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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 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

PHILIPPINES Teresita Torralba Sanchez

PUERTO RICO Marilia Levy

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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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 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 Legisos

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 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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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 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 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 Paquita Vivo

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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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 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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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 Raquela Molina Urrutia

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

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)