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 Sweden, 21-year-old Hillevi Rombin,[1] won the competition and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Miriam Stevenson from United States.
Miss Universe 1955 | |
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Date | 22 July 1955 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States |
Entrants | 33 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | Venezuela |
Winner | Hillevi Rombin |
Congeniality | Maribel Arrieta |
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. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
References
- "Spy". Spy. March 1991. p. 56. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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