Jeanne Juilla

Jeanne Marie Justine Juilla (also spelled as Jullia and Juillia) was a French model and actress, who became the seventh Miss France and the first Frenchwomen to earn the Miss Europe title. She also used to do nude modeling.
Life.
Juilla was born on August 21, 1910, in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France. She was raised orphaned from her birth by her widowed mother Marie Zoé Lautard, who was a seamstress. In May 1930, she was elected as Miss Gascony, the title that qualified her for the selection of Miss France 1931. She won Miss France 1931 title, making herself the seventh to do so. The beauty contest was organized by the Parisian Committee created by a Belgian born French journalist, Maurice de Waleffe in 1920, and was juried from among 150 candidates gathered in the village hall of the Le Journal in Paris.
On February 5, 1931, at the age of 20, Jeanne Juilla became the first Frenchwomen to be elected as Miss Europe. The contest was held in the same Persian premises as for the contest of Miss France 1931. Juilla was selected as Miss Europe among the participants of 16 different European countries. The jury of the selection was chaired by French painter Paul Chabas. Jeanne Juilla died on September 4, 1996 in Normandy at Saint-Aubin-les-Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime. 