Miss Europe 1931

Jeanne Juilla, Miss France and Miss Europe 1931

The competition for Miss Europe 1931 was the third held by the Comité pour l'election de Miss Europe . This was launched in 1928 by the French journalist Maurice de Waleffe (1874-1946) and organized the competition continuously until 1938. Waleffe had previously founded the competition for Miss France .

The candidates were selected in their countries of origin with the participation of major newspapers or illustrated magazines, for example:
Germany: Das Magazin , Estonia: Päevaleht , France: Le Journal (published by Waleffe), (Exile) Russia: La Russie illustrée ( Иллюстрированная Россия ), Hungary: Színházi élet .

The event took place on February 5, 1931 in the editorial offices of the Paris newspaper Le Journal . There were 16 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	More contemporary spellings	Spelling in the native language
Placements
1. France	Jeanne Juilla		Jeanne Juilla
2. Austria	Herta Van Haentjens		Hertha van Haentjens
3. German Empire	Ingrid Ruth Richard	Ingrid Richard	Ruth Ingrid Richard
Other participants
Belgium	Anita Netta Duchateau A	Netta Duchateau	Netta Duchâteau
Denmark	Inga Arvad		Inga Arvad
England	Betty Mason		Betty Mason
Estonia	Lilli Silberg	Lily Silberg	Lily Silberg
Greece	Chryssoula Rodis	Chryséis Rodis	Χρυσούλα Ρόδη
Italy	Claudia Nocetti
Yugoslavia	Katica Urban	Katica Ourban, Katarina Urban	Katarina Urban, Катарина Урбан
Netherlands	Mary Lelyveld	Marie Lelyveld	Mary Lelyveld, Marie van Lelyveld
Romania	Tauti Vusoreanu	Tanzi Visoreano	Tanți Vuşoreanu
Russia B	Marina Shalyapina	Marina Chaliapine	Марина Шаляпина
Spain	Ermelina Carreño	Emelina Carrenio	Emelina Carreño
Turkey	Naschide Saffet Hanim	Nachide Saffet	Naşide Saffet Hanım, Naşide Saffet Esen
Hungary	Maria Tasnady-Fekete	Marie de Tasnady-Fékété, Maria of Tasnady	Tasnády-Fekete Mária, Tasnády Fekete Mária

^A. In the same year Netta Duchâteau won the Miss Universe election in Galveston, Texas

^B.Marina Shalyapina was a Russian exile in Paris; there were no general elections in the USSR .

The complete competition program 1931

Using the example of Miss Austria:

• February 1st: Departure to Paris to vote for Miss Europe.
• February 3rd: Petits lits blancs ball at the Paris Grand Opera.
• February 4th: Festival banquet of the city of Paris in honor of the European beauty queens in the Palais d'Orsay.
• February 5th: Election of Miss Europe in the newspaper building of the Journal .
• February 6: L'Intransigeant newspaper's banquet in honor of Miss Europe.
• February 8: Start of the Nice - Cannes - Monte Carlo Riviera tour.
• In October: Miss Austria and her colleagues leave for South America.
• November 15th: Landing in Buenos Aires.
• November 23: Miss Universe election , competition for the Mercurio newspaper's $ 20,000 prize .

Web links

• Competition 1929–1938 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• L'Illustration No. 4598 of February 7, 1931, p. 186. (Log in at http://revue.lillustration.com/ for a fee).
• Pictures and newspaper clippings at flickr.com/photos/punkmemory (French)
• Photos of the participants on flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ misshollandnow.com
2. ↑ Marina was a daughter of the opera singer Fyodor Ivanovich Chalyapin
3. ^ The program of Miss Austria. In:  Salzburger Volksblatt , January 26, 1931, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).