Europe, Miss World, and Miss Universe and built up a kind of monopoly: Other promoters...
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  •  Finland Miss World 1956 Petra Schürmann,  Germany Miss World 1955 Susana Duijm,  Venezuela Miss World 1954 Antigone Costanda,  Egypt Miss World 1953...
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    pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Krystyna Pyszková...
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    Miss Europe 1957, was the 20th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the ninth under the Mondial Events Organization (MEO). It was held in Baden-Baden...
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    Miss Europe 1955 was the 18th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the seventh edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held in Helsinki...
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  • Valérie Bègue Miss France 2006 and Miss Europe 2006 Alexandra Rosenfeld Miss France 2005 Cindy Fabre Miss France 2004 Lætitia Bléger Miss France 2003 Corinne...
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  • Armi Kuusela was also crowned as the first Miss Universe in Long Beach by actress Piper Laurie in 1952. In 1956 due to lack of sponsorship, the national...
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  • franchised the Miss Europe license. Started in 1953, Miss Austria franchised the Miss Universe license. Started in 1955, Miss Austria franchised the Miss World...
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  • Miss Universe Israel    Miss World Israel    Miss International Israel    Miss Europe Israel    Miss Earth Israel    Miss Asia Pacific Israel    Miss...
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    Title    Miss Universe Iceland    Miss World Iceland    Miss International Iceland    Miss Europe Iceland    Winning International Title Miss Universe...
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  • winning the title of Miss England, winners would participate in Miss Universe, followed by the occasional Miss Europe, and finally Miss United Kingdom. In...
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    Intercontinental 1999: Mine Erbaykent - Miss Asia Pacific 1979: Ayla Atlas 1984: Melek Gurkan 1998: Arzu Albayrak - Miss Europe 1952: Günseli Başar 1971: Filiz...
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  • Blood in the Water match (category Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics)
    water at the 1956 Olympics". BBC News. Retrieved 4 December 2018. Nine Hungarians Miss First Plane for Home. The Canberra Times. (8 December 1956). p. 3. Hungarians...
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  • Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization. Along with Miss...
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  • Miss Universe. The UK started sending representatives to the Miss Europe contest in 1929. From 1929-1936, the winner of Miss England competed at Miss...
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    The men's pole vault was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Nineteen athletes from 12 nations competed. The maximum number of...
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    Playboy Playmate (category CS1 European Portuguese-language sources (pt-pt))
    (Miss July 1955) First fold-out centerfold (three-page): Marian Stafford (Miss March 1956) First foreign-born Playmate: Marion Scott (Miss May 1956) was...
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    Star Hellas (redirect from Miss Star Hellas)
    Greece    Miss World Greece    Miss International Greece    Miss Earth Greece    Miss Grand Greece    Miss Intercontinental Greece    Miss Europe Greece...
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  • This is a list of countries that have participated in the Miss World pageant and are still actively participating as of 2023. The pageant began in 1951...
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    The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host...
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  • Netherlands debuted at the Miss World pageant and the Miss Universe pageant in 1956. The national beauty pageant was called "Miss Holland" from 1950 until...
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    2012, Hungary did not participate in the World League. Hungary missed only one European Championship, in 1950, and they have won the tournament 13 times...
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    Afghanistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, after having missed the 1952 Games in Helsinki. They only sent a team of 12 players to compete...
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    The men's high jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-eight contestants from 19 nations met on the morning of the...
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  • Miss Intercontinental and Miss Charm pageants. This pageant is the oldest beauty pageant in Poland. Starting in 1927, winners entering Miss Europe. Traditionally...
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    "Miss Garatti keeps title, sets record". The New York Times. 9 August 1929. Retrieved 10 May 2013. (subscription required) "World's Record Set by Miss...
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    d'Ampezzo 1956 (Ladin: Anpezo 1956 or Ampëz 1956), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina...
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