Miss Europe 1934

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Ester Toivonen, Miss Finland 1933 and 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.

The participants
country Spelling at Pageantopolis More contemporary spellings Spelling in the native language
1. FinlandFinlandFinland  Ester Toivonen Ester Toivonen
2. EnglandEnglandEngland  June Lammas June Lammas
Compangnie Generale Transatlantique logo.png "Atlantique" Louise Lyman Louise Lyman
BelgiumBelgium Belgium José Mandelaers José Mondelaers
DenmarkDenmark Denmark Ethel Louis Ethel Lous
Nazi stateNazi state German Empire Maria Magdalena Kant Maria Magdalena Kant Emma Kant
FranceFrance France Simone Barillier Simone Barillier
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy Tosca Giusti
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Sonja Coers Sonja Cœrs Sonja Coers
NorwayNorway Norway Elsa Lindseth
Poland 1919Second Polish Republic Poland Maria Zabkiewicz Marie Zabkiewicz Maria Żabkiewiczówna
Romania kingdomRomania Romania Hélène Dona Héléna Dona
Russian Empire 1914Russian Empire Russia A Yekaterina Antonova Cathérine Antonoff Екатерина Антонова
Russian Empire 1914Russian Empire Siberia B Nadezhda Fomenko Nadine Fomenko Надежда Фоменко
Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Spain María Eugenia Henríquez Girón Eugenia Giron María Eugenia Henríquez Girón
Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary Renée Gosztony
A.Yekaterina Antonova was a Russian exile in Paris; there were no general elections in the USSR .
B. "Miss Siberia" Nadezhda Fomenko was runner-up in the Miss Russia election in Paris, also an exiled Russian.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le Petit journal of July 7, 1929, p. 2, accessed from Gallica on June 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ TIME Magazine of September 3, 1934.
  3. ↑ misshollandnow.com

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