Miss Europe 1929
Hungary
1929
Miss Europe 1930
Greece

1930 (eventual winner is 5th from right, back row)

 

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. 

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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.
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 1929 February 7
Paris, France
18 entries		 1930 February 5
Paris, France
19 entries
Winner
 Hungary  Erzsébet "Böske" Simon		 Winner
 Greece  Alice Diplarakou

Remainder
 Austria  Lisl Goldarbeiter
 Bulgaria  Luba Yotzoff
 Denmark  Vibeke Mogensen
 England  Benny Dick
France  Germaine Laborde
 Germany  Elisabeth Yvette Rodzyn
 Greece  Aspasie Karatja
 Holland  Johanna Koopman
 Ireland  Clara Russell-Stritch
 Italy  Derna Giovannini
 Luxembourg  Ketty Hipp
 Poland  Wladyslawa Kostakowna
 Romania  Mariaor Janescu
 Russia  Irina Levitskaya
 Spain  Pepita Samper
 Switzerland  Annie Haussel
 Yugoslavia  Stanislava Matijevitch

Remainder
 Austria  Ingeborg von Grienberger
 Belgium  Jenny Vanparays
 Bulgaria  Connka 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 Drobniak

 


Miss Europe 1931
France
1932
Spain & Italy
1933
1933
Spain & Russia (Miss Europe 1933)

Miss Europe 1932
Denmark


1933
Norway, Hungary, Germany, Scotland (tall), Spain, Russia, Romania, Turkey, England, France, Italy & Belgium

1934
Front   Russia, Belgium, Atlantic (black dress), Italy, Norway, Finland & Hungary (with book)
Miss Europe 1934
Finland

 

1931 February 5
Paris, France
16 entries		 1932 February 11
Nice, France
15 entries		 1933 May 27
Madrid, Spain
14 entries		 1934 September
Hastings, England
16 entries
Winner
France  Jeanne Juilla		 Winner
 Denmark  Aase Clausen		 Winner
Russia  Tat’yana Maslova 		Winner
Finland  Ester Toivonen

Remainder
Austria  Herta Van Haentjens
 Belgium  Anita Netta Duchateau
 Denmark  Inga Arvad
 England  ___ Mason
 Estonia  Lilli Silberg
 Germany  Ingrid Ruth Richard
 Greece  Chryssoula Rodis
 Holland  Mary Lelyveld
 Hungary  Maria Tasnady-Fekete
 Italy  ___ Nocetti
 Romania  Tauti Vusoreanu
 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 Eraers
 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

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

 


1935
Miss Europe 1935
Spain
1936
Top  Russia, Ireland & Hungary
Bottom  Belgium & France

Miss Europe 1938
Finland

 

1935 July 6
Torquay, England
15 entries		 1936 October 30
Tunis, Tunisia
15 entries		 1937 December
Constantine, Algeria
10 entries		 1938 September 10
Copenhagen, Denmark
11 entries
Winner
Spain  Alicia Navarro Cambronero		 Winner
Spain  Antonita Arquès		 Winner
Finland  Britta Wickström 		Winner
Finland  Sirkka Salonen

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 Lowlie
Russia  Marianne Gorbatovsky
Rhenanie (Saar Region)  Elizabeth Pitz
Tunis (Tunisia)  Georgette Temmos

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 Simensen
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 Carrigues
Greece  Luisa Papadiamantakis
Hungary  Anna Zalain
Norway  Else Hammer
Russia  Yevgeniya Dashkevich
Spain  Isa Reyes
Switzerland  Maita Brun
Yugoslavia  Olga Dinjashi