Miss Europe 1957

Miss Europe 1957
Corine Rottschäfer
Date26 June 1957
VenueBaden-Baden, West Germany
Entrants15
DebutsIceland
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerCorine Rottschäfer†
Holland
PhotogenicGerti Daub (West Germany)
Miss EleganceGeneviève Zanetti (France)

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, West Germany on 26 June 1957. Corine Rottschäfer of Holland, was crowned Miss Europe 1957 by outgoing titleholder Margit Nünke of West Germany.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Europe 1957
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
  • France – Geneviève Zanetti
4th Runner-Up

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Elegance
  • France – Geneviève Zanetti
Miss Photogenic

Contestants

Selection of participants

Contestants from fifteen countries competed in this edition. This edition saw debut of Iceland, the returns of Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain, and the withdrawals of Ireland and Switzerland.

List of contestants

Fifteen contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
Austria Austria Elisabeth Schübel-Auer 20 Vienna
Belgium Madeleine Hotelet[2] 25 Brussels
Denmark Lilian Juul Madsen 19 Copenhagen
England Sonia Hamilton[3] 23 London
Finland Marita Lindahl[4] 18 Helsinki
France Geneviève Zanetti 18 Paris
Greece Maria Tsipi – Athens
Holland Corine Rottschäfer[3] 19 Amsterdam
Iceland Runa Brynjolfsdottir – Reykjavík
Italy Bianca Maria Vitelli – –
Luxembourg Josee Jaminet 18 Luxembourg City
Spain Viola López Martínez – –
Sweden Rigmor Alfredsson – –
Turkey Suna Azak – –
West Germany Gerti Daub[5] 19 Hamburg

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. ^ "Miss Holland 1957 | Miss Holland Now |" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  2. ^ "Erelijst Miss België" [Honors list Miss Belgium]. De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b "La nouvelle Miss Europe" [The new Miss Europe]. Feuille d'avis de Neuchatel (in French). 29 June 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2026 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
  4. ^ "Suomen ainoa Miss Maailma Marita Lindahl on kuollut – lue puolison koskettava kirje" [Finland's only Miss World Marita Lindahl has died - read her husband's touching letter]. Yle (in Finnish). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  5. ^ Wuttke, Nina (24 February 2018). "Miss Germany: A century of beautiful women". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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