1954
Home Up 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Lists A to F Lists G to O Lists P to Z

   

 


Top  Louisiana, Oregon, Kansas, Colorado, Front Royal (VA), Washington, Iowa, Minnesota, St. Louis (MO), Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida & New York
Middle  Costa Rica, New York City (NY), Connecticut, Pleasure Beach (CT), California, South Dakota, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Michigan, France, Australia & Hong Kong
Bottom  Thailand, Brazil, El Salvador, Italy, Singapore, Alaska, Finland, Philippines, Peru, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama, Canada & Miss Welcome to Long Beach

Top  District of Columbia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Memphis (TN), Montana, Indiana, Maryland, Arizona, Missouri, Utah, Wisconsin & West Virginia
Middle  Greece, Belgium, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Nevada, Arkansas, Ohio, Virginia, Philadelphia (PA), Wyoming, Nebraska & North Dakota
Bottom  Korea, Japan, Honduras, Cuba, New Zealand, Argentina, Uruguay, Germany, Norway, Chile, Israel, West Indies & Sweden

Note: Maryland & Virginia were disqualified when both were discovered to be 16 years old
Philadelphia (PA) quit the pageant the night before the USA finals

1954 July 24
Long Beach, California, USA
33 entries

Results
USA  Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson
Brazil  Maria Marta Hacker Rocha
Hong Kong  Virginia Lee Wai-Chun
Germany  Regina Ernst
Sweden  Ragnhild Olausson

Semi-finalists
Argentina  Ivana Olga Kislinger
Chile  Gloria Legisos
Costa Rica  Marian Esquivel McKeown
France  Jacqueline Beer
Greece  Rika Dialina
Italy  Maria Teresa Paliani
Norway  Mona Stornes
Panama  Liliana Torre
Peru  Isabella León Velarde Dancuart
Philippines  Blesilda Mueler Ocampo
Uruguay  Ana Moreno

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  Lenita 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)

Awards
Miss Friendship  Greece (Andoroulakakis)
Most Popular Girl  Brazil

Did not compete
Greece  Efi Andoroulakakis (alternate)
Hawaii  Kapiolani Miller (no-show)


Guest
Miss Welcome to Long Beach (Marlene Becker)


Norway, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Sweden, Greece, France, Finland, Belgium & Italy
 


Germany

Philippines


Hong Kong (3rd), Brazil (2nd), USA (winner), Germany (4th) & Sweden (5th)


Miss Brazil was kissed by actors Jeff Chandler and Tony Curtis

Two Miss Greeces
Efi Andoroulakakis (alternate) & Rika Dialina (got her visa at the last minute)

Miss Amity
Greece (Efi Andoroulakakis)