Miss Europe 1937

Britta Wikström, Vice- Miss Finland and Miss Europe 1937.

The competition for Miss Europe 1937 was the ninth 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 October 24, 1937 in Constantine (Algeria) - in the Colisée (on the ground floor of the Casino Municipal ). There were 10 applicants. The Dutch candidate did not run because her mother did not allow her to travel. The other nine met in Paris on October 15 , where they were presented to the press. They then traveled together to Constantine via Marseille, Tunis and Bône. 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. FinlandFinland	Britta Wickström	Britta Wikström	Britta Wikström
Belgium Belgium	José Decoeur		José Decœur
Denmark Denmark	Tove Arni		Tove Arni
France France	Jacqueline Janet		Jacqueline Janet
Norway Norway	Lisbeth Grung
Poland 1919 Poland	Jozefa Kaczmarkiewicz		Józefa Kaczmarkiewiczówna
Russian Empire 1914 Russia ^A	Anna Betoulinski		Анна Юрьевна Бетулинская
Switzerland Switzerland	Jacqueline Reyboubet
Spain Second Republic Spain ^B	Ambarina De Los Reyes
Not started (no permission from mother received)
Netherlands Netherlands	Elsie Schimpf		Elise Schimpf

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

^B.Elections for Miss Spain did not take place after 1936. It is not known where and how they qualified.

Individual evidence

↑ esmma.free.fr Detailed reports with newspaper clippings (French)
↑ The website of Miss España only names names up to 1935. After that, there were no contests in the country - probably because of the civil war : winners 1929–1935 at missespana.com ( Memento from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Nevertheless, candidates for Spain took part in the Miss Europe election until 1938. Where and how they qualified is not documented.

↑ misshollandnow.com

Web links

Competition 1929–1938 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
L'Illustration No. 4938 of October 23, 1937, p. 239. (Log in at revue.lillustration.com for a fee).
Pictures and newspaper clippings at esmma.free.fr (French)

[1] smma.free.fr Detailed reports with newspaper clippings (French)

[2] The website of Miss España only names names up to 1935. After that, there were no contests in the country - probably because of the civil war : winners 1929–1935 at missespana.com ( Memento from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Nevertheless, candidates for Spain took part in the Miss Europe election until 1938. Where and how they qualified is not documented.

[3] sshollandnow.com