Raymonde Allain
Raymonde Allain (22 June 1912 – 27 July 2008) was a French model and actress. She was Miss France in 1928. Her participation in the Miss Universe contest drew international media attention, and her controversial loss to American Ella Van Hueson prompted critical dispute over what counted as "real beauty".
Raymonde Allain
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- Name
- Raymonde Allain
- Born
- 22 June 1912
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 27 July 2008 (aged 96)
- Occupation
- Actress, Model
- Full name
- Raymonde Jeanne Simone Allain.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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Raymonde Allain (22 June 1912 – 27 July 2008) was a French model and actress. She was Miss France in 1928. Her participation in the Miss Universe contest drew international media attention, and her controversial loss to American Ella Van Hueson prompted critical dispute over what counted as "real beauty".
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Allain later wrote an autobiography titled Histoire vraie d'un prix de beauté.
Raymonde Allain, Miss France 1927.
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Raymonde Allain dans Excelsior du 18 avril 1928.
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• Name — Raymonde Allain • Born — 22 June 1912 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 27 July 2008 (aged 96) • Place of death — Paris, France • Other Names — Raymonde Jeanne Simone Allain • Occupation — Actress, Model • Years Active — 1928-1950 (film)
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Selected filmography
• Nothing But Lies (1933) as Angèle • The Tunnel (1933) as Ethel Lloyd • The Pearls of the Crown (1937) as L'impératrice Eugénie • The Paris Waltz (1950) again as L'impératrice Eugénie
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10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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