Miss Europe 1927, was the first ever edition

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

pageant and the only edition under Fanamet, the European distributor of

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. It was first held at Sofiensaal in

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on 5 February 1927. After the original panel of 12 judges couldn't decide the winner, a "runoff" was held on 15 March 1927 in

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. The winner was chosen by

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who then starred in a movie directed by him. Štefica Vidačić of

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emerged victorious, and was crowned Miss Europe 1927 and the first ever Miss Europe.Numerous Croatian websites celebrated the 90th anniversary of "their" first Miss Europe on March 15, 2017, for examp
Zagrepčanka u Berlinu proglašena miss Europe – 1927
accessed on 11 June 2017. The sentence ''Zagrepčanka Štefica Vidačić postala je Miss Europe na natjecanju koje je održano u Berlinu 15. ožujka 1927. godine.'' means: "The Zagreb woman Štefica Vidačić was Miss Europe in the competition that took place on March 15, 1927 in Berlin."

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* Miss Europe 1927 in Europe 1927 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in France Beauty pageants in Austria Beauty pageants in Germany 1920s in Vienna Events in Vienna 1920s in Berlin Events in Berlin {{Pageant-stub