MISS UNIVERSE 1959

Miss Universe 1959

1959 July 24

Long Beach, California, USA  

34 participants

Results

1  JAPAN  Akiko Kojima

2  NORWAY  Jorunn Kristjansen

3  USA  Terry Lynn Huntingdon

4  ENGLAND  Pamela Anne Searle

5  BRAZIL  Vera Regina Ribeiro

Top 15

• 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

Awards

Miss Friendship  THAILAND

Miss Photogenic  ENGLAND

Most Popular Girl  KOREA

Remainder

• ARGENTINA  Liana Cortijo
• AUSTRIA  Christine Spazier (winner Europe '59)
• BOLIVIA  Corina Taborga
• BURMA  Than Than Aye
• CANADA  Eileen Butter
• COSTA RICA  Ziane "Sonia" Monturiol Varand
• 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 '59, World '59)
• MEXICO  Mirna García Dávila
• PERU  Guadalupe Mariátegui Hawkis
• THAILAND  Sodsai Venitwatana
• TURKEY  Ezel Olcay (Europe '58)
• URUGUAY  Claudia Bernat

Did not compete

PHILIPPINES  Christina Matias

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (SYRIA)  Nawal Ramli

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Karen Krancus

MISS UNIVERSE 1958

Miss Universe 1958

1958 July 25

Long Beach, California, USA  

36 participants

 

Results

1  COLOMBIA  Luz Marina Zuluaga Zuluaga

2  BRAZIL  Adalgisa Colombo

3  HAWAII  Geri Hoo

4  USA  Eurlyne Howell

5  POLAND  Alicja Bobrowska

 

Top 15

• CHILE  María Raquel Molina Uruttia
• DENMARK  Evy Norlund
• GERMANY  Marlies Jung Behrens
• GREECE  Marily Kallimopoulou
• HOLLAND  Corine Rottschaefer (winner Europe '57, winner World '59)
• ISRAEL  Miriam Hadar
• JAPAN  Tomoko Moritake
• PERU  Beatriz Boluarte Figueroa
• SURINAM  Gertrud Gummels
• SWEDEN  Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman

 

Awards

Miss Friendship  1) JAPAN, 2) ECUADOR, 3) ENGLAND, 4) GREECE

Miss Photogenic  1) HOLLAND, 2) (tied) POLAND & FLORIDA (Marcia Valibus)

Most Popular Girl  AUSTRALIA

 

Remainder

• ALASKA  Eleonor Moses
• ARGENTINA  Celina Mercedes Ayala
• AUSTRALIA  Astrid Tanda Lindholm
• BELGIUM  Liliane Taelemans
• BRITISH GUIANA  Clyo Fernandez
• CANADA  Eileen Cindy Conroy
• CUBA  Arminia Pérez y González
• ECUADOR  Alicia Vallejo Eljuri
• ENGLAND  Dorothy Hazeldine (Europe '58)
• FRANCE  Monique Boulinguez
• GUATEMALA  Maya Glinz
• ITALY  Clara Coppola
• KOREA  Oh Geum-soon
• MEXICO  Elvira Leticia Risser Corredor
• NORWAY  Greta Andersen
• PARAGUAY  Graciela Scorza Leguizamón
• SINGAPORE  Marion Willis
• URUGUAY  Irene Augustyniak
• VENEZUELA  Ida Margarita Pieri (World '58)
• WEST INDIES  Angela Tong (of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad)

 

Participated, but was not judged (3 months underage)

COSTA RICA  Eugenia Maria Valverde Guardia

 

Did not compete

AUSTRIA  Hanni Ehrenstrasser (winner Europe '58)

PHILIPPINES  Carmen Remedios Tuazon

 

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Jacqueline Rose Marie "Jacki" Carter

MISS UNIVERSE 1957

Miss Universe 1957

1957 July 19

Long Beach, California, USA  

32 participants

Results

1  PERU  Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina

2  BRAZIL  Teresinha Gonçalves Morango

3  ENGLAND  Sonia Hamilton (4th RU Europe '57)

4  CUBA  Maria Rosa Gamio Fernández

5  GERMANY  Gerti Daub (Europe '57)

Top 15

• ALASKA  Martha Lehmann
• ARGENTINA  Mónica Lamas (replaced USA who was disqualified)
• AUSTRIA  Hannerl Melcher
• CANADA  Gloria Noakes
• GREECE  Lygia Karavia
• ITALY  Valeria Fabrizi
• JAPAN  Kyoko Otani
• MOROCCO  Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla
• SWEDEN  Inger Jonsson
• URUGUAY  Gabriela Pascal 

Awards

Miss Friendship   1) PUERTO RICO, 2) SOUTH CAROLINA (Jean Spotts), 3) (tied) FRANCE, TEXASs (Gloria Hunt), TURKEY, OKLAHOMA (Rose Mary Raab), JAPAN, MEXICO 

Miss Photogenic  1) GERMANY, 2) ITALY, 3) BRAZIL, 4) MARTINIQUE, 5) URUGUAY

Most Popular Girl  1) CANADA, 2) GERMANY, 3) ITALY, 4 NORTH DAKOTA (Anne-Marit Studness), 5) PUERTO RICO

Remainder

• BELGIUM  Janine Hanotiau
• CEYLON  Camellia Rosalia Perera
• COSTA RICA  Sonia Cristina Icaza
• ECUADOR  Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright
• FRANCE  Lisa Simon
• GUATEMALA  Ana Walda Olyslager
• HAWAII  Ramona Tong
• ICELAND  Bryndis Schram
• ISRAEL  Atara Barzilay
• KOREA  Park Hyun-ok
• MARTINIQUE  Ginette Cidalise-Montaise
• MEXICO  Irna Arévalo
• PARAGUAY  Lucy Montanero Rivarola
• PHILIPPINES  Mary Ann Carmen Philipps Corrales
• PUERTO RICO  María del Pilar "Mapita" Mercado Cordero
• TURKEY  Guler Sirmen
• VENEZUELA  Consuelo Leticia Nouel Gómez (World '57)

Disqualified

USA  Leona Mary Gage (She was married)

Did not compete

AUSTRALIA  June Finlayson (World '57)

COLOMBIA  Yolanda Pulecio Velez

EL SALVADOR

GUIANAS

GUINEA

HOLLAND  Corine Rottschaefer  (winner Europe '57, SF Universe '58, winner World '59)

HONDURAS

LEBANON

NICARAGUA

POLAND

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Anne Trebes

MISS UNIVERSE 1956

Miss Universe 1956

1956 July 20

Long Beach, California, USA  

30 participants

Results

1  USA  Carol Laverne Morris

2  GERMANY  Marina Orschel

3  SWEDEN  Ingrid Goude (1st RU Europe '56)

4  ENGLAND  Iris Alice Kathleen Waller (World '56)

5  ITALY  Rossana Galli

Top 15

• ARGENTINA  Ileana Carré
• BELGIUM  Lucienne Auquier
• BRAZIL  Maria José Cardoso
• CUBA  Marcia Rodríguez Echevarría
• FRANCE  Anita Treyens
• GREECE  Rita Gouma
• ISRAEL  Sara Tal
• MEXICO  Erna Marta Bauman
• PERU  Rosa Dolores "Lola" Sabogal Morzán
• VENEZUELA  Blanca "Blanquita" Heredia Osío

Awards

Miss Friendship  1) COSTA RICA, 2) NEW MEXICO   (Jackie Brown)

Miss Photogenic  1) GERMANY, 2) SWEDEN, 3) VENEZUELA, 4) ITALY, 5) CALIFORNIA (Shurlee Witty)

Most Popular Girl  1) IOWA (Carol Morris), 2) TEXAS (Jo Dodson), 3) GERMANY

Remainder

• ALASKA  Barbara Maria Sellar
• BRITISH GUIANA  Rosalind Iva Joan Fung
• CANADA  Elaine Evelyn Bishenden
• CHILE  Inelia Concepción Obach Chacana
• COSTA RICA  Anabella Granados
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Olga Fernánda Fiallo Oliva de los Rosario
• ECUADOR  Maria Mercedes Flores Espín
• GUATEMALA  Ileana Garlinger Díaz
• HOLLAND  Rita Schmidt (4th RU Europe '56)
• ICELAND  Gudlaug Gudmundsdóttir
• JAPAN  Yoshie Baba
• PHILIPPINES  Isabel Escobar Rodriguez
• PUERTO RICO  Antonia "Paquita" Vivo Cólon
• TURKEY  Can Uysaloglu
• URUGUAY  Titina Aguirre

Replaced

PHILIPPINES  Edith Noble Nakpil

Did not compete

FINLAND  Mirva Orvokki Arvinen

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Sibyl Smith