Miss Europe 1957, was the 20th edition of the

Miss Europe Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for European women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by Fanamet, the European distributor of Paramount, as a one-off event where the winner was to star in a film directed by Friedrich W ...

pageant and the ninth under the ''Mondial Events Organization (MEO)''. It was held 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 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

on 26 June 1957.

Corine Rottschäfer Corine Spier-Rottschäfer (8 May 1938 – 24 September 2020) was a Dutch model and beauty queen who won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands.. missworld.com She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pa ...

Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...

, was crowned Miss Europe 1957 by outgoing titleholder

Margit Nünke Margit Nünke (15 November 1930, in Stettin – 10 January 2015, in Munich) was a German actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Life Nünke became Miss Germany on 11 June 1955 after previously being Miss North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1956 ...

Results

Placements

Special awards

Contestants

* - Elisabeth "Sissy" Schübelauer * - Madeleine Hotelet * - Lilian Juul Madsen * - Sonia Hamilton * -

Marita Lindahl Marita Lindahl (17 October 1938 – 21 March 2017) was a Finnish model and beauty queen who won the 1957 Miss World beauty pageant, after being crowned Miss Finland 1957 by Miss Finland 1956, Sirpa Helena Koivu. She became the first woman from ...

† * - Geneviève Zanetti * - Gerti Daub * - Maria Tsipi * -

† * - Runa Brynjolfsdottir * - Bianca Maria Vitelli * - Josee Jaminet * - Viola López Martínez * - Rigmor Alfredsson * - Suna Azak

"Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe" Competition

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 Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, the headquarters later moved to

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

. The winners wore different titles like Miss Europe, Miss Europa or Miss Europe International. This year's competition took place in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. The number of entries is unknown. At the end, Ingrid Weiss of

was crowned as Miss Europa 1957. Weiss succeeded predecessor Sylviane Carpentier of

Placements

Contestants

* - Ingrid Weiss * - Bosilka Vidovic

References

External links

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