MISS UNIVERSE 1955

Miss Universe 1955

1955 July 22

Long Beach, California, USA  

33 participants

Results

1  SWEDEN  Hillevi Rombin

2  EL SALVADOR  Maribel Arrieta Gálvez

3  CEYLON  Maureen Neliya Hingert

4  GERMANY  Margit Nünke (winner Europe '56)

5  JAPAN  Keiko Takahashi

Top 15

• ARGENTINA  Hilda Isabel Sarli
• BELGIUM  Nicole De Meyer
• BRAZIL  Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima
• CANADA  Cathy Diggles
• ENGLAND  Margaret Rowe
• GUATEMALA  Maria del Rosario Molina Chacón
• HONDURAS  Pastora Pagán Valenzuela (World '55)
• NORWAY  Solveig Borstad
• USA  Carlene King Johnson
• VENEZUELA  Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga (winner World '55)

Awards

Miss Friendship  EL SALVADOR

Most Popular Girl  ENGLAND

Remainder

• ALASKA  Lorna McLeod
• CHILE  Rosa Merello Catalán de Sidgman
• COSTA RICA  Clemencia Martínez de Montis
• CUBA  Gilda Marín (3rd RU World '55)
• ECUADOR  Leonor Carcache Rodríguez
• FINLAND  Sirkku Talja
• FRANCE  Claudie Petit
• GREECE  Sonia Zoidou
• ISRAEL  Ilana Carmel
• ITALY  Elena Fancera
• KOREA  Kim Mee-chong
• LEBANON  Hanya Beydoun
• MEXICO  Yolanda Mayen
• NICARAGUA  Rosa Argentina Lacayo
• PHILIPPINES  Yvonne Berenguer de los Reyes
• PUERTO RICO  Carmen Laura Betancourt
• URUGUAY  Inge Hoffmann
• WEST INDIES  Noreen Campbell (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad)

Did not compete

• DENMARK  Karin Pamella Rasmussen (Europe '55)
• EGYPT  Gladir Leopardi
• HOLLAND  Angelina Kalkhoven (Europe '55, World '55)
• HONG KONG  (disqualified)
• TURKEY  Suna Soley (Europe '55)

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Judy Ann Ware