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43 U.S.A. & 32 international contestants at the joint Miss U.S.A. & Miss
Universe event |
Belgium, France & Finland |
Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala & West Indies |
Italy & Canada |
Miss Friendship
El Salvador |
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1955 July 22
Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
33 entries
Results
1 Sweden Hillevi Rombin
2 El Salvador Maribel Arrieta Gálvez
3 Ceylon Maureen Neliya Hingert
4 Germany Margit Nünke*
5 Japan Keiko Takahashi
Semi-finalists
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*
Norway Solveig Borstad
U.S.A. Carlene King Johnson
Venezuela Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga*
Remainder
Alaska Lorna McLeod
Chile Rosa Merello Catala
Costa Rica Clemencia Martínez de Montis
Cuba Gilda Marín*
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)
Awards
Miss Friendship El Salvador
Most Popular Girl England
Did not compete
Denmark Karin Pamella Rasmussen*
Egypt Gladir Leopardi
Turkey Suna Soley*
Guest
Miss Welcome to Long Beach Judy Ann Ware |
Top 15
Top Japan, Norway, Sweden, U.S.A. & Venezuela
Middle El Salvador, England, Germany, Guatemala &
Honduras
Bottom Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada & Ceylon |
Germany (3rd runner-up), El Salvador (1st runner-up), Sweden (winner), Ceylon (2nd
runner-up) & Japan
(4th runner-up) |
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Cross-references to some of the other pageants
Cuba World 1955 (3rd
runner-up)
Denmark (did not compete) Europe 1955
Germany Europe 1956 (winner)
Honduras World 1955
Turkey (did not compete) Europe 1955
Venezuela World 1955 (winner) |
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