Miss Universe 1959

Miss Universe 1959, the 8th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 July 1959 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 34 contestants competed and in the end Akiko Kojima of Japan won the competition, becoming the first Asian woman to win the title. She was crowned by Luz Marina Zuluaga from Colombia.[1] This was the last year that the pageant was held in Long Beach before it moved to Miami Beach, Florida in 1960, before the establishment of the Miss International pageant.

Miss Universe 1959
Miss Universe 1959 Akiko Kojima
Date24 July 1959
PresentersByron Palma
VenueLong Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
BroadcasterKTTV
Entrants34
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerAkiko Kojima
 Japan
CongenialitySodsai Vanijvadhana
 Thailand
PhotogenicPamela Anne Searle
 England

Results
Miss Universe 1959 participating nations and results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1959
1st Runner-up
  •  Norway – Jorunn Kristjansen
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
  •  Brazil – Vera Regina Ribeiro
Top 15

Contestants

Notes

Designation
  •  Thailand - Sodsai Vanijvadhana was appointed by the pageant organizers in that time with the coordinations from the Royal Thai Consulate in Los Angeles.[2] Sodsai was an exchange student in UCLA at the time before she competed in the pageant.

Did not compete

Awards

General References
  • West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1959". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

References
  1. "Japanese Girl Beauty Queen". The Sydney Morning Herald. July 26, 1959. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. "Why did Sodsai Vanijvadhana compete in Miss Universe as Miss Thailand even though she didn't win any pageants?". Retrieved May 15, 2019.
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