Miss Universe 1957

Miss Universe 1957, the 6th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1957 in Long Beach, California, United States. In this pageant, 32 contestants competed. Gladys Zender of Peru won the competition, becoming the first Latin American woman to be crowned as Miss Universe, and was crowned by Carol Morris of the United States.

Miss Universe 1957
Date19 July 1957
PresentersBob Russell
VenueLong Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
BroadcasterCBS, KNXT
Entrants32
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerGladys Zender
 Peru
CongenialityMapita Mercado Cordero
 Puerto Rico
PhotogenicGerti Daub
 Germany

Results
Miss Universe 1957 participating nations and results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1957
1st Runner-up
  •  Brazil – Teresinha Morango
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
  •  Cuba – María Gamio
4th Runner-up
Semi-finalists

Contestants

Notes

Debuts

Withdrawals

Did not Compete

Returns

Last competed in 1953

Last competed in 1955

Awards

Miss USA Disqualified

Miss USA, Leona Gage (MD), was announced as a semi-finalist, but she was ejected from the pageant the afternoon before the final after it was discovered that she was married and the mother of two young children. Miss Argentina, Mónica Lamas, who had placed 16th in the preliminary, took over the vacated spot.

Gage was also stripped of her title and was replaced by Charlotte Sheffield (UT), but Sheffield was unable to compete because the preliminary competition had already taken place, thus marking the first and as of 2020 only time that a Miss USA did not compete at Miss Universe. Sheffield competed at Miss World 1957, but was unplaced.[1]

General References
  • West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1957". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

References
  1. "Former Miss USA Charlotte Sheffield Passes Away". tpnnews.one. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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