Miss Europe 1948

Waterfront promenade and casino in Enghien-les-Bains, location of the event.

The Miss Europe 1948 competition was the first to be organized by the Mondial Events Organization (MEO). This was founded by the French Roger Zeiler and Claude Berr, was based in Paris and organized the competition until 2002.

The candidates had been selected in their countries of origin by national organizing committees that had concluded license agreements with MEO.

The event took place on June 6, 1948 in the casino of the thermal baths of Enghien-les-Bains in northern France . There were 12 applicants.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language
Placements
1. France	Jacqueline Donny	Jacqueline Donny
2. Finland	Anna-Liisa Leppänen	Anna-Liisa Leppänen
3. Switzerland	Helena Sutter
Other participants
Belgium	?
Denmark	?
French overseas territories	?
Great Britain	Audrey Smith
Italy	Rossana Martini	Rossana Martini
Yugoslavia	?
Austria	Ingrid Jonaszin	Ingrid Jonaszin
Czechoslovakia	?
Disqualified
Sweden	Betty Bjurstroem	Betty Bjurström A

^A. Betty Bjurström was a married mother and wore a stuffed bra.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ pageantopolis.com: Miss Europe 1948 ( Memento of November 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
• Competitions 1948 to 1959 at pageantopolis.com (English)
• Movie of the election on YouTube (silent)