Miss Europe 1929
The competition for Miss Europe 1929 was the first to be organized by the Comité pour l'election de Miss Europe . This had been brought into being in 1928 by the French journalist Maurice de Waleffe (1874-1946) and organized the competition continuously until 1938. Waleffe had already founded the competition for Miss France in 1920 .
The candidates for the premiere were selected in their countries of origin with the participation of major newspapers or illustrated magazines:
Bulgaria: Zora ( Зора ), Denmark: BT , Germany: 8 a.m.-Abendblatt , England and Ireland: Daily Mail , France: Le Journal (published by Waleffe), Greece: Eleftheron Vima ( Ελεύθερον Βήμα ), Holland: Het Leven , Italy : Novo Italia , Yugoslavia: Vrémé ( Време ), Austria: Neues Wiener Tagblatt , Poland: Kurier Czerwony , Romania: Universul , (Exile-) Russia: La Russie illustrée ( Иллюстрированная Россия ), Switzerland: Le Genevois. , Spain: ABC , Hungary : Színházi élet .
The event took place on February 7, 1929 at the Paris Opera . There were 18 applicants.
country | Spelling at Pageantopolis | More contemporary spellings | Spelling in the native language |
---|---|---|---|
Placements | |||
1. Hungary | Elzbieta "Böske" Simon | Bözsi Simon, Elisabeth Simon | Simon Erzsébet "Böske" |
2. Poland | Vladimir Kostakovna | Vladislava Kostak | Władysława Kostakówna |
3. France | Germaine Laborde | Germaine Laborde | |
Other participants | |||
Bulgaria | Luba Yotzoff | Luba Yotzova | Люба Йоцова |
Denmark | Vibeke Mogensen | ||
German Empire | Elisabeth Yvette Rodzyn | Elisabeth Radzyn | Elisabeth Rodzyn |
England | Benny Dick | Bennie Dick | Benny Dick |
Greece | Aspasie Karatja | Aspasie Karatza | Ασπασία Καρατζά |
Irish Free State | Clara Russell-Stritch | Clare Russell-Stritch, Clare Russel Strich | |
Italy | Derna Giovannini | ||
Yugoslavia | Stanislava Matijevitch | Stana Matejević | |
Luxembourg | Ketty Hipp | ||
Netherlands | Johanna Koopman | Johanna (Jopie) Koopman | |
Austria | Lisl Goldworker A | Lise gold worker | Lisl (Liesl-Elisabeth) gold worker |
Romania | Mariaora Ganesco | Mariaora Gănesco | |
Russia B | Irina Levitskaya | Ирина Левицкая | |
Switzerland | Annie Haussel | Anne Haussel, Annie Haussl | |
Spain | Pepita Samper | Pepita Samper |
Web links
- Competition 1929–1938 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Pictures and newspaper clippings at flickr.com/photos/punkmemory (French)
- Pictures and biographies of the participants on monovisions.com (English)
- Photos of the participants on flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo (English)
- Színházi élet 8/1929 with over 30 pages special section on the Miss Europe election and Böske Simon, PDF, 333 MB (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.abc.es
- ↑ List in L'Illustration No. 4484 from February 9, 1929, pictured at flickr.com/photos/punkmemory
- ↑ misshollandnow.com