Elly Koot

Elly Koot

Beauty pageant titleholder
Elly Koot in 1964
Born	1943 (age 72–73)
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Measurements	90-60-90
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

Preceded by Mette Stenstad	Miss Europe 1964	Succeeded by Juliana Herm

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