Stephanie Caca Drobujak Miss Yugoslavia in 1930,

 

Stephanie Caca Drobujak aka Drobyak and Drobnjak became Miss Yugoslavia in 1930, so she joined the 1930 Miss Europe pageant in Paris. Winner that year was Miss Greece Aliki Diplarakou.

 

Ingeborg von Grinberger aka Grienberger was Miss Austria 1930, so she also joined the Miss Europe contest. Just like in 1929, when he first Miss Austria pageant was held, the Austrian daily Das neue Wiener Tageblatt had organised the pageant. The 18th years old Grienberger came from the Austrian province of Steiermark, but was originally born in Berlin, Germany. Winner of the Miss Europe 1930 pageant was Miss Greece, Aliki Diplarakou. Grienberger's predecessor, the 1929 Miss Austria Lisl Goldarbeiter, eventually had becomess Universe in 1929.

 Zoica Dona aka Zoïca Dona was a 20 year old student from the university of Bucarest, when in February 1930 she won the Miss Romania pageant. She joined the Miss Europe 1930 pageant, but didn’t win. That year Miss Greece won the Paris pageant. At the Miss Universe pageant in Galveston, Texas, August 1930, another Miss represented Romania, Mariana Mirica aka Maria Namiyica. Dona did represent Romania at the competing Miss Universe pageant in Rio de Janeiro.

 

 Irene Wentzel (aka Irene Wentzell aka Irina Veisel) was Miss Russia in Paris in 1930, elected by Russian immigrants, so she joined the 1930 Miss Europe pageant in Paris.

Yvonne Labrousse, later known as Om Habibeh, was born 15 february 1906 in Sète, France, and died 1 July 2000 in Le Cannet, near Cannes. She was the wife of l'Aga Khan III, after having been elected as the 7th Miss France in 1930. Yvette Blanche Labrousse was the daughter of the tram driver Adrien Labrousse and Marie Bouet, a couturière originally for Lyon. After bieng elected Miss Lyon in 1929, then Miss France in Paris in 1930, she joined the Miss Europe 1930 pageant in Paris, won by Miss Greece. She started to travel around the world and settled in Egypt. There Labrousse met her future husband, the Sultan Aga Khan III, 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community, whom she married on 9 October 1944 in Switzerland and whose fourth and last wife she was. She converted to the Islam and took the name of Om Habibeh, fully Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan. She was dearly loved by her people because of her generosity to the poor and the elderly, and by her own husband as well, who was very close to her. In 1954, Om Habibeh was given the title of Mata Salamat, which literally means serene or peaceful mother. She undertook the pelgrimage to Mecca in 1955. In Le Cannet she built a villa named Yakimour, after her nickname Yaki (Yvette/Aga/Khan) and Amour. When her husband died in 1957, he had stated in his will that his successor, his grandson Karim, would have Om Habibeh as advisor for the first seven years of his reign. Om Habibeh started building at Aswan a mausoleum to her husband, immediately after his death, while finishing it took 16 months. Om Habibeh remained well-known for her charity, such as by the Om Habibeh Foundation (1991). Her gesture of daily placing a red rose on her husband's tomb while in Egypt - when she was away in Europe a gardener would put the roses there - enforced the reputation of the legendary romance between Om Habibeh and her Aga Khan. Om Habibeh aka Yvette Labrousse died on 1 July 2000 at the age of 94 years. Sources: French and English Wikipedia.

 

Esther Petersen aka Pedersen was Miss Denmark in 1930, so she was allowed to join the 1930 Miss Europe pageant in Paris. Winner that year was Miss Greece Aliki Diplarakou. During the repetitions in Paris Miss Denmark was hurt on the head by a falling large spotlight. The stage caught fire, but the fire was soon extinguished, while Miss Denmark was probably more shocked than seriously injured. After the election in Paris the candidates went to French Cote d'Azur where they were treated like real queens. In Cannes Esther Petersen was crowned Queen of Elegance, in the presence of the Danish king

Miss Europe Contestants In Paris In 1930

FRANCE - JANUARY 01: Miss Europe Contestants In Paris In 1930. (

Jenny Vanparays aka Jenny Van Parys was the second Miss Belgium in 1929 - the first was Anne Koyaert in 1928 - so she joined the 1930 Miss Europe beauty pageant. It was the first year that Belgium joined the Miss Europe pageant. Winner that years was Miss Greece, Aliki Diplarakou. Diplarakou was surprised, as she thought that Miss Belgium would win. Vanparays/ Van Parys also competed in the 1930 Miss Universe pageant in Galveston, Texas. Her compatriot Netty Duchateau would win the Miss Universe title in 1931.