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