Miss Europe 1997

Miss Europe 1997
Miss Europe 1997
Date	September 6, 1997
Venue	Ukraina Palace of Culture, Kyiv, Ukraine
Entrants	29
Placements	12
Debuts	Croatia; Macedonia FYRO; Slovenia;
Withdrawals	Albania; Denmark; England; Finland; Germany; Iceland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; Switzerland; Wales;
Returns	Hungary
Winner	Isabelle Darras; Greece
Congeniality	Alexandra Schwartztokh; Israel
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Miss Europe 1997 was the 52nd edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 41st edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held at the Ukraina Palace of Culture in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 6, 1997. Isabelle Darras of Greece, was crowned Miss Europe 1997 by out going titleholder Marie-Claire Harrison of England.^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Europe 1997	Greece – Isabelle Darras
1st Runner-Up	Poland – Agnieszka Zielinska
2nd Runner-Up	Spain – Patricia Jañez Rodríguez
3rd Runner-Up	Italy – Flavia Mantovan
4th Runner-Up	Croatia – Natalija Bedekovic
Top 12	Czech Republic – Kristina Fridvalská France – Delphine Brossard-Martinez Portugal – Lara Antunes Russia – Alexandra Valeryievna Petrova Slovakia – Monika Sulikova Slovenia – Natasa Smirnov Ukraine – Nataliya Nadtochey

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Israel – Alexandra Schwartztokh

Contestants

Armenia - Angelina Babajanyan
Belarus - Anna Dierekh
Belgium - Annelor Van den Bossche
Bulgaria - Madlena Kalinova
Croatia - Natalija Bedekovic
Cyprus - Paraskevi Efstathiou
Czech Republic - Kristina Fridvalská
Estonia - Natalya Barkova
France - Delphine Brossard-Martinez
Georgia - Nino Tskitishvili
Greece - Isabelle Darras
Holland - Leonie Maria Boon^[2]
Hungary - Klaudia Angelika Toth
Israel - Alexandra Schwartztokh
Italy - Flavia Mantovan
Latvia - Inga Kruma
Lithuania - Eva Bzezinska
Luxembourg - Sonja Closener
Macedonia FYRO - Aleksandra Petko Petrovska
Malta - Michelle Buttigieg
Poland - Agnieszka Zielinska
Portugal - Lara Antunes
Romania - Daciana Honcvic
Russia - Alexandra Valeryievna Petrova
Slovak Republic - Monika Sulikova
Slovenia - Natasa Smirnov
Spain - Patricia Jañez Rodríguez
Turkey - Nilay Ceylan
Ukraine - Nataliya Nadtochey

Notes

Withdrawals

The following countries withdrew after their designated delegate quit the competition due to threats of their safety, and poor food and accommodations. They later complained foreign diplomats about their concerns:^[1]