Miss Universe 1950s

 

Miss Universe 1952 - 1959

MISS UNIVERSE 1952 - Long Beach, California, USA / Jun.28

Miss Universe : Armi Helena Kuusela - Finland 1st r-up : Elsa Kananionapua Edsman - Hawaii 2nd r-up : Daisy Mavraki - Greece 3rd r-up : Judy Dann - Hong Kong 4th r-up : Renate Hoy - Germany Olga Llorens Perez Castillo - Mexico Catherine Edwina Higgins - South Africa Anne Marie Tistler - Sweden  Europe '52 CT Gladys Rubio Fajardo - Uruguay Jacqueleen "Jackie" Loughery - USA Miss Congeniality : Valerie Johnson - Montana PHOTOS FROM : Left & Right Top - Scan By Neil Craig,  Neil Craig Beauty Contests Right Bottom - Miss Universe L.P., LLLP.

MISS UNIVERSE 1953 - Long Beach, California, USA / Jun.17

Miss Universe : Christiane Martel - France 1st r-up : Myrna Rae Hansen - USA 2nd r-up : Kinuko Ito - Japan 3rd r-up : Ana Bertha Lepe Jimenez - Mexico 4th r-up : Maxine Morgan - Australia Lore Felger - Austria  Europe '53 CT Thelma Elizabeth Brewis - Canada Jytte Olsen - Denmark Christal Shaack - Germany  Europe '54 Rita Stazzi - Italy Synnove Gulbrandsen - Norway Emita Arosemena Zubieta - Panama Mary Ann Sarmiento Hall - Peru Ingrid Rita Mills - South Africa Syten Akyol - Turkey Ada Alicia Ibanez Amengual - Uruguay Miss Congeniality : Jeanne Vaugn Thompson - Louisiana Miss Photogenic : Myrna Rae Hansen - USA PHOTOS FROM : Left - Scan By Neil Craig,  Neil Craig Beauty Contests Right - Miss Universe L.P., LLLP.

MISS UNIVERSE 1954 - Long Beach, California, USA / Jun.24

Miss Universe : Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson - USA 1st r-up : Maria Marta Hacker Rocha - Brazil 2nd r-up : Virginia Lee Wai-Chun - Hong Kong 3rd r-up : Regina Ernst - Germany 4th r-up : Ragnhild Olausson - Sweden Ivana Olga Ana Maria Francisca Kislinger - Argentina Gloria Legisos - Chile Marian Esquivel McKeown - Costa Rica Jacqueline Beer - France Rika Dialyna - Greece Maria Teresa Paliani - Italy Mona Stornes - Norway Liliana Torre - Panama Isabella Leon Velarde Dancuart - Peru Blesilda Mueler Ocampo - Philippines Ana Moreno - Uruguay Miss Congeniality : Efi Andoroulakakis - Greece (Alternate)  Most Popular Girl : Maria Marta Hacker Rocha - Brazil PHOTOS FROM : Left - Scan By Neil Craig,  Neil Craig Beauty Contests Right - Miss Universe L.P., LLLP. Runner-ups : Miss Brazil on Board

MISS UNIVERSE 1955 - Long Beach, California, USA / Jul.22

Miss Universe : Hillevi Rombin - Sweden 1st r-up : Maribel Arrieta Galvez - El Salvador 2nd r-up : Maureen Neliya Hingert - Ceylon 3rd r-up : Margit Nunke - Germany  Europe '56 4th r-up : Keiko Takahashi - Japan Hilda Isabel Sarli - Argentina Nicole De Meyer - Belgium Emilia Barreto Correa Lima - Brazil Cathy Diggles - Canada Margaret Rowe - England Maria del Rosario Molina Chacon - Guatemala Pastora Pagan Valenzuela - Honduras  World '55 CT Solveig Borstad - Norway Carlene King Johnson - USA Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga - Venezuela  World '55 Miss Congeniality : Maribel Arrieta Galvez - El Salvador Most Popular Girl : Margaret Rowe - England PHOTOS SCAN BY : Neil Craig, Neil Craig Beauty Contests

MISS UNIVERSE 1956 - Long Beach, California, USA / Jul.20

Miss Universe : Carol Laverne Morris - USA 1st r-up : Marina Orschel - Germany 2nd r-up : Ingrid Goude - Sweden  Europe '56 1st r-up 3rd r-up : Iris Alice Kathleen Waller - England  World '56 CT 4th r-up : Rossana Galli - Italy Ileana Carre - Argentina Lucienne Auquier - Belgium Maria Jose Cardoso - Brazil Marcia Rodriguez Echevarria - Cuba Anita Treyens - France Rita Gouma - Greece Sara Tal - Israel Erna Marta Bauman - Mexico Lola Sabogal Morzan - Peru Blanquita Heredia Osio - Venezuela Miss Congeniality : Anabella Granados - Costa Rica Miss Photogenic : Marina Orschel - Germany Most Popular Girl : Carol Morris - Iowa PHOTOS FROM : Miss Universe L.P., LLLP.

MISS UNIVERSE 1957 - Long Beach, California, USA / Jul.19

Miss Universe : Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina - Peru 1st r-up : Teresinha Goncalves Morango - Brazil 2nd r-up : Sonia Hamilton - England  Europe '57 4th r-up 3rd r-up : Maria Rosa Gamio Fernandez - Cuba 4th r-up : Gerti Daub - Germany  Europe '57 CT Martha Lehmann - Alaska Monica Lamas - Argentina (Entered Semi-finals after disqualification of Miss USA) Hannerl Melcher - Austria Gloria Noakes - Canada Lygia Karavia - Greece Valeria Fabrizi - Italy Kyoko Otani - Japan Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla - Morocco Inger Jonsson - Sweden Gabriela Pascal - Uruguay Leona Mary Gage - USA  (Disqualified - Married) Miss Congeniality : Mapita Mercado Cordero - Puerto Rico Miss Photogenic : Gerti Daub - Germany Most Popular Girl : Gloria Noakes - Canada PHOTOS FROM : Miss Universe L.P., LLLP.

MISS UNIVERSE 1958 - Long Beach, California, USA / Jul.25

Miss Universe : Luz Marina Zuluaga Zuluaga - Colombia 1st r-up : Adalgisa Colombo - Brazil 2nd r-up : Geri Hoo - Hawaii 3rd r-up : Eurlyne Howell - USA 4th r-up : Alicja Bobrowska - Poland Raquela Molina Urrutia - Chile Evy Norlund - Denmark Marlies Jung Behrens - Germany Marily Kallimopoulou - Greece Corine Rottschaefer - Netherlands  Europe '57 & World '59 Miriam Hadar - Israel Tomoko Moritake - Japan Beatriz Boluarte - Peru Gertrud Gummels - Suriname Birgitta Elisabeth Gardman - Sweden Miss Congeniality : Tomoko Moritake - Japan Miss Photogenic : Corine Rottschaefer - Netherlands Most Popular Girl : Astrid Tanda Lindholm - Austraila PHOTOS FROM : Winner - Miss Universe L.P., LLLP. Runner-ups - Miss Puerto Rico Beauty Journal

MISS UNIVERSE 1959 - Long Beach, California, USA / Jul.24

Miss Universe : Akiko Kojima - Japan 1st r-up : Jorunn Kristjansen - Norway 2nd r-up : Terry Lynn Huntingdon - USA 3rd r-up : Pamela Anne Searle - England 4th r-up : Vera Regina Ribeiro - Brazil Helene Savigny - Belgium Olga Beatriz Pumarejo Korkor - Colombia Francoise St-Laurent - France Carmela Kunzel - Germany Zoidsa "Zoe" Kouroukli - Greece Sigridur Thorvaldsdottir - Iceland Rina Izakov - Israel Hyun-joo Oh - Korea Zuzanna Cembrowska - Poland Marie Louise Ekstrom - Sweden Miss Congeniality : Sodsai Venitwatana - Thailand Miss Photogenic : Pamela Anne Searle - England Most Popular Girl : Hyun-joo Oh - Korea PHOTOS FROM : Miss Universe L.P., LLLP.

Special Thanks to Donald West & Jimmy Steele.