Miss Europe 1957

Miss Europa 1957
Miss Europa 1957
Date	July 1957
Venue	Paris, France
Entrants	2+
Winner	Ingrid Weiss; <img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"> Germany
	← 1953 1958 →

Miss Europe 1957
Miss Europe 1957
	Corine Rottschäfer, Miss Europe 1957
Date	26 June 1957
Venue	Baden-Baden, Germany
Entrants	15
Debuts	Iceland
Withdrawals	Ireland; Switzerland;
Returns	Denmark; Luxembourg; Spain;
Winner	Corine Rottschäfer†; Holland
Photogenic	Gerti Daub; Germany
Miss Elegance	Geneviève Zanetti; France
	← 1956 1958 →

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

Results edit

Placements edit

Placement	Contestant
Miss Europe 1957	Holland – Corine Rottschäfer † ^[1]
1st Runner-Up	Finland – Marita Lindahl †
2nd Runner-Up	Germany – Gerti Daub
3rd Runner-Up	France – Geneviève Zanetti
4th Runner-Up	England – Sonia Hamilton

Special awards edit

Award	Contestant
Miss Elegance	France – Geneviève Zanetti
Miss Photogenic	Germany – Gerti Daub

Contestants edit

Austria - Elisabeth "Sissy" Schübelauer
Belgium - Madeleine Hotelet
Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen
England - Sonia Hamilton
Finland - Marita Lindahl†
France - Geneviève Zanetti
Germany - Gerti Daub
Greece - Maria Tsipi
Holland - Corine Rottschäfer† ^[1]
Iceland - Runa Brynjolfsdottir
Italy - Bianca Maria Vitelli
Luxembourg - Josee Jaminet
Spain - Viola López Martínez
Sweden - Rigmor Alfredsson
Turkey - Suna Azak

"Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe" Competition edit

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, the headquarters later moved to Marseille. The winners wore different titles like Miss Europe, Miss Europa or Miss Europe International.

This year's competition took place in Paris, France. The number of entries is unknown. At the end, Ingrid Weiss of Germany was crowned as Miss Europa 1957. Weiss succeeded predecessor Sylviane Carpentier of France.