Raymonde Allain Explained

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.

Selected filmography

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. 1999. 168.
  2. News: Concours. La Bretagne, terre de Miss. fr. Le Télégramme. Kévin. Storme. December 14, 2018. January 7, 2018.
  3. Book: Grout, Holly. The Force of Beauty: Transforming French Ideas of Femininity in the Third Republic. Louisiana State University Press. May 13, 2015. 9780807159903.
  4. News: Paris Quarrels over Milady Beautiful. Washington Post. July 8, 1928.