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.