Miss Europe 1938

Sirkka Salonen, Miss Finland and Miss Europe 1938.

The competition for Miss Europe 1938 was the tenth and last 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 in Copenhagen on September 10, 1938 and was the last before World War II . There were 12 applicants. 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	Sirkka saloons		Sirkka saloons
Belgium Belgium	Mary Van Leda		Mary van Leda
England England	Doris Williams		Doris Williams
Third French Republic France	Annie Carriques		Annie Garrigues
Kingdom of Greece Greece	Luisa Papadiamantakis		Λουίζα Παπαδιαμαντάκη
Yugoslavia Kingdom 1918 Yugoslavia	Olga Dinjaski	Olga Dinjashi
Norway Norway	Else Hammer
Russian Empire 1914 Russia ^A	Yevgeniya Dashkevich	Genia Dachkevitch	Евгения Дашкевич
Sweden Sweden	Doris Lundh
Switzerland Switzerland	Maita Brun
Spain Second Republic Spain ^B	Isa Reyes
Hungary 1918 Hungary	Anny Zalay	Anna Zalain

^A.Yevgeniya Dashkevich was a Russian 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.

Web links

Competition 1929–1938 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
L'Illustration in September 1938, edition and page number not indicated on the sheet. ( Charges apply to log in at revue.lillustration.com ).

Individual evidence

↑ 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.

[1] 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.