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 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
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
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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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