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  Germany
Danièle Génault (assumed)
Flag of France.svg  France
  1953
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
  • Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden – Gunilla Johansson
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 [lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Felicitas von Goebel Vienna
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of England.svg  England June Peters [5] 18 Manchester
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Yvonne de Bruyn [4] 20 Helsinki
Flag of France.svg  France Danièle Génault [6] 19 Paris
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Christel Schaack [1] 25 Berlin
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Eva Brika [4] 17 Athens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Conny Harteveld [7] 22 Leiden
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Sheila Lee [4] 18 Dublin
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Nadia Bianchi [8]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Kasindria Klimezak
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Gunilla Johansson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Claudine Chaperon20 Zürich

Notes

  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

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