1952-1959 - Pageantopolis
Miss Universe
1952 program cover
Miss Universe 1952
1952 June 28
Long Beach, California, USA
30 participants
Results
1 FINLAND Armi Helena Kuusela
2 HAWAII Elza Kananionapua Edsman
3 GREECE Daisi Mavraki
4 HONG KONG Judy Dan
5 GERMANY Renate Hoy
Top 10
MEXICO Olga Llorens Pérez Castillo
SOUTH AFRICA Catherine Edwina Higgins
SWEDEN Anne Marie Tistler (Europe '52)
URUGUAY Gladys Rubio Fajardo
USA Jacqueleen "Jackie" Loughery
Award
Miss Friendship MONTANA (Valerie Johnson)
Remainder
ALASKA Shirley Burnett
AUSTRALIA Leah MacCartney
BELGIUM Myriam Lynn (real name: Marianne Mullender)
CANADA Ruth Carrier
CHILE María Esther Saavedra Yoacham
CUBA Gladys López
DENMARK Hanne Sorensen
FRANCE Claude Goddart
GREAT BRITAIN Aileen P. Chase (World '51)
INDIA Indrani Rahman
ISRAEL Ora Vered
ITALY Giovanna Mazzotti
JAPAN Himeko Kojima
NORWAY Eva Roine
PANAMA Elzibir Gisela Malek
PERU Ada Gabriela Bueno Böttger
PHILIPPINES Teresita Torralba Sanchez
PUERTO RICO Marilia Levy Bernal
TURKEY Gelengul Tayfuroglu
VENEZUELA Sofia Silva Inserri
Replaced
URUGUAY Rosa Adela "Nenela" Prunell
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Jeri Miller
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1953 program cover
Miss Universe 1953
1953 July 17
Long Beach, California, USA
26 participants
Results
1 FRANCE Christiane Martel (real surname: Magnani)
2 USA Myrna Rae Hansen
3 JAPAN Kinuko Ito
4 MEXICO Ana Bertha Lepe Jiménez
5 AUSTRALIA Maxine Morgan
Top 16
AUSTRIA Lore Felger (Europe '53)
CANADA Thelma Elizabeth Brewis
DENMARK Jytte Olsen
GERMANY Christel Schaack (winner Europe '54)
ITALY Rita Stazzi
NORWAY Synnöve Gulbrandsen
PANAMA Emita Arosemena Zubieta
PERU Mary Ann Sarmiento Hall
SOUTH AFRICA Ingrid Rita Mills
TURKEY Ayten Akyol
URUGUAY Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual
Awards
Miss Friendship LOUISIANA (Jeanne Vaughn Thompson)
Miss Photogenic USA
Remainder
ALASKA Muriel Hagberg
BELGIUM Elayne Cortois
FINLAND Teija Anneli Sopanen
GREECE Doretta Xirou
HAWAII Aileen Lauwae Stone
PHILIPPINES Cristina Monson Pacheco
PUERTO RICO Wanda Yvette Irizarry
SWEDEN Ulla Marianne Sandklef
SWITZERLAND Danielle Oudinet
VENEZUELA Gisela Carlota Bolaños Scarton
Did not compete
MOROCCO Colette Ribes
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Joan Kelly
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1954 program cover
Miss Universe 1954
1954 July 24
Long Beach, California, USA
33 participants
Results
1 USA Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson
2 BRAZIL Maria Marta Hacker Rocha
3 HONG KONG Virginia Lee Wai-Chun
4 GERMANY Regina Ernst
5 SWEDEN Ragnhild Olausson
Top 16
ARGENTINA Ivana Olga Ana María Francisca Kislinger
CHILE Gloria Filomaji Legisos Mecina
COSTA RICA Marian Esquivel McKeown
FRANCE Jacqueline Beer
GREECE Rika Dialyna
ITALY Maria Teresa Paliani
NORWAY Mona Stornes
PANAMA Liliana Torre
PERU Isabella León Velarde Dancuart
PHILIPPINES Blesilda Mueler Ocampo
URUGUAY Ana Moreno
Awards
Miss Friendship GREECE (Andoroulakakis)
Most Popular Girl MONTANA
Remainder
ALASKA Charlein Lander
AUSTRALIA Shirley Bliss
BELGIUM Christiane Darnay Neckaerts
CANADA Joyce Mary Landry
CUBA Isis Margarita Finlay García
EL SALVADOR Myrna Ros Orozco
FINLAND Hymmi Lenita Aulikki Airisto
HONDURAS Lilliam Padilla
ISRAEL Aviva Pe’er
JAPAN Mieko Kondo
KOREA Kae Sun-hae
MEXICO Elvira Castillo Olvera
NEW ZEALAND Moananui Akiwa Manley
PUERTO RICO Lucy Santiago Nazario
SINGAPORE Marjorie Lee
THAILAND Am-mara At-savanon
WEST INDIES Evelyn Laura Andrade (Kingston, Jamaica)
Did not compete
BRITISH GUIANA Camila Rego
GREECE Efi Andoroulakakis (alternate)
HAWAII Kapiolani Miller (no-show)
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Marlene Becker
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1955 program cover
Miss Universe 1955
1955 July 22
Long Beach, California, USA
33 participants
Results
1 SWEDEN Hillevi Rombin
2 EL SALVADOR Maribel Arrieta Gálvez
3 CEYLON Maureen Neliya Hingert
4 GERMANY Margit Nünke (winner Europe '56)
5 JAPAN Keiko Takahashi
Top 15
ARGENTINA Hilda Isabel Sarli
BELGIUM Nicole De Meyer
BRAZIL Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima
CANADA Cathy Diggles
ENGLAND Margaret Rowe
GUATEMALA Maria del Rosario Molina Chacón
HONDURAS Pastora Pagán Valenzuela (World '55)
NORWAY Solveig Borstad
USA Carlene King Johnson
VENEZUELA Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga (winner World '55)
Awards
Miss Friendship EL SALVADOR
Most Popular Girl ENGLAND
Remainder
ALASKA Lorna McLeod
CHILE Rosa Merello Catalán de Sidgman
COSTA RICA Clemencia Martínez de Montis
CUBA Gilda Marín (3rd RU World '55)
ECUADOR Leonor Carcache Rodríguez
FINLAND Sirkku Talja
FRANCE Claudie Petit
GREECE Sonia Zoidou
ISRAEL Ilana Carmel
ITALY Elena Fancera
KOREA Kim Mee-chong
LEBANON Hanya Beydoun
MEXICO Yolanda Mayen
NICARAGUA Rosa Argentina Lacayo
PHILIPPINES Yvonne Berenguer de los Reyes
PUERTO RICO Carmen Laura Betancourt
URUGUAY Inge Hoffmann
WEST INDIES Noreen Campbell (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad)
Did not compete
DENMARK Karin Pamella Rasmussen (Europe '55)
EGYPT Gladir Leopardi
HOLLAND Angelina Kalkhoven (Europe '55, World '55)
HONG KONG (disqualified)
TURKEY Suna Soley (Europe '55)
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Judy Ann Ware
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1956 program cover
Miss Universe 1956
1956 July 20
Long Beach, California, USA
30 participants
Results
1 USA Carol Laverne Morris
2 GERMANY Marina Orschel
3 SWEDEN Ingrid Goude (1st RU Europe '56)
4 ENGLAND Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (World '56)
5 ITALY Rossana Galli
Top 15
ARGENTINA Ileana Carré
BELGIUM Lucienne Auquier
BRAZIL Maria José Cardoso
CUBA Marcia Rodríguez Echevarría
FRANCE Anita Treyens
GREECE Rita Gouma
ISRAEL Sara Tal
MEXICO Erna Marta Bauman
PERU Rosa Dolores "Lola" Sabogal Morzán
VENEZUELA Blanca "Blanquita" Heredia Osío
Awards
Miss Friendship 1) COSTA RICA, 2) NEW MEXICO (Jackie Brown)
Miss Photogenic 1) GERMANY, 2) SWEDEN, 3) VENEZUELA, 4) ITALY, 5) CALIFORNIA (Shurlee Witty)
Most Popular Girl 1) IOWA (Carol Morris), 2) TEXAS (Jo Dodson), 3) GERMANY
Remainder
ALASKA Barbara Maria Sellar
BRITISH GUIANA Rosalind Iva Joan Fung
CANADA Elaine Evelyn Bishenden
CHILE Inelia Concepción Obach Chacana
COSTA RICA Anabella Granados
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Olga Fernánda Fiallo Oliva de los Rosario
ECUADOR Maria Mercedes Flores Espín
GUATEMALA Ileana Garlinger Díaz
HOLLAND Rita Schmidt (4th RU Europe '56)
ICELAND Gudlaug Gudmundsdóttir
JAPAN Yoshie Baba
PHILIPPINES Isabel Escobar Rodriguez
PUERTO RICO Antonia "Paquita" Vivo Cólon
TURKEY Can Uysaloglu
URUGUAY Titina Aguirre
Replaced
PHILIPPINES Edith Noble Nakpil
Did not compete
FINLAND Mirva Orvokki Arvinen
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Sibyl Smith
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1957 program cover
Miss Universe 1957
1957 July 19
Long Beach, California, USA
32 participants
Results
1 PERU Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina
2 BRAZIL Teresinha Gonçalves Morango
3 ENGLAND Sonia Hamilton (4th RU Europe '57)
4 CUBA Maria Rosa Gamio Fernández
5 GERMANY Gerti Daub (Europe '57)
Top 15
ALASKA Martha Lehmann
ARGENTINA Mónica Lamas (replaced USA who was disqualified)
AUSTRIA Hannerl Melcher
CANADA Gloria Noakes
GREECE Lygia Karavia
ITALY Valeria Fabrizi
JAPAN Kyoko Otani
MOROCCO Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla
SWEDEN Inger Jonsson
URUGUAY Gabriela Pascal
Awards
Miss Friendship 1) PUERTO RICO, 2) SOUTH CAROLINA (Jean Spotts), 3) (tied) FRANCE, TEXASs (Gloria Hunt), TURKEY, OKLAHOMA (Rose Mary Raab), JAPAN, MEXICO
Miss Photogenic 1) GERMANY, 2) ITALY, 3) BRAZIL, 4) MARTINIQUE, 5) URUGUAY
Most Popular Girl 1) CANADA, 2) GERMANY, 3) ITALY, 4 NORTH DAKOTA (Anne-Marit Studness), 5) PUERTO RICO
Remainder
BELGIUM Janine Hanotiau
CEYLON Camellia Rosalia Perera
COSTA RICA Sonia Cristina Icaza
ECUADOR Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright
FRANCE Lisa Simon
GUATEMALA Ana Walda Olyslager
HAWAII Ramona Tong
ICELAND Bryndis Schram
ISRAEL Atara Barzilay
KOREA Park Hyun-ok
MARTINIQUE Ginette Cidalise-Montaise
MEXICO Irna Arévalo
PARAGUAY Lucy Montanero Rivarola
PHILIPPINES Mary Ann Carmen Philipps Corrales
PUERTO RICO María del Pilar "Mapita" Mercado Cordero
TURKEY Guler Sirmen
VENEZUELA Consuelo Leticia Nouel Gómez (World '57)
Disqualified
USA Leona Mary Gage
Did not compete
AUSTRALIA June Finlayson (World '57)
COLOMBIA Yolanda Pulecio Velez
EL SALVADOR
GUIANAS
GUINEA
HOLLAND Corine Rottschaefer (winner Europe '57, SF Universe '58, winner World '59)
HONDURAS
LEBANON
NICARAGUA
POLAND
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Anne Trebes
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1958 program cover
Miss Universe 1958
1958 July 25
Long Beach, California, USA
36 participants
Results
1 COLOMBIA Luz Marina Zuluaga Zuluaga
2 BRAZIL Adalgisa Colombo
3 HAWAII Geri Hoo
4 USA Eurlyne Howell
5 POLAND Alicja Bobrowska
Top 15
CHILE María Raquel Molina Uruttia
DENMARK Evy Norlund
GERMANY Marlies Jung Behrens
GREECE Marily Kallimopoulou
HOLLAND Corine Rottschaefer (winner Europe '57, winner World '59)
ISRAEL Miriam Hadar
JAPAN Tomoko Moritake
PERU Beatriz Boluarte Figueroa
SURINAM Gertrud Gummels
SWEDEN Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman
Awards
Miss Friendship 1) JAPAN, 2) ECUADOR, 3) ENGLAND, 4) GREECE
Miss Photogenic 1) HOLLAND, 2) (tied) POLAND & FLORIDA (Marcia Valibus)
Most Popular Girl AUSTRALIA
Remainder
ALASKA Eleonor Moses
ARGENTINA Celina Mercedes Ayala
AUSTRALIA Astrid Tanda Lindholm
BELGIUM Liliane Taelemans
BRITISH GUIANA Clyo Fernandez
CANADA Eileen Cindy Conroy
CUBA Arminia Pérez y González
ECUADOR Alicia Vallejo Eljuri
ENGLAND Dorothy Hazeldine (Europe '58)
FRANCE Monique Boulinguez
GUATEMALA Maya Glinz
ITALY Clara Coppola
KOREA Oh Geum-soon
MEXICO Elvira Leticia Risser Corredor
NORWAY Greta Andersen
PARAGUAY Graciela Scorza Leguizamón
SINGAPORE Marion Willis
URUGUAY Irene Augustyniak
VENEZUELA Ida Margarita Pieri Pérez (World '58)
WEST INDIES Angela Tong (of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad)
Participated, but was not judged (3 months underage)
COSTA RICA Eugenia Maria Valverde Guardia
Did not compete
AUSTRIA Hanni Ehrenstrasser (winner Europe '58)
PHILIPPINES Carmen Remedios Tuazon
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Jacqueline Rose Marie "Jacki" Carter
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1959 program cover
Miss Universe 1959
1959 July 24
Long Beach, California, USA
34 participants
Results
1 JAPAN Akiko Kojima
2 NORWAY Jorunn Kristjansen
3 USA Terry Lynn Huntingdon
4 ENGLAND Pamela Anne Searle
5 BRAZIL Vera Regina Ribeiro
Top 15
BELGIUM Hélène Savigny
COLOMBIA Olga Beatriz Pumarejo Korkor
FRANCE Françoise St-Laurent
GERMANY Carmela Künzel
GREECE Zoidsa "Zoe" Kouroukli
ICELAND Sigridur Thorvaldsdóttir
ISRAEL Rina Izakov
KOREA Oh Hyun-joo
POLAND Zuzanna Cembrowska
SWEDEN Marie Louise Ekström
Awards
Miss Friendship THAILAND
Miss Photogenic ENGLAND
Most Popular Girl KOREA
Remainder
ARGENTINA Liana Cortijo
AUSTRIA Christine Spazier (winner Europe '59)
BOLIVIA Corina Taborga
BURMA Than Than Aye
CANADA Eileen Butter
COSTA RICA Ziane "Sonia" Monturiol Varand
CUBA Irma Buesa Mas
DENMARK Lisa Stolberg
ECUADOR Carlota Elena Ayala
GUATEMALA Rogelia Cruz Martínez
HAWAII Patricia F. Visser
HOLLAND Peggy Erwich
ITALY Maria Grazia Buccella
LUXEMBOURG Josée Pundel (Europe '59, World '59)
MEXICO Mirna García Dávila
PERU Guadalupe Mariátegui Hawkis
THAILAND Sodsai Venitwatana
TURKEY Ezel Olcay (Europe '58)
URUGUAY Claudia Bernat
Did not compete
PHILIPPINES Christina Matias
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (SYRIA) Nawal Ramli
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Karen Krancus