Europe's Most Beautiful Girl 1930

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Item title reads - Europe's most beautiful girl! Mademoiselle Alice Diplarkou, a Greek brunette, chosen for International Beauty Contest at Rio de Janeiro. Paris, France.

L/S of Miss Diplarkou sat in front of lots of cameramen, she gets up and throws her jacket off then poses. C/U as the camera...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18820
Sort Number:
G 1684
Time in/Out:
01:26:18:00 / 01:27:01:00
Canister:
G 1684
Film ID:
816.19
Issue Date:
10/02/1930

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  • The lady seen here was the winner of the second annual "Miss Europe" contest in February 1930.

    As the title card says, she was chosen to represent her country in the 1930 Miss Universe contest. This was held on 13 October 1930, and she was a runner-up.

    Her name has been spelt in various ways, as can be seen in the first paragraph of this attachment....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliki_Dipla
    rakou

    jamied 19th Jun 2012

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