Miss Europe 1934
The 1934 Miss Europe competition was the sixth 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.
The event took place on September 9, 1934 at the White Rock Pavilion in Hastings . There were 16 applicants. With the exception of the winner and runner-up miss, no placements were made known.
The title Miss Atlantique was first given in 1929 among the female passengers of the Compagnie Transatlantique's passenger ships . Leading and eponymous was their on-board newspaper L'Atlantique .
Emma Kant ran for Germany, not only claiming to be "Miss Germany", but also a great niece of the philosopher Immanuel Kant . How and where they qualified is not documented.
country | Spelling at Pageantopolis | More contemporary spellings | Spelling in the native language |
---|---|---|---|
1. Finland | Ester Toivonen | Ester Toivonen | |
2. England | June Lammas | June Lammas | |
"Atlantique" | Louise Lyman | Louise Lyman | |
Belgium | José Mandelaers | José Mondelaers | |
Denmark | Ethel Louis | Ethel Lous | |
German Empire | Maria Magdalena Kant | Maria Magdalena Kant | Emma Kant |
France | Simone Barillier | Simone Barillier | |
Italy | Tosca Giusti | ||
Netherlands | Sonja Coers | Sonja Cœrs | Sonja Coers |
Norway | Elsa Lindseth | ||
Poland | Maria Zabkiewicz | Marie Zabkiewicz | Maria Żabkiewiczówna |
Romania | Hélène Dona | Héléna Dona | |
Russia A | Yekaterina Antonova | Cathérine Antonoff | Екатерина Антонова |
Siberia B | Nadezhda Fomenko | Nadine Fomenko | Надежда Фоменко |
Spain | María Eugenia Henríquez Girón | Eugenia Giron | María Eugenia Henríquez Girón |
Hungary | Renée Gosztony |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Petit journal of July 7, 1929, p. 2, accessed from Gallica on June 7, 2017.
- ↑ TIME Magazine of September 3, 1934.
- ↑ misshollandnow.com
Web links
- Competition 1929–1938 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- L'Illustration No. 4773 of August 25, 1934, p. 539. ( There is a charge to log in at revue.lillustration.com ).
- Pictures at lempimissit
- Presentation of some candidates on youtube