Miss Universe 1955
Miss Universe 1955, the 4th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 22 July 1955 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States, with 33 female competitors.
Miss Universe 1955 | |
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Date | 22 July 1955 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States |
Broadcaster | CBS, KNXT |
Entrants | 33 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | Venezuela |
Winner | Hillevi Rombin Sweden |
Congeniality | Maribel Arrieta El Salvador |
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1955 |
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1st Runner-up | |
2nd Runner-up | |
3rd Runner-up |
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4th Runner-up |
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Semi-finalists |
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Contestants
- Alaska - Lorna McLeod
- Argentina – Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo †
- Belgium - Nicole De Mayer
- Brazil - Emília Barreto Correia Lima
- Canada - Cathy Diggles
- Ceylon - Maureen Neliya Hingert
- Chile - Rosa Merello Catalán
- Costa Rica - Clemencia Martínez de Montis
- Cuba - Gilda Marín
- Ecuador - Leonor Carcache Rodríguez
- El Salvador - Maribel Arrieta Gálvez †
- England - Margaret Rowe
- Finland - Sirkku Talja
- France - Claude Petit
- Germany - Margit Nünke †
- Greece - Sonia Zoidou
- Guatemala - María del Rosario Molina Chacón
- Honduras - Pastora Pagán Valenzuela
- Israel - Ilana Carmel
- Italy - Elena Fancera
- Japan - Keiko Takahashi
- Korea - Kim Mee-chong
- Lebanon - Hanya Beydoun
- Mexico - Yolanda Mayen
- Nicaragua - Rosa Argentina Lacayo
- Norway - Solveig Borstad
- Philippines - Yvonne Berenguer de los Reyes
- Puerto Rico - Carmen Laura Betancourt
- Sweden - Hillevi Rombin †
- Uruguay - Inge Hoffmann
- United States - Carlene King Johnson †
- Venezuela - Carmen Susana Duijm †
- West Indies - Noreen Campbell
Notes
Did not compete
Awards
- El Salvador - Miss Friendship (Maribel Arrieta)
- England - Most Popular Girl (Margaret Rowe)
- Nicaragua - The Best Dressed Girl (Rosa Argentina Lacayo)
General References
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1955". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
References
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