{{Short description|International beauty pageant}} {{Beauty pageant | winner = '''[[Günseli Başar]]''' | represented = '''{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]]''' | date = 19 August 1952 | image = | caption = | presenters = | venue = [[Naples]], Italy | broadcaster = | entrants = 13 | placements = 5 | congeniality = | photogenic = | award1 = | debuts = | withdraws = {{Hlist|[[Denmark]]|[[Norway]]|[[Portugal]]|[[San Marino]]}} | returns = {{Hlist|[[England]]|[[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]]|[[Ireland]]}} | before = [[Miss Europe 1950|1950]] | next = [[Miss Europe 1953|1953]] }}
'''Miss Europe 1952''' was the 15th edition of the [[Miss Europe]] pageant, held in [[Naples]], Italy, on 19 August 1952. At the end of the event, Hanni Schall of [[Austria]] crowned [[Günseli Başar]] of [[Turkey]] as Miss Europe 1952.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 August 1952 |title=Miss Turkije wordt miss Europa |language=nl |trans-title=Miss Turkey becomes Miss Europe |pages=3 |work=Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001560044:mpeg21:p00003 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> A Miss Europe 1951 contest was supposed to be held the previous year in [[Cairo]], Egypt. However, the contest did not push through due to undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 August 1952 |title=Foreign Bathing Beauty Competitions Confusing |pages=10 |work=Reading Eagle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1ouAAAAIBAJ&dq=Miss+Europe+1952&pg=PA46&article_id=6450,2246882 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
Contestants from thirteen countries competed in this year's pageant.
== Results == ===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" !Placement !Contestant |- |'''Miss Europe 1952''' | * '''{{flag|Turkey}}''' – '''[[Günseli Başar]]'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=21 August 1952 |title=Row after 'the shy girl' wins |pages=3 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19520821-1.2.41 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> |- |1st runner-up | * {{flag|France}} – Nicole Drouin<ref name=":0" /> |- |2nd runner-up | * {{flag|Kingdom of Greece|1935|name = Greece}} – Virginia Petimezaki<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 August 1952 |title=Turkey & Greece |pages=4 |work=Indian Daily Mail |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/indiandailymail19520826-1.2.55 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |- |3rd runner-up | * {{flag|West Germany|name = Germany}} – Vera Marks<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=25 August 1952 |title=Untitled |pages=5 |work=Singapore Standard |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singstandard19520825-1.2.77 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> |- |4th runner-up | * {{flag|Belgium}} – Anne-Marie Pauwels<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=20 August 1952 |title=Turkish girl 'Miss Europe' |pages=7 |work=Evening Times |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=URNBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z6gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3780%2C3520869 |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> * {{flag|England}} – Judy Breen<ref name=":3" /> |}
== Contestants ==
=== Selection of participants === Contestants from thirteen countries competed in this edition. This edition saw the returns of England and Greece who last competed in [[Miss Europe 1938|1938]] and Ireland who last competed in [[Miss Europe 1949|1949]]. Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and San Marino withdrew in this edition.
=== List of contestants === Thirteen contestants competed for the title.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=18 August 1952 |title=De mooiste meisjes van Europa |language=nl |trans-title=The most beautiful girls in Europe |pages=3 |work=[[De Telegraaf]] |location=Amsterdam, Netherlands |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110585584:mpeg21:p003 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country/Territory !Contestant !Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant|name=A}} !Hometown |- |'''{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austria]]''' |Ingeborg Freuis<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 August 1952 |title=European beauties, before they lost |pages=15 |work=Saskatoon Star-Phoenix |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZidgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9m4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=7179%2C2973802 |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |21 |[[Bregenz]] |- |{{flag|Belgium}} |Anne-Marie Pauwels<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 August 1952 |title=Untitled |pages=7 |work=Singapore Standard |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singstandard19520826-1.2.113 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> |22 |[[Ostend]] |- |{{flag|England}} |Judy Breen<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 May 1952 |title=Untitled |pages=1 |work=[[The Singapore Free Press]] |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/freepress19520530-1.2.17 |via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> |21 |[[London]] |- |{{flag|Finland}} |Eeva Maria Hellas |19 |[[Helsinki]] |- |{{flag|France}} |Nicole Drouin<ref name=":2" /> |23 |[[Paris]] |- |'''{{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece|1935}}''' [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]] |Virginia Petimezaki<ref name=":2" /> |19 |[[Piraeus]] |- |{{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}} |Elisabeth van Proosdij<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 August 1952 |title=Mooiste vrouw van Europa wordt op Capri gekozen Faroek zal ook wel komen kijken |language=nl |trans-title=The most beautiful woman in Europe is chosen on Capri. Faroek will also come and watch |pages=1 |work=Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017778091:mpeg21:p00001 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> |22 |[[Amsterdam]] |- |{{flag|Ireland}} |Eithne Dunne<ref name=":2" /> |– |[[Dublin]] |- |{{flag|Italy}} |Fanny Landini<ref name=":2" /> |– |– |- |{{flag|Sweden}} |Anne Marie Tistler<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 August 1952 |title=Vijf "Misses" samen op reis |language=nl |trans-title=Five Misses on a journey together |pages=1 |work=[[Algemeen Dagblad]] |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:000333089:mpeg21:p00001 |access-date=4 July 2023 |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> |19 |[[Stockholm]] |- |{{flag|Switzerland}} |Sylvia Müller<ref>{{cite news |title=CHRONIQUE LOCALE: Les Soirées: Miss Suisse a été élue |trans-title=LOCAL NEWS: Evening Events: Miss Switzerland has been elected |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=TDG19520331-01.2.15.6 |access-date=12 February 2026 |work=[[Tribune de Genève|La tribune de Genève]] |page=5 |date=31 March 1952 |location=[[Geneva]], Switzerland |language=fr |via=[[E-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref> |20 |[[Geneva]] |- |'''{{flag|Turkey}}''' |'''[[Günseli Başar]]<ref name=":2" />''' |20 |[[Istanbul]] |- |{{flag|West Germany}} |Vera Marks<ref name=":2" /> |18 |[[Frankfurt]] |}
== Miss Casino 1952 == {{Infobox beauty pageant | name = Miss Casino 1952 | winner = '''Judy Breen''' | represented = '''{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]]''' | congeniality = | photogenic = | award1 label = Miss Elegance | award1 = | date = 22 February 1952 | presenters = | venue = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands | broadcaster = | entrants = 10 | placements = 5 | debuts ={{Hlist|Austria|Belgium|Cannes (France)|Germany|Great Britain|Holland|Seville (Spain)}} | withdraws ={{Hlist|Bulgaria|England|Italy|Monaco|Overseas France}} | returns = | before = [[Miss Europe 1950#Miss Europa 1951|1951]] | next = [[Miss Europe 1953#Miss Casino 1953|1953]] |image=Judy Breen.jpg|caption=Judy Breen, Miss Casino-Amsterdam 1952|image size=200px}}
'''Miss Casino 1952''' was the second edition of the Miss Europe pageant organized by the "Comité Officiel et International Miss Europe", held in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands, on 22 February 1952. At the end of the event, Judy Breen of Great Britain was crowned as Miss Casino Amsterdam-1952.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 February 1952 |title=Miss Casino Amsterdam |language=nl |pages=1 |work=Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017777045:mpeg21:p00001 |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=Delpher}}</ref>
Contestants from ten countries competed in this year's pageant.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=12 February 1952 |title=Spiegeltje, spiegeltje Koningin der schoonheidskoninginnen wordt in Amsterdam gekozen |language=nl |pages=2 |work=Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010613188:mpeg21:p002 |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=Delpher}}</ref>
===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" !Placement !Contestant |- |'''Miss Europa 1952''' | *'''{{flag|United Kingdom|name=Great Britain}}''' – '''Judy Breen'''<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=22 February 1952 |title=Engels meisje werd Miss Casino Amsterdam 1952 |language=nl |trans-title=English girl became Miss Casino Amsterdam 1952" |pages=3 |work=Deventer dagblad |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMHCO02:163906045:mpeg21:p00003 |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=Delpher}}</ref> |- |1st runner-up | *{{flag|Sweden}} – [[Anita Ekberg]]<ref name=":5" /> |- |2nd runner-up | *{{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}} – Elisabeth van Proosdij<ref name=":5" /> |- |3rd runner-up | * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austria]] – Ingeborg Freuis<ref name=":5" /> |- |4th runner-up | * {{flag|Belgium}} – Andrea Bouillon<ref name=":5" /> |}
=== List of contestants === Ten contestants competed for the title.<ref name=":4" /> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country/Territory !Contestant !Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant|name=A}} !Hometown |- |'''{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austria]]''' |Ingeborg Freuis<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=20 February 1952 |title=Tien schoonheids-koninginnen troffen elkaar in Amsterdam |language=nl |trans-title=Ten beauty queens met in Amsterdam |pages=3 |work=Arnhemsche courant |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:002035043:mpeg21:p00003 |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=Delpher}}</ref> |21 |[[Bregenz]] |- |{{flag|Belgium}} |Andrea Bouillon<ref name=":6" /> |– |[[Charleroi]] |- |{{flag|France|name=Cannes (France)}} |Denis le Mentec<ref name=":6" /> |– |[[Cannes]] |- |{{flag|Denmark}} |Eve Flandrake<ref name=":6" /> |– |[[Copenhagen]] |- |{{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}} |Vera Marks<ref name=":6" /> |18 |[[Frankfurt]] |- |'''{{flag|United Kingdom|name=Great Britain}}''' |'''Judy Breen<ref name=":6" />''' |21 |[[London]] |- |{{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}} |Elisabeth van Proosdij<ref name=":6" /> |21 |[[Amsterdam]] |- |{{flag|Spain|1945|name=Seville (Spain)}} |Anita Villa<ref name=":6" /> |21 |[[Seville]] |- |{{flag|Sweden}} |[[Anita Ekberg]]<ref name=":6" /> |20 |[[Malmö]] |- |{{flag|Switzerland}} |Molly Bruderer<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 February 1952 |title=Wie wordt Miss Amsterdam? |language=nl |trans-title=Who will be Miss Amsterdam? |pages=3 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:000326043:mpeg21:p00003 |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=Delpher}}</ref> |– |– |}
== Notes == <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official|http://misseurope.eu/}}
{{Miss Europe}} {{Beauty contests in Europe}}
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