Elly Koot
Koot in 1964
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBlonde

Elly Tibina 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 1966. She and Brandt (at that time a photographer) met while shooting a commercial for Rexona - a brand of deodorant - for which he was a stand in model. 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.[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


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