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Keriman Halis Ece-Tamer, known as Keriman Halis Ece, (February 16, 1913 – January 28, 2012) was a Turkish beauty pageant titleholder, pianist, and fashion model who won the Miss Turkey 1932 title. She was also crowned Miss Universe 1932 in Spa, Belgium and thus became Turkey's first and only Miss Universe. ==Biography== She is of Ubykh origin.〔http://www.sabah.com.tr/Yazarlar/uluc/2012/02/01/dunya-guzeli〕〔Sefer E. Berzeg, ''Soçi'nin Sürgündeki Sahipleri: Çerkes-Vubıhlar'', Kafkasya Gerçeği, 1998, p. 9.〕〔''Wubıh’lar İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil gibi siyasetçi, Taha Carım gibi diplomat, Keriman Halis gibi dünya güzeli yetiştiren bir toplumdu. Wubıh’lar, bu dünyaya Rusların sayesinde 21 Mayıs 1864’te elveda demişti. Rusların bu jenositini Kafkasyalılar kadar tarih de affetmeyecektir.'' (Recep Albayrak), ("Simav Çerkezleri" ), T.C. Simav Kaymakamlığı, June 19, 2012.〕 Keriman Halis was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, as one of the six children of a merchant from Hacıosman, Manyas, 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. Her brother is one of the former presidents of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray S.K., Turgan Ece. She was fluent in French and Turkish. 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. Keriman Halis was sent then to the International Pageant of Pulchritude contest held in Spa, Belgium to represent Turkey. On July 31, 1932, she finished first among competitors from 27 countries, achieving Turkey’s first title at an international beauty contest after three years only of its existence and less than a decade after the founding of the Republic.〔http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=republics-first-beauty-queens-chosen-amid-tense-debate-2010-10-26 Turkish Republic's first beauty queens chosen amid tense debate - Hurriyet - October 30, 2010〕 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. She died on January 28, 2012, nineteen days shy of her 99th birthday.〔http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/02/first-miss-world-turns-94.html〕 She was laid to rest at the Feriköy Cemetery, Istanbul. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keriman Halis Ece」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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