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