1959
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Top  Arizona, Minnesota, Idaho, West Virginia, Nevada, Arkansas, Iowa, California, Nebraska, Michigan, Maine, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Utah, District of Columbia, Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia, Rhode Island, South Dakota, South Carolina, New Mexico, New Jersey, Colorado & New Hampshire
Middle  Louisiana, Connecticut, North Dakota, Alaska, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Florida, New York, Illinois, Oklahoma, Vermont, Hawaii, Holland, England, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Texas, Montana, North Carolina, Maryland, Washington, Virginia, Tennessee, Delaware & Alabama
Bottom  Italy, Colombia, Bolivia, Canada, Sweden, Thailand, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, Burma, Korea, Uruguay, Ecuador, Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Cuba, Norway, Greece, Luxembourg, Peru, Japan, Israel, Argentina, France & Turkey

Belgium

Brazil

Colombia

England

France

Germany

Greece

Iceland

1959 July 24
Long Beach, California, USA
34 entries

Results
Japan  Akiko Kojima
Norway  Jorunn Kristjansen
USA  Terry Lynn Huntingdon
England  Pamela Anne Searle
Brazil  Vera Regina Ribeiro

Semi-finalists
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

Remainder
Argentina  Liana Cortijo
Austria  Christine Spatzier (Miss Europe 1959)
Bolivia  Corina Taborga
Burma  Than Than Aye
Canada  Eileen Butter
Costa Rica  Sonia Monturiol
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 & World 59)
Mexico  Mirna García Dávila
Peru  Guadalupe Mariátegui Hawkis
Thailand  Sodsai Venitwatana
Turkey  Ecel Olcay (Europe 58)
Uruguay  Claudia Bernat

Awards
Miss Friendship  Thailand
Miss Photogenic  England
Most Popular Girl  Korea

Did not compete
New Zealand  Arlenne Nesgitt
Philippines  Christina Matias
United Arab Republic (Syria)  Nawal Ramli


Guest
Miss Welcome to Long Beach (Karen Krancus)


Israel

Korea

Norway

Sweden

Italy

Top 15
Top
 Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, England & France
Middle  Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel & Japan
Bottom  Korea, Norway, Poland, Sweden & USA

Japan

Brazil (5th), USA (3rd), Japan (winner), Norway (2nd) & England (4th)