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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 |
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1954 July 24
Long Beach, California, USA
33 entries
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
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
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Germany |
Philippines |
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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) |
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