After a keenly contested ballot. the result or which was in doubt until the final decision by a board of fifteen judges, Miss Fainà Hablieva was elected Miss Shanghai 1941 in the Arcadia Garden on. Thursday night, As has been the case for nearly one decade, the contest was held under the auspices of Klam, Russian Artiste's Association, which includes painters, sculptors, actors, writers and musicians, and, as a result of public interest and support, the, charity funds of the organization have been handsomely augmented. Most of the receipts will be devoted to endowing further its Ivan Mozukhin Bed in the Russian Hospital, while children of poor families also' will benefit.
Miss Hablieva scored a, vote total of 75.200 and the princesses to her Court, the Misses Asya Grubel and Tamara Melnikova, received respectivery, 44,800 and 26,600 votes.
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