Keriman Halis Ece

Keriman Halis Ece

Keriman Halis Ece (born 1913) is a former Turkish beauty contestant, who became Miss Turkey 1932.

Biography

She was born in Istanbul, Turkey as one of the six children of a merchant, Tevfik Halis Bey, in 1913. Her uncle was a renowned operatta composer Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi and her aunt a well-known musician and composer Neveser Kökdeş.

She participated 1932 in the Miss Turkey beauty pageant that started only in 1929 and was promoted by the newspaper "Cumhuriyet". She was elected the most beautiful Turkish woman in the contest held on July 2, 1932 in İstanbul among eight candidates. Following the introduction of the surname act on June 21, 1934, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk gave her the family name "Ece", which means "queen" in Turkish language.

References

* [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:FjE2QGryv9sJ:www.thy.com/en-INT/skylife/archive/en/2001_9/konu9.htm+Keriman+Halis&hl=tr&ct=clnk&cd=61#1 Skylife magazine]


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