Nanny on the Road

Miss Holland 1976, Nanny Verwey Nielen who won the lifetime achievement award of misshollandnow.com this year. The award was awarded at the Miss Nederland 2010 pageant (photo).

Nanny is a reporter for Miss Holland Now and visits almost all the pageants and castings. Besides that she has been and will always be a very big help for beauty queens in the Netherlands. Nowadays she also sends girls to pageants abroad

Back in 1975 Nanny did her first Miss Holland pageant, she was placed as 3rd Runner-up and that gave her a ticket to the Miss International pageant in Tokio. Nanny was at the time a redhead. Nanny had a great time in Okinawa and became one of the semi-finalists. Also in 1976 she participated in the Miss Benelux pageant. In 1976 she entered her second Miss Holland pageant. This time she was placed first runner-up. After the Miss Europe pageant where Lucy Visser, Miss Holland 1976 winner , was placed as second runner-up, Lucy gave up the crown and Nanny replaced her and went to the Miss Universe pageant in Hong Kong as the official Miss Holland.

In 1978 she enterd both Miss Holland pageants. in 1979 she participated again and finished as second runner-up and she was send to the Miss World pageant in Londen. The last two times Nanny participated in the Miss Holland pageant was in 1980 and in 1982.

But Nanny did not only participate in the Miss Holland pageant she also was a contestant in several national pageants: Miss Grand Prix in 1976 (1st Ru) and in 1977 (Winner). She was 2nd Ru ath the Miss Amsterdam pageant in 1975 and 1st Ru in 1976. She also won the Miss Rio pageant in 1977, this pageant took place in Den Helder.

Fashion awards Den Haag

Nanny together with Djamila Melcherts, who works as an assistant for the tv program Bananasplit and Angela van den Broek.

Miss Latina Holanda

Miss Nederland 2012/2013

Miss India the Netherlands

Miss Mother send girls abroad

Miss Charme finals...

Me Foundation...

Judging The Face of La Mysore

Birthday Leila Aigbedion

Judging Miss Green Parade

Miss Charme

Catwalk on the Dam, Amsterdam

Miss Zuid Holland 2012, Rotterdam

Miss EK Model, Amsterdam

FashionClash, Maastricht

Nanny was a judge at the Queen of the East

Nanny at Miss Drenthe finals, Emmen

Nanny present at the launch of new jewelry line Rosanna Kluivert

Nanny together with Miss Utrecht candidates

Nanny at the Lyron Martina Fashion Show

Desiree, Nanny and Avalon

Utrecht Scouting for Miss Utrecht

RAI Amsterdam

Designer Michelangelo		on the left of Nanny, Sanday Miss Brabant and on the right, desiger Audry

070 Drink at Scheveningen

Leila...		Aydin and the Beauty Queens		Geeta...

Jimmy Woo, fashion show Sheung Hu

Eurovision songcontest singer Hind

Sheung Hu		niece and daughter of Monica Strottman

Amsterdam Fashion Week

Show Sheung Hu, with Angela van den Broek and Alice Seton		With rapper Yesser and Ulas Yoldas, organiser Miss Utrecht		At the fashion factory in the Amsterdam RAI		Show Maik de Boer with Ulas and Leila...