Miss Europe 1932

The Negresco Hotel in Nice , venue of the event.

The competition for Miss Europe 1932 was the fourth 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 home or country of residence with the participation of major newspapers or illustrated magazines:

Belgium: Patria , Denmark: BT , Germany: Das Magazin , England: Miss Modern , France: Comœdia , Greece: Union of Greek Daily Newspapers, Italy: a committee of Italian painters and sculptors, Yugoslavia: Vrémé ( Време ), Poland: Kine , Romania : Universul , (Exile) Russia: La Russie illustrée ( Иллюстрированная Россия ), Spain: Ahora , Hungary: Színházi élet . Candidates for Argentina and Peru were born in these countries but were elected from the Hispanic American colony in Europe under the auspices of the Spanish newspaper Ahora . No information was given about the participant from Czechoslovakia. In addition, a nameless Miss Macédoine was announced, who should have been elected in Saloniki, by the Union of Greek daily newspapers (like Miss Greece).

The event took place on February 12, 1932 at the Negresco luxury hotel in Nice . The 16 applicants met beforehand in Paris , where they were presented to the press at a ball in the opera . Then they traveled together. The placements of the participants are not known apart from the winner.

The participants
country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	More contemporary spellings	Spelling in the native language
1. DenmarkDenmark	Aase Clausen		Aase Clausen
Argentina Argentina	Isabel Franck	Isabel Frank
Belgium Belgium	Suzanne Dandin		Suzanne Daudin
German Empire German Empire	Ruth Behnen		Ruth Behnen
England England	Gwen Stallard		Gwen Stallard
Third French Republic France	Émilienne "Lyne" Caisson de Souza	Lyne de Souza	Lyne de Souza , Émilienne Quesson de Souza
Second Hellenic Republic Greece	-	Euterpe Lampsa	Ευτέρπη Λάμψα, Ευτέρπη Λάμπου
Italy 1861 Italy	Rosetta Montali
Yugoslavia Kingdom 1918 Yugoslavia	Olga Djouritch		Olga Đurić, Олга Ђурић
Peru 1825 Peru	Ludmilla Riberio	Luzmila Ribeyro
Poland 1928 Poland	Zofia Dobrowolska	Sophie Dobrowolska	Zofia Dobrowolska
Romania kingdom Romania	Lilian Delescu	Liana Delescu	Lilian Delescu
Russian Empire 1914 Russia ^A	Nina Pohl	Nina de Pohl	Нина Поль
Spain Second Republic Spain	Teresita Daniel	Teresa Daniel	Teresita Daniel
Czechoslovakia 1920 Czechoslovakia	-	Julia Janowetz	… Janovec
Turkey Turkey	Keriman Halis Hanem	-	Keriman Halis Hanım , Keriman Halis Ece
Hungary 1918 Hungary	Ica Lampel	Ica Lampl	Lampel Ica
announced, but not started (possibly not elected at all)
Second Hellenic Republic Macedonia	-	?

^A.Nina Pohl was a Russian exile in Paris; there were no general elections in the USSR .

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)
Film of the award ceremony on youtube

Individual evidence

↑ Comœdia No. 6,953 of February 2, 1932, pp. 1 and 2, retrieved from Gallica on June 3, 2017.
↑ It is listed and illustrated in: Comœdia No. 6.953 of February 2, 1932, pp. 1 and 2.
↑ Listed and illustrated in: Comœdia No. 6.953 of February 2, 1932, pp. 1 and 2.
↑ No Turkish candidate is mentioned in Comœdia No. 6.953 of February 2, 1932, pp. 1 and 2.
↑ Mentioned in: Comœdia No. 6.953 of February 2, 1932, p. 2.

[1] Comœdia No. 6,953 of February 2, 1932, pp. 1 and 2, retrieved from Gallica on June 3, 2017.

[2] It is listed and illustrated in: Comœdia No. 6.953 of February 2, 1932, pp. 1 and 2.

[3] Listed and illustrated in: Comœdia No. 6.953 of February 2, 1932, pp. 1 and 2.

[4] No Turkish candidate is mentioned in Comœdia No. 6.953 of February 2, 1932, pp. 1 and 2.

[5] Mentioned in: Comœdia No. 6.953 of February 2, 1932, p. 2.