Mirror… Mirror on the wall… who is the most beautiful of them all

‘Miss Europe’ was held for the first time in 1920 and it was one of the most talked about events in the press. In 1930 ‘Miss Europe’ took place at Paris Opera, Paris, and the streets outside the hall were packed with people eager to see the participants…

Now, 85 years later, a little look back, of past beauty, fashion and make-up. Have a look at 1930’s Miss Europe particiapants:

Who is your top 3 Miss Europe 1930?…

Miss Allemange, Dorit Nitykowski (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Allemange, Dorit Nitykowski (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Austria, Ingeborg von Grinberger (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Austria, Ingeborg von Grinberger (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Belgique, Jenny Vanparays (Click photo enlarge).

Miss Bulgaria , Kunqu Christ Chobanova-Nedev (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Danmark, Esther Petersen (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Espana, Elena Plá Mompó (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss France, Yvette Labrousse (the later Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan), she had Always great story’s about ‘her time’ as Miss France, about the girls, the fashion of that time, the make-up and the travels (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Greece, Miss Europe, Aliki Diplarakou (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Great Britain, Marjorie Ross (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Hollande, Rie van der Rest (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Hongrie, Maria Papst (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Ireland, Vera Curran (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Italia, Mafalda Morittino (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Polonia, Zofia Batycka (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Romania, Zoica Dona (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Russia, Irina Wentzel (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Tchécoslovaquie, Milada Dostálová (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Turkquie, Mubedjel Namik (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Yougoslavie, Stephanie ‘Caca’ Drobujak (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Europe 1930 contest at Paris Opera. Two pages showen from ‘The L’Illustration’, a weekly newspaper published in Paris. The winner: Mme Aliki Diplarakou: middle, left. Mme Yvette Labrousse (the later Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan), above, second from left.  (private collection)(Click photo to enlarge).

by Jean Amr

Rie van de Rest, Miss Holland 1930

In 1930, the election of Miss Holland had a messy gradient. Initially, Emmy Kuster from the Hague was elected, but a day later turns out she ‘accidentally’ has a wrong age specified. She is too old for participation. It also appears she was married. The initial winner of the Miss Holland 1930 title was disqualified. After her disqualification, the number 2, Rie of the Rest from Breda designated as the new Miss Holland.

De gediskwalificeerde Miss Holland, Emmy Kuster, wordt bij het verlaten van de tram geholpen door een trambestuurder (Spaarnestad Photo) (Click photo to enlarge).

Polygoon Hollands News, 1930

In the video we see the participants and their family and jurors at the Hotel Américain in Amsterdam, where the election was held.

The departure of Rie of Rest, Miss Holland 1930, starting from Rotterdam Airport Waalhaven. Shots of Rie of Rest in conversation, various images of Rie van de Rest around and in a plane.Miss Holland 1930, leaving for Paris, where she will compete for the title of Miss Europe. (no sound).

Miss Hollande, Rie Van der Rest (Click photo’s to enlarge).

Miss Russia, Irina Wentzel, Miss Austria, Ingeborg von Grinberger and Miss Holland, Rie Van der Rest, in the Streets of Paris (Click photo to enlarge).

Miss Holland 1930, Rie van de Rest after her victory wanted a film career. She made, for that time, a very spicy photo shoot. With her film career is never what become ….

On March 13, 2015 appeard the book ‘De mooiste van het land – opkomst en ondergang van Miss Holland 1929-1937’ by Mark Traa, by Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep and nicely written book with lots of cute ‘vintage’ background, and the ladies from that time, we get them know well. Fun moments, but also the less fun: As the story of the Amsterdam student Mary van Lelyveld (18) who became Miss Holland 1931, but with her husband and son she would be gassed in Sobibor in the war …

by Jean Amr

Memories from the Past

 

In theater Tuschinski in Amsterdam, where they put her on a sash and got lots of flowers, Johanna (Jopie) Koopman from Zaandam, became in 1929 the first Miss Holland.

In the summer of 1929 was this ad in many Dutch newspapers. The first Miss Holland, Jo(hanna) Koopman, turned out to be an attractive marketing tool, …..one of the first worldwide.