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Top  Miami Beach (FL), Arkansas, Tennessee, Connecticut, Maryland, Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana, North Dakota, Georgia, Maine, Delaware, West Virginia, Philadelphia (PA), Michigan, Vermont, Utah, Colorado, Illinois, Oklahoma, New York, Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota & Wisconsin

Middle  Turkey, Hawaii, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Indiana, South Carolina, Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Philippines, Alaska, Germany, Greece, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, St. Louis (MO) & California

Bottom  Argentina, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Israel, Iceland, Korea, Martinique, Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, England, Ceylon, Austria, Belgium, Morocco, France, Sweden, Guatemala, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico & Italy


Japan, Canada, Mexico, Italy & Iceland

Morocco, Austria, Canada, Belgium, Ceylon, Sweden & Germany

 

MISS UNIVERSE 1957

1957 July 19

Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
32 entries

Results
Peru  Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina
Brazil  Teresinha Gonçalves Morango
England  Sonia Hamilton (4th RU Europe '57)
Cuba  Maria Rosa Gamio
Fernández
Germany  Gerti Daub  (Europe '57)

Semi-finalists
Alaska  Martha Lehmann
Argentina  Mónica Lamas (replaced U.S.A.)
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

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
U.S.A.  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
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Awards
Miss Friendship
1 Puerto Rico
2 South Carolina (Jean Spotts)
3 (tied) France, Texas (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
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Guest
Miss Welcome to Long Beach (Anne Trebes)


New York City
Israel, Belgium, Austria, Iceland, France & Sweden

 

 

 

Miss U.S.A. after her disqualification.

Leona Gage of Maryland was discovered to be a married mother of two young sons.

Miss U.S.A. 1st runner-up, Charlotte Sheffield of Utah, took over the title, but it was too late for her to compete in the Miss Universe finals.  She was sent to the Miss World pageant in London later in the year.

 


Miss Universe 1956, Carol Morris of the U.S.A., crowned her successor

Cuba (3rd runner-up), England (2nd runner-up), Peru (winner), Brazil (1st runner-up) & Germany (4th runner-up)