Miss Europe 1957
The 1957 Miss Europe competition was the ninth organized by the Mondial Events Organization (MEO). It 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 26, 1957 in the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden . Miss Germany was elected there almost every year from 1950 to 1961 . There were 15 applicants.
country | Spelling at Pageantopolis | Spelling in the native language | Participation in other competitions |
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Placements | |||
1. Holland | Corine Rottschaefer | Corine Rottschäfer | Miss Universe 1958: semifinals, Miss World 1959: winner |
2. Finland | Marita Lindahl | Marita Lindahl | Miss World 1957: winner |
3rd Federal Republic of Germany | Gerti Daub | Gerti Daub | Miss Universe 1957: 5th place |
4. France | Geneviève Zanetti | Geneviève Zanetti | |
5. England | Sonia Hamilton | Sonia Hamilton | Miss Universe 1957: 3rd place |
Other participants | |||
Belgium | Madeleine Hotelet | Madeleine Hotelet | Miss World 1956 |
Denmark | Lilian Juul Madsen | Lilian Juul Madsen | Miss World 1957 |
Greece | Maria Tsipi | Μαρία Τσίπη (Maria Tsipi) | |
Iceland | Runa Brynjolfsdottir | Runa Brynjolfdóttir | Miss World 1957 |
Italy | Bianca Maria Vitelli | Bianca Maria Vitelli | |
Luxembourg | Josee Jaminet | Josée Jaminet | Miss World 1957 |
Austria | Elisabeth "Sissy" Schübelauer | Elisabeth ("Sissy") Schübel-Auer | |
Sweden | Rigmor Alfredsson | ||
Spain A | Viola López Martínez | Viola López Martínez | |
Turkey | Suna Azak |
Competition of the "Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe"
Since 1951 there has been a rival European competition organized by the Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe . This was founded in 1950 by Jean Raibaut in Paris , who later relocated to Marseille . The winners wore different titles such as Miss Europe , Miss Europe or Miss Europe International .
It took place in July 1957 in the French capital Paris . The number of applicants is unknown.
- 1. Germany : Ingrid Weiss
Among the other participants:
- Yugoslavia : Bosiljka Vidović
Individual evidence
- ↑ misshollandnow.com
- ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Competition from 1951 at Pageantopolis (English) ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The spelling Ingrid Neiss is also common. Contemporary postcards with her picture were offered on eBay .
Web links
- Mondial Events Organization (MEO) ( Memento from February 8, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- Competitions 1948 to 1959 at pageantopolis.com (English)
- Film of the election in 1957 on YouTube (English)
- Corine Rottschäfer's victory in 1957 on YouTube (Dutch)