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 Wilhelm Murnau. Štefica Vidačić of Yugoslavia was the winner and the first ever Miss Europe.
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| Beauties of Miss Europe 1930 |
Miss Europe was later re-established in December 1928 by French journalist Maurice de Waleffe (1874–1946), who also created, in 1920, what by 1927 had become the Miss France pageant. Miss Europe, under de Waleffe, was first held at the Paris Opera with participants from 18 countries. The first contest under de Waleffe did not occur until February 1929.
Miss Europe 1930 was the third annual Miss Europe competition and second under French journalist Maurice de Waleffe. Miss Greece won and 19 girls from Europe competed in the pageant. Belgium participated for the first time and one candidacy, that of Switzerland, was withdrawn. Czechoslovakia and Turkey returned to the pageant, they haven’t competed since 1927.
Here is a set of vintage photos that shows portraits of beauties of Miss Europe 1930.
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| Miss Austria Inge von Greenberg |
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| Miss Belgium Janet Van Parys |
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| Miss Bulgaria Kunqu Christus Chobanov-Nedev |
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| Miss Czechoslovakia Milada Dostálová |
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| Miss Denmark Esther Peterson |
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| Miss England Marjorie Ross |
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| Miss France Yvonne Labrus |
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| Miss Germany Dorit Nitikovski |
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| Miss Holland Rie van der Rest |
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| Miss Hungary Maria Papst |
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| Miss Ireland Vera Curran |
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| Miss Italy Mafalda Mariottino |
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| Miss Poland Sophia Batytskaya |
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| Miss Romania Zoya Don |
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| Miss Russia Irina Wentzel |
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| Miss Spain Elena Pla Mompo |
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| Miss Turkey Namik Mabedzhel |
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| Miss Yugoslavia Stephanie Drobnjak |
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| Miss Greece Aliki Diplaraku, the winner |
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| Misses Russia, Austria, and Holland in Paris |
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