Miss Universe 1929
The beauty contest for the Miss Universe 1929 was held under the name Fourth International Pageant of pulchritude and Tenth Annual Bathing Girl Revue , from 8 to 12 June 1929 in Galveston (Texas) instead. Around 150,000 spectators are said to have watched the swimsuit parade on Galveston Boulevard every year.
There were 44 women applicants (34 from the United States and 10 foreign women). The first ten placed won cash prizes on June 11th and the winner also won the Miss Universe title .
Placements
| space | Candidate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Miss Austria
|
Lisl gold worker |
| 2. |
 Miss USA
|
Irene Ahlberg (  Miss Greater New York )
|
| 3. |
 Miss Ohio
|
Dorothy Jean Davis |
| 4th |
 Miss Massachusetts
|
Marjorie Barrett |
| 5. |
 Miss Dallas
|
Millie Bush |
| 6th |
 Miss Romania
|
Magda Demetrescu |
| 7th |
 Miss Oregon
|
Mary Benoit |
| 8th. |
 Miss Cuba
|
Elvira Moreno |
| 9. |
 Miss Tulsa
|
Theda Delrey |
| 10. |
 Miss California
|
Ruby Smith |
Candidates
44 young women took part in the 1929 competition. That was the highest number achieved in this competition. Among them were ten foreign women, a number that only came about in 1928 and 1929.
Complete list of participants
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Foreign candidates
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USA, states or regions
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USA, cities
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Competition 1926–1931 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from January 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ misshollandnow.com
- ↑ Magda Demetrescu, great Miss România! on a1.ro/news , accessed on June 21, 2017.
Web links
- Competition (lists of participants) 1929–1931 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from May 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )