Miss Europe 1952

Miss Europe 1952 was the 15th edition of the Miss Europe pageant, held in Naples, Italy on 19 August 1952. At the end of the event, Hanni Schall of Austria crowned Günseli Başar of Turkey as Miss Europe 1952.[1] A Miss Europe 1951 contest was supposed to be held the previous year in Cairo, Egypt. However, the contest did not push through due to undisclosed reasons.[2]

Miss Europe 1952
Date19 August 1952
VenueNaples, Italy
Entrants13
Placements5
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerGünseli Başar
Turkey Turkey

Contestants from 13 countries competed in this year's pageant.

Results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Europe 1952
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up

Contestants

Selection of participants

Contestants from 13 countries competed in this edition. This edition saw the returns of England and Greece who last competed in 1938 and Ireland who last competed in 1949. Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and San Marino withdrew in this edition.

List of contestants

13 contestants competed for the title.[6]

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Austria Austria Ingeborg Freuis 21 Vorarlberg
 Belgium Anne-Marie Pauwels[7] 22 Ostend
 England Judy Breen[8] 21 London
 Finland Eeva Maria Hellas 19 Helsinki
 France Nicole Drouin[6] 23 Paris
Kingdom of Greece Greece Virginia Petimezaki[6] 19 Piraeus
 Holland Elisabeth van Proosdij[9] 22 Amsterdam
 Ireland Eithne Dunne[6] – Dublin
 Italy Fanny Landini[6] – –
 Sweden Anne Marie Tistler[10] 19 Stockholm
  Switzerland Sylvia Müller 20 Geneva
 Turkey Günseli Başar[6] 20 Istanbul
 West Germany Vera Marks[6] 18 Frankfurt

"Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe" Competition
Miss Europa 1952
DateSeptember 22, 1952
VenueAmsterdam, Holland
Entrants10
Placements6
WinnerJudy Breen
United Kingdom Great Britain

From 1951 to 2002 there was a rival Miss Europe competition organized by the "Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe". This was founded in 1950 by Jean Raibaut in Paris, the headquarters later moved to Marseille. The winners wore different titles like Miss Europe, Miss Europa or Miss Europe International.[11]

This year, the competition took place in Amsterdam, Holland. There were 10 delegates all from their own countries. At the end, Judy Breen of Great Britain was crowned as Miss Europa 1952. Breen succeeded predecessor Jacqueline Grenton of Switzerland.[11]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss Europa 1952
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  •  Holland - Elisabeth "Betty 'Beppie'" van Proosdij[12]
3rd runner-up
  • UNKNOWN
4th runner-up
  • UNKNOWN
5th runner-up

Contestants

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References
  1. "Miss Turkije wordt miss Europa" [Miss Turkey becomes Miss Europe]. Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant (in Dutch). 20 August 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Delpher.
  2. "Foreign Bathing Beauty Competitions Confusing". Reading Eagle. 25 August 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. "Row after 'the shy girl' wins". The Straits Times. 21 August 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via National Library Board.
  4. "Turkey & Greece". Indian Daily Mail. 26 August 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  5. "Untitled". Singapore Standard. 25 August 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via National Library Board.
  6. "De mooiste meisjes van Europa" [The most beautiful girls in Europe]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Amsterdam, Netherlands. 18 August 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Delpher.
  7. "Untitled". Singapore Standard. 26 August 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via National Library Board.
  8. "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press. 30 May 1952. p. 1 – via National Library Board.
  9. "Mooiste vrouw van Europa wordt op Capri gekozen Faroek zal ook wel komen kijken" [The most beautiful woman in Europe is chosen on Capri. Faroek will also come and watch]. Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad (in Dutch). 16 August 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Delpher.
  10. "Vijf "Misses" samen op reis" [Five Misses on a journey together]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 14 August 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Delpher.
  11. West, Donald. "Miss Europe (unofficial)/Miss Europa". Pageantopolis. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. "Miss Holland 1951/1952 | Miss Holland Now |" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
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