Miss Europe 1976

Miss Europe 1976
Date	5 June 1976
Venue	Castle of the Knights of St. John, Rhodes City, Rhodes Island, South Aegean, Greece
Entrants	22
Placements	7
Withdrawals	Portugal & Turkey
Returns	Denmark, Iceland, Scotland, Wales & Yugoslavia
Winner	Riitta Inkeri Väisänen  Finland
Photogenic	Mary Kirkwood  Scotland
Miss Elegance	Mary Kirkwood  Scotland
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Miss Europe 1976 was the 38th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the 27th edition under the Mondial Events Organization. It was held at the Castle of the Knights of St. John in Rhodes City, Rhodes Island, South Aegean, Greece on 5 June 1976. Riitta Inkeri Väisänen of Finland, was crowned Miss Europe 1976 by outgoing titleholder Maria Isabel "Maribel" Lorenzo Saavedra of Spain.^[1] The 1976 contest was held two years after the previous one instead of one year due to the 1975 contest being cancelled. The 1975 contest was originally scheduled to take place in Beirut, Lebanon but was cancelled due to the Lebanese Civil War.