Miss Europe 1957

Corine Rottschäfer , Miss Europe 1957 and Miss World 1959.

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.

The participants

country	Spelling at Pageantopolis	Spelling in the native language	Participation in other competitions
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

^A.From 1936 to 1960 there were no elections for Miss Spain in their own country. When and where she qualified is unknown.

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

1. ↑ misshollandnow.com
2. ↑ Miss Europ a at Pageantopolis ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Competition from 1951 at Pageantopolis (English) ( Memento from March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ 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)