Miss Universe 1931

The Galvez Hotel, venue of the event. (Here a picture from 1911).

The beauty contest for the Miss Universe 1931 was held under the name Sixth International Pageant of pulchritude and Twelfth Annual Bathing Girl Revue on June 16, 1931 in Galveston (Texas) instead. Around 150,000 spectators are said to have watched the swimsuit parade on Galveston Boulevard every year.

There were 36 applicants (28 from the United States and 8 foreign women). The first ten placed won cash prizes and the winner also won the Miss Universe title .

Placements

space	Candidate
1.	Miss Belgium	Netta Duchâteau
2.	Miss USA	Ann Lee Patterson ( Miss Northern Kentucky)
3.	Miss Memphis	Lena Thomas
4th	Miss Germany	Daisy Freiberg
5.	Miss Atlanta	Pat Hall
Top 7
Miss Dallas		Eugenie Tullis
Miss Joplin		Gertrude Hoffman
Semi-finalists
Miss Denmark		Karen Schentz
Miss New Orleans		Dorothy Lamour
Miss Norway		Gerd Johansen
Miss San Angelo		Dorothea Lee
Miss St. Louis		Gene Rafal
Miss Wichita		Gunda Lee Selling
Miss Wichita Falls		Lois Campbell

Complete list of participants

Foreign candidates ( the spelling of names in italics is questionable) Miss Belgium - Netta Duchâteau Miss Denmark - Karen Schentz Miss Germany - Daisy Freiberg Miss France - Lucienne Nahmias Miss Norway - Gerd Johansen Miss Austria - Inez Monlassa Miss Romania - Erastia ("Tia") Peretz Miss Sweden - Inga Norberg

USA, states or regions Miss Central Texas - Audina Pruitt Miss Eastern Kentucky - Alice Pelero Miss Georgia - Sally Jackson Miss Hudson Valley - Louise O'Neill Miss Long Island - Ann Rose Jablonski Miss Louisiana - Mildred Kingsbury Miss North Texas - Estelle Martin Miss Northern Kentucky - Anne Lee Patterson Miss West Texas - Leona Leedom Miss Wyoming Valley - Mary Dvorsak

USA, cities Miss Atlanta - Pat Hall Miss Council Bluffs - Lula Mcdonald Miss Dallas - Eugenie Tullis Miss Fort Worth - Selma Milling Miss Joplin - Estelle Gertrude Hoffman Miss Memphis - Lena Thomas Miss New Orleans - Dorothy Lamour Miss New York City - Peggy Helen Coleman Miss Oak Cliff - Frances Allison Miss Pottsville - Ethel Brown Miss San Angelo - Dorothea Lee Miss Scranton - Elinor Klein Miss Springfield, Illinois - Helen Westenberger Miss Springfield (Missouri) - Helen Eugenia Bennett Miss St. Louis - Gene Rafal Miss Wichita - Gunda Lee Selling Miss Wichita Falls - Lois Campbell Miss Wilkes-Barre -Ruth Loughran

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Competition 1926–1931 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from January 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Profil de Miss: Erastia Peretz (Miss România 1931) (Romanian)

Web links

• Competition (lists of participants) 1929–1931 at Pageantopolis ( Memento from May 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
• Film Beauty Crown Goes to Miss Belgium! at The US National Archives and Records Administration