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1929 |
Miss Europe 1929
Hungary |
1930 (eventual winner is 5th from right, back row) |
Miss Europe 1930
Greece |
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In
1921 Maurice de Waleffe started the Miss France pageant, with beauty queens
from 49 cities. The winner was Pauline Po, from Corsica, whose father
immediately kept her at home. The most famous Miss France was Yvette
Labrousse, from 1930, who later became Princess Begum Aga Khan III.
In
December 1928 Maurice de Waleffe planned the Miss Europe pageant, to be
held in February in the Paris Opera with an international jury of artists. Invitations were sent to each of
the 21 European countries to send a national representative. All
except three countries accepted the invitation. The Miss Europe
pageants were held annually throughout the 1930s until 1939, when World War
II caused its cancellation. Maurice de Waleffe passed away in 1946.
The pageant was not revived until 1948, under
different organizers.
photo credits:
webmaster's collection, plus a few contributions from Markku Erkkila
(Finland),
Juan Félix Ruiz
Lima (Spain) & Raisa
Säynäjäkoski (Finland). Thanks
also to Pepe Medel for the 1933 list.
If other contributors have been unintentionally overlooked,
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1929 February 7
Paris, France
18 entries |
1930 February 5
Paris, France
19 entries |
Winner
Hungary Elzbieta
"Böske"
Simon |
Winner
Greece Alice Diplarakou |
Remainder
Austria Lisl
Goldarbeiter (Miss Universe 1929)
Bulgaria Luba
Yotzoff
Denmark Vibeke
Mogensen
England Benny
Dick (Universe 29)
France Germaine Laborde
(Universe 29)
Germany Elisabeth
Yvette Rodzyn
Greece Aspasie
Karatja
Holland Johanna Koopman
(Universe 29)
Ireland Clara
Russell-Stritch
Italy Derna Giovannini
Luxembourg Ketty
Hipp (Universe 29)
Poland Wladyslawa
Kostakowna
Romania Marioara
Cranescu
Russia Irina
Levitskaya
Spain Pepita Samper
Bono
Switzerland Annie Haussel
Yugoslavia Stanislava Matijevitch |
Remainder
Austria Ingeborg
von Grinberger
Belgium Jenny Vanparays
Bulgaria
Konika
Tchobanova
Czechoslovakia Milada Dostalova
Denmark Esther
Petersen
England Marjorie
Ross
France Yvette Labrousse
Germany Dorit
Nitykowski
Holland Rie Van
der Rest
Hungary Maria Papst
Ireland Vera
Curran
Italy Mafalda Morittino
Poland Zofia
Batycka
Romania Zoica
Dona
Russia Irene Wentzel
Spain Elena Plá Mompó
Turkey Mubedjel
Namik
Yugoslavia Stephanie
"Caca" Drobujak |
Miss Europe 1931
France |
Miss Europe 1932
Denmark |
1933 |
1933
Spain & Russia (Miss Europe 1933) |
1932
Spain & Italy |
1933
Norway, Hungary, Germany, Scotland (tall), Spain, Russia, Romania, Turkey,
England, France, Italy & Belgium |
1931 February 5
Paris, France
16 entries |
1932 February 11
Nice, France
15 entries |
1933 May 27
Madrid, Spain
14 entries |
Winner
France Jeanne Juilla |
Winner
Denmark Aase
Clausen |
Winner
Russia Tat’yana Maslova
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Remainder
Austria
Berta von Haetjens
Belgium Anita Netta Duchateau
(Miss Universe 1931)
Denmark Inge
Arvad
England ___ Mason
Estonia Lilli
Silberg
Germany Ingrid
Ruth Richard
Greece Chryssoula
Rodis
Holland Mary Lelyveld
Hungary Maria Tasnady-Fekete
Italy ___ Nocetti
Romania Tanti
Vuroseanu
Russia Marina Shalyapina
Spain Ermelina Carreño
Turkey Naschide Saffet Hanim
Yugoslavia Katica
Urban |
Remainder
Argentina Isabel Franck
Belgium Suzanne Dandin
England Gwen Stallard
France
Émilienne “Lyne” Caisson
de Souza
Germany Ruth Behnen
Hungary Ica Lampel
Italy Rosetta Montali
Paris’ South American colony Ludmilla Riberio
Poland Zofia Dobrowolska
Romania Lilian Delescu
Russia Nina Pohl
Spain Teresita Daniel
Turkey Keriman Halis Hanem
Yugoslavia Olga Djouritch |
Remainder
Belgium
Simone Eraerts
Denmark Karen Marie Lowert
England
Angela Ward
France
Jacqueline Bertin
Germany Charlotte Hartmann
Hungary Julie Gal
Italy Ivana Fusco
Norway Gudrun Hilditch Rygh
Romania Dina Mihalcea
Scotland Avia Talbot
Spain Emilia Docet
Turkey Nazire Hanem
Yugoslavia Dragica Ugarkovitch |
1934
Front Russia, Belgium, Atlantic (black dress), Italy,
Norway, Finland & Hungary (with book) |
Miss Europe 1934
Finland |
1935 |
1936
Top Russia, Ireland & Hungary
Bottom Belgium & France |
Miss Europe 1935
Spain |
Miss Europe 1938
Finland |
1934 September
Hastings, England
16 entries |
1935 July 6
Torquay, England
15 entries |
Winner
Finland Ester Toivonen
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Winner
Spain Alicia
Navarro Cambronero |
Remainder
Atlantic Louise Lyman (American)
Belgium José Mandelaers
Denmark Ethel Louis
England June Lammas
France Simone Barillier
Germany Maria Magdalena Kant
Holland Sonja Coers
Hungary Renée Gosztony
Italy Tosca Giusti
Norway Elsa Lindseth
Poland Maria Zabkiewicz
Romania Hélène Dona
Russia Yekaterina Antonova
Siberia Nadezhda Fomenko
Spain María Eugenia Henríquez Girón |
Remainder
Belgium Stéphanie Boumans
Czechoslovakia Trude Böhm
Danube (Region) Maria Nagy
Denmark Ellen Örregaard
France Gisèle
Préville
Great Britain Muriel Oxford
Greece Nicky Papadopoulou
Holland Stella Elte
Hungary Eva Feher
Italy Vanna Panzarasa
Norway Gerd Lovlien
Russia Marianne Gorbatovsky
Rhenanie (Saar Region) Elizabeth Pitz
Tunis (Tunisia) Georgette Temmos |
1936 October 30
Tunis, Tunisia
15 entries |
1937 December
Constantine, Algeria
10 entries |
1938 September 10
Copenhagen, Denmark
12 entries |
Winner
Spain Antonita
Arquès |
Winner
Finland Britta
Wickström |
Winner
Finland Sirkka
Salonen |
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Remainder
Belgium Laura Torfs
Caucasus Region Tatiana Ouchakoff
England Laurence Atkins
France Lyne Lassalle
Greece Nella Sikiari
Holland Mia Kramer
Hungary Maria Nagy
Ireland Dany O'Moore
Morocco
Norway Aslaug Simonsen
Russia Ariane Gedeonova
Sweden Birgit Engquist
Syria-Lebanon
Tunisia Ethel Azzopardi |
Remainder
Belgium José Decoeur
Denmark Tove Arni
France Jacqueline Janet
Holland Elsie Schimpf
Norway Lisbeth Grung
Poland Jozefa Kaczmarkiewicz
Russia Anna Betoulinski
Spain Ambarina De Los Reyes
Switzerland Jacqueline Reyboubet |
Remainder
Belgium Mary Van Leda
England Doris Williams
France Annie Carriques
Greece Luisa Papadiamantakis
Hungary Anny Zalain
Norway Else Hammer
Russia
Kseniya Daskevits
Spain Isa Reyes
Sweden
Doris Lundh
Switzerland Maita Brun
Yugoslavia Olga Dinjaski |
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