MISS UNIVERSE 1952
saturday, june 28, 1952 (Winner was crowned at 1 a.m. Sunday the 29th).
Convention Hall, Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
68 contestants (29 international - 39 miss usa)
total international contestants (including miss usa): 30
PRESENTER: BOB RUSSELL
entertainment: The Roguettes, the Wayne Marlin Trio, Bob Williams
Results
1 FINLAND Armi Helena Kuusela
2 HAWAII Elza Kananionapua Edsman
3 GREECE Daisi Mavraki
4 HONG KONG Judy Dan
5 GERMANY Renate Hoy
Top 10
MEXICO Olga Llorens Pérez Castillo
SOUTH AFRICA Catherine Edwina Higgins
SWEDEN Anne Marie Tistler (Europe '52)
URUGUAY Gladys Rubio Fajardo
USA Jacqueleen "Jackie" Virginia Loughery
Award
Miss Friendship MONTANA (Valerie Johnson)
Remainder
ALASKA Shirley Burnett
AUSTRALIA Leah MacCartney
BELGIUM Myriam Lynn (real name: Marianne Mullender)
CANADA Ruth Carrier
CHILE María Esther Saavedra Yoacham
CUBA Gladys López
DENMARK Hanne Sorensen
FRANCE Claude Goddart
GREAT BRITAIN Aileen P. Chase (World '51)
INDIA Indrani Rahman
ISRAEL Ora Vered
ITALY Giovanna Mazzotti
JAPAN Himeko Kojima
NORWAY Eva Roine
PANAMA Elzevir Gisela Malek
PERU Ada Gabriela Bueno Böttger
PHILIPPINES Teresita Torralba Sanchez
PUERTO RICO Marilia Levy Bernal
TURKEY Gelengul Tayfuroglu
VENEZUELA Sofia Silva Inserri
NO SHOWS:
AUSTRIA Inge Frowis
COLOMBIA Leonor Navia Orejuela
SINGAPORE Mariani Ismail
LEBANON Leila Saroufim
SYRIA Laila Teresa Touma
MALAYA Colleen Cooke
REPLACED:
URUGUAY Rosa Adela "Nenela" Prunell
DEBUTS: Alaska, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela
JUDGES:
1- Vincent Trotta - Dean of America's beauty judges and formerly art director of Paramount Pictures.
2- Arlene Dahl - Actress.
3- Constance Moore - Singer.
4- Samuel Heavenrich - Director of the Long Beach Municipal Art Center.
5- Gilbert Roland - American actor born in Mexico.
6- Yucca Salamunich - Sculptor from Yugoslavia.
7- Milo Anderson - Movies dress designer.
8- Robert Palmer - Universal Studios Talent director.
9- Robert Goldstein - Executive director of Universal Studios.
10- Tom Kelley - Hollywood fashion photographer.