MISS EUROPE 1929

In 1921 Maurice de Waleffe started the Miss France pageant, with beauty queens from 49 cities.  The winner was Pauline Po, from Corsica, whose father immediately kept her at home.  The most famous Miss France was Yvette Labrousse, from 1930, who later became Princess Begum Aga Khan III. 

In December 1928 Maurice de Waleffe planned the Miss Europe pageant, to be held in February in the Paris Opera with an international jury of artists.  Invitations were sent to each of the 21 European countries to send a national representative.  All except three countries accepted the invitation.  The Miss Europe pageants were held annually throughout the 1930s until 1939, when World War II caused its cancellation.  Maurice de Waleffe passed away in 1946.  The pageant was not revived until 1948, under different organizers. 

1929 February 7

Paris, France

18 entries

Winner

Hungary  Erzsébet "Böske" Simon 

Remainder

Austria  Lisl Goldarbeiter

Bulgaria  Luba Yotzoff

Denmark  Vibeke Mogensen

England  Benny Dick

France  Germaine Laborde

Germany  Elisabeth Yvette Rodzyn

Greece  Aspasie Karatja

Holland  Johanna Koopman

Ireland  Clara Russell-Stritch

Italy  Derna Giovannini

Luxembourg  Ketty Hipp

Poland  Wladyslawa Kostakowna

Romania  Mariaor Janescu

Russia  Irina Levitskaya

Spain  Pepita Samper

Switzerland  Annie Haussel

Yugoslavia  Stanislava Matijevitch