Elly Koot

Elly Koot
Elly Koot in 1964
Born 1943 (age 74–75)
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color Blonde

Elly Konie Koot (born 1943) is a Dutch model who won the 1964 Miss Europe contest in Beirut, Lebanon.[1][2]

She was born in Rotterdam, where her mother was visiting family, but grew up in Amsterdam on the Singel near the Bloemenmarkt. She was discovered by the fashion photographer Hans Dukkers. She married Frank Brandt in 1965. Though primarily a photo model, Amsterdam she did fashion shows for Frank Govers and Fong Leng. From 1970 she also modeled in the United States for the Wilhelmina Models agency. In the 70s she was sometimes a jury member at Dutch beauty contests. In 1976 she developed Cushing's disease for which she had a successful surgery in the United States. Since 1996 she is Dame de Salon of Mart Visser's fashion house in Amsterdam. She lives in the nearby small town of Landsmeer.[3]

The jury of Miss Amsterdam 1973. Left to right: Elly Koot, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Jeanette Sijnen, Ine Veen and Carry Tefsen

References

  1. ↑ 1964. pageantopolis.com
  2. ↑ Peter Giesen (30 November 2000) Echo uit het olala-tijdperk. volkskrant.nl
  3. ↑ Georgette Koning, Elly Koot: een leven in de mode, Independent Fashion Daily, 2 December 2011. (in Dutch)
  • Media related to Elly Koot at Wikimedia Commons
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Norway Mette Stenstad		 Miss Europe
1964		 Succeeded by
Germany Juliana Herm


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