Miss Europe 1927

Miss Europe 1927, was the first ever edition Miss Europe pageant and the only edition under Fanamet, the European distributor of Paramount. It was first held at Sofiensaal in Vienna, Austria on February 5, 1927. After the original panel of 12 judges couldn't decide the winner, a "runoff" was held on March 15, 1927 in Berlin, Germany. The winner was chosen by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau who then starred in a movie directed by him. Štefica Vidačić of Yugoslavia emerged victorious, and was crowned Miss Europe 1927 and the first ever Miss Europe.[1][2][3][4]

Miss Europe 1927
DateFebruary 5, 1927/March 15, 1927
VenueSofiensaal, Vienna, Austria/Berlin, Weimar Republic
Entrants10
Placements3
DebutsAustria, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Yugoslavia
WinnerŠtefica Vidačić†
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss Europe 1927
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up

Contestants

References
  1. Štefica Vidačić: The neglected muse. Biography of the novel of the film musician and UFA general music director Willy Schmidt-Gentner. Frieling, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89009-804-5, S. 48–50
  2. Ida Ograjšek Gorenjak: Hollywood comes to Central Europe: the Fanamet beauty contest in Central and Southeastern Europe, in: Iskra Iveljić (Hrsg.): The Entangled Histories of Vienna, Zagreb and Budapest (18th-20th Century), FF-Press, Zagreb 2015, ISBN 978-953-175-584-9, S. 222
  3. The two most beautiful women In: Das interessante Blatt / Wiener Illustrierte: Daily overview from the 17 February 1927, p. 4 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/nopaper
  4. Numerous Croatian websites celebrated the 90th anniversary of "their" first Miss Europe on March 15, 2017, for exampleZagrepčanka u Berlinu proglašena miss Europe – 1927, accessed on 11 June 2017. The sentence Zagrepčanka Štefica Vidačić postala je Miss Europe na natjecanju koje je održano u Berlinu 15. ožujka 1927. godine. means: "The Zagreb woman Štefica Vidačić was Miss Europe in the competition that took place on March 15, 1927 in Berlin."
  5. Polskiemiss (22 June 2011). "Polskie Miss: Historia lata 20. i 30". Polskie Miss. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
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