Raymonde Allain | |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1912 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Date: | 27 July 2008 (aged 96) |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Othername: | Raymonde Jeanne Simone Allain |
Occupation: | Actress, Model |
Yearsactive: | 1928-1950 (film) |
Raymonde Allain (22 June 1912 – 27 July 2008) was a French model and actress.[1] She was Miss France in 1928.[2] Her participation in the Miss Universe contest drew international media attention,[3] and her controversial loss to American prompted critical dispute over what counted as "real beauty".[4] Allain later wrote an autobiography titled Histoire vraie d'un prix de beauté.