Miss Europe 1954

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Miss Europe 1954
Date20 June 1954
Venue Vichy, France
Entrants13
Placements5
Withdrawals
  • Monte Carlo
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Turkey
Returns
  • Ireland
  • Poland
Winner Christel Schaack (dethroned)
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
Danièle Génault (assumed)
Flag of France.svg France
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1955  →

Miss Europe 1954 was the 17th edition of the Miss Europe pageant, held in Vichy, France on 20 June 1954.

Contents

At the end of the event, Christel Schaack of Germany was crowned as Miss Europe 1954 by Eloisa Cianni of Italy. [1] However, it was later revealed that Schaack was a widow and thus was disqualified from Miss Europe and stripped of her crown. The crown then went to the 1st runner-up Danièle Génault of France, while Schaack was given the title "Honorary Miss Europe". [2]

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

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Europe 1954
1st runner-up
  • Flag of France.svg France – Danièle Génault (assumed)
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up

Contestants

Selection of participants

Contestants from thirteen countries competed in this edition. This edition saw the returns of Ireland and Poland, and the withdrawals of Monte Carlo, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. Juanita Billa of Spain was not allowed to compete due to not being an official Miss Spain titleholder. Billa was elected by tourists in Biarritz, France in 1953. [4]

List of contestants

Thirteen contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Felicitas Göbel [5] – Vienna
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium –––
Flag of England.svg England June Peters [6] 18 Manchester
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yvonne de Bruyn [4] 20 Helsinki
Flag of France.svg France Danièle Génault [7] 19 Paris
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece Eva Brika [4] 17 Athens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland Conny Harteveld [8] 22 Leiden
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Sheila Lee [4] 18 Dublin
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Nadia Bianchi [9] ––
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Kasindria Klimezak––
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Gunilla Johansson––
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Claudine Chaperon20 Zürich
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Christel Schaack [1] 25 Berlin

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. 1 2 "Duitse gekozen tot „Miss Europa 1954"" [German chosen “Miss Europe 1954”]. Twentsch dagblad Tubantia (in Dutch). 21 June 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2024– via Delpher.
  2. ↑ "Duitse raakte titel kwijt Nu miss France miss Europa" [German lost title Now Miss France Miss Europe]. De Telegraaf. 23 June 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 28 February 2024– via Delpher.
  3. ↑ "Yvonne de Bruyn". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Untitled". Het Rotterdamsch parool (in Dutch). 19 June 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 28 February 2024– via Delpher.
  5. ↑ "Ein schwerer Abschied" [A difficult farewell]. Weltpresse  [ de ] (in German). Vienna, Austria. 16 June 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2025– via Austrian National Library.
  6. ↑ "Miss England". La Stampa (in Italian). 19 June 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "It's official". Lead Daily Call. 30 June 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 28 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Miss Holland '54". Het Parool (in Dutch). 18 June 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 28 February 2024– via Delpher.
  9. ↑ "La nuova "Miss Europa,, è un'indossatrice berlinese" [The new "Miss Europe" is a model from Berlin]. La Stampa (in Italian). 21 June 1954. p. 13. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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