Miss Europe 1952

Miss Casino 1952
Miss Casino 1952
	Judy Breen, Miss Casino-Amsterdam 1952
Date	22 February 1952
Venue	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Entrants	10
Placements	5
Debuts	Austria; Belgium; Cannes (France); Germany; Great Britain; Holland; Seville (Spain);
Withdrawals	Bulgaria; England; Italy; Monaco; Overseas France;
Winner	Judy Breen; Great Britain
	← 1951 1953 →

Miss Europe 1952
Miss Europe 1952
Date	19 August 1952
Venue	Naples, Italy
Entrants	13
Placements	5
Withdrawals	Denmark; Norway; Portugal; San Marino;
Returns	England; Greece; Ireland;
Winner	Günseli Başar; Turkey
	← 1950 1953 →

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]

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

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Europe 1952	Turkey – Günseli Başar^[3]
1st runner-up	France – Nicole Drouin^[3]
2nd runner-up	Greece – Virginia Petimezaki^[4]
3rd runner-up	Germany – Vera Marks^[5]
4th runner-up	Belgium – Anne-Marie Pauwels^[6] England – Judy Breen^[6]

Contestants

Selection of participants

Contestants from thirteen 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

Thirteen contestants competed for the title.^[7]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Austria	Ingeborg Freuis^[8]	21	Bregenz
Belgium	Anne-Marie Pauwels^[9]	22	Ostend
England	Judy Breen^[10]	21	London
Finland	Eeva Maria Hellas	19	Helsinki
France	Nicole Drouin^[7]	23	Paris
Greece	Virginia Petimezaki^[7]	19	Piraeus
Holland	Elisabeth van Proosdij^[11]	22	Amsterdam
Ireland	Eithne Dunne^[7]	–	Dublin
Italy	Fanny Landini^[7]	–	–
Sweden	Anne Marie Tistler^[12]	19	Stockholm
Switzerland	Sylvia Müller	20	Geneva
Turkey	Günseli Başar^[7]	20	Istanbul
West Germany	Vera Marks^[7]	18	Frankfurt

Miss Casino 1952

Miss Casino 1952 was the second edition of the Miss Europe pageant organized by the "Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe", held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 22 February 1952. At the end of the event, Judy Breen of Great Britain was crowned as Miss Casino Amsterdam-1952.^[13]

Contestants from ten countries competed in this year's pageant.^[14]

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Europa 1952	Great Britain – Judy Breen^[15]
1st runner-up	Sweden – Anita Ekberg^[15]
2nd runner-up	Holland – Elisabeth van Proosdij^[15]
3rd runner-up	Austria – Ingeborg Freuis^[15]
4th runner-up	Belgium – Andrea Bouillon^[15]

List of contestants

Ten contestants competed for the title.^[14]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Austria	Ingeborg Freuis^[16]	21	Bregenz
Belgium	Andrea Bouillon^[16]	–	Charleroi
Cannes (France)	Denis le Mentec^[16]	–	Cannes
Denmark	Eve Flandrake^[16]	–	Copenhagen
Germany	Vera Marks^[16]	18	Frankfurt
Great Britain	Judy Breen^[16]	21	London
Holland	Elisabeth van Proosdij^[16]	21	Amsterdam
Seville (Spain)	Anita Villa^[16]	21	Seville
Sweden	Anita Ekberg^[16]	20	Malmö
Switzerland	Molly Bruderer^[17]	–	–

Notes

^ ^a ^b Ages at the time of the pageant

References

^ "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.
^ "Foreign Bathing Beauty Competitions Confusing". Reading Eagle. 25 August 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Row after 'the shy girl' wins". The Straits Times. 21 August 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via National Library Board.
^ "Turkey & Greece". Indian Daily Mail. 26 August 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Untitled". Singapore Standard. 25 August 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via National Library Board.
^ ^a ^b "Turkish girl 'Miss Europe'". Evening Times. 20 August 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Google News Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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.
^ "European beauties, before they lost". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. 27 August 1952. p. 15. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Untitled". Singapore Standard. 26 August 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via National Library Board.
^ "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press. 30 May 1952. p. 1 – via National Library Board.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Miss Casino Amsterdam". Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad (in Dutch). 22 February 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.
^ ^a ^b "Spiegeltje, spiegeltje Koningin der schoonheidskoninginnen wordt in Amsterdam gekozen". Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland (in Dutch). 12 February 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Engels meisje werd Miss Casino Amsterdam 1952" [English girl became Miss Casino Amsterdam 1952"]. Deventer dagblad (in Dutch). 22 February 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Tien schoonheids-koninginnen troffen elkaar in Amsterdam" [Ten beauty queens met in Amsterdam]. Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 20 February 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.
^ "Wie wordt Miss Amsterdam?" [Who will be Miss Amsterdam?]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 20 February 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.

External links

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[A-8] Ages at the time of the pageant

[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.

[:0-3] "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.

[:1-5] "Untitled". Singapore Standard. 25 August 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via National Library Board.

[:3-6] "Turkish girl 'Miss Europe'". Evening Times. 20 August 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Google News Archive.

[:2-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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.

[9] "European beauties, before they lost". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. 27 August 1952. p. 15. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Google News Archive.

[10] "Untitled". Singapore Standard. 26 August 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 4 July 2023 – via National Library Board.

[11] "Untitled". The Singapore Free Press. 30 May 1952. p. 1 – via National Library Board.

[12] "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.

[13] "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.

[14] "Miss Casino Amsterdam". Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad (in Dutch). 22 February 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.

[:4-15] "Spiegeltje, spiegeltje Koningin der schoonheidskoninginnen wordt in Amsterdam gekozen". Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland (in Dutch). 12 February 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.

[:5-16] "Engels meisje werd Miss Casino Amsterdam 1952" [English girl became Miss Casino Amsterdam 1952"]. Deventer dagblad (in Dutch). 22 February 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.

[:6-17] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Tien schoonheids-koninginnen troffen elkaar in Amsterdam" [Ten beauty queens met in Amsterdam]. Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 20 February 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.

[18] "Wie wordt Miss Amsterdam?" [Who will be Miss Amsterdam?]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 20 February 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via Delpher.

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