Gerti Daub Hollmann (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Daub; born 1937) is a German former model who was crowned Miss Germany 1957. Having previously been crowned Miss Hamburg 1957, she went on to represent Germany at

Miss Europe 1957 Miss Europe 1957, was the 20th edition of the Miss Europe pageant and the ninth under the ''Mondial Events Organization (MEO)''. It was held in Baden-Baden, Germany on 26 June 1957. Corine Rottschäfer of Holland, was crowned Miss Europe 1957 by ...

and

Miss Universe 1957 Miss Universe 1957, the 6th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1957 in Long Beach, California, United States. In this pageant, 32 contestants competed. Gladys Zender of Peru won the competition, becoming the first Latin American woman to b ...

, where she placed as the second and fourth runner-up respectively.

Life and career

Daub was born in

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...

and raised in Germany. She was selected as Miss Hamburg 1957. As Miss Hamburg, Daub competed in Miss Germany 1957 in

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

. She went on to win the competition, and received the right to represent Germany at both

and

. Just days after winning the German title, Daub competed in Miss Europe in Baden-Baden, where she placed as the second runner-up. The following month, she went to

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporate ...

to compete in Miss Universe, where she placed as the fourth runner-up. At both competitions, she also won the special award of Miss Photogenic.

Personal life

Daub married German television presenter Carlheinz Hollmann in 1958, after having met during an interview with

Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, M ...

(NDR) earlier that year. Daub and Hollmann had two children together. Since 1965, Daub has resided in the village of Luhmühlen within the small municipality of

Salzhausen Salzhausen is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 40 km southeast of Hamburg, and 15 km west of Lüneburg. Salzhausen is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde A ''Samtgeme ...

Lüneburg Heath Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen a ...

. Hollmann died in 2004.

References

External links

Gerti Daub Hollmann's website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daub, Gerti 1937 births German beauty pageant winners German female models German expatriates in the Netherlands Living people Miss Universe 1957 contestants People from Hamburg