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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
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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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 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
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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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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 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
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)
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 (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