Results

1  FRANCE  Christiane Martel (real surname: Magnani)

2  USA  Myrna Rae Hansen

3  JAPAN  Kinuko Ito

4  MEXICO  Ana Bertha Lepe Jiménez

5  AUSTRALIA  Maxine Morgan

Top 16

AUSTRIA  Lore Felger (Europe '53)

CANADA  Thelma Elizabeth Brewis

DENMARK  Jytte Olsen

GERMANY  Christel Schaack (winner Europe '54)

ITALY  Rita Stazzi

NORWAY  Synnöve Gulbrandsen

PANAMA  Emita Arosemena Zubieta

PERU  Mary Ann Sarmiento Hall

SOUTH AFRICA  Ingrid Rita Mills

TURKEY  Ayten Akyol

URUGUAY  Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual

Awards

Miss Friendship  LOUISIANA (Jeanne Vaughn Thompson)

Miss Photogenic  USA

Remainder

ALASKA  Muriel Hagberg

BELGIUM  Elayne Cortois

FINLAND  Teija Anneli Sopanen

GREECE  Doretta Xirou

HAWAII  Aileen Lauwae Stone

PHILIPPINES  Cristina Monson Pacheco

PUERTO RICO  Wanda Yvette Irizarry

SWEDEN  Ulla Marianne Sandklef

SWITZERLAND  Danielle Oudinet

VENEZUELA  Gisela Carlota Bolaños Scarton

NO SHOWS:

ENGLAND  Marlene Ann Dee 

INDIA  Peace Kanwal

KOREA  Gui-hee Kang

MOROCCO  Colette Ribes

LEBANON  Hanya Beydoun

SINGAPORE  Latifah Omar

ARGENTINA  Doris Coll

SYRIA  Betshabir Minee

REPLACED:

PHILIPPINES  Maria Cristina Galang

DEBUTS: Austria, Switzerland

WITHDRAWALS:  Chile, Cuba, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Israel

JUDGES:

1- Vincent Trotta - Dean of America's beauty judges and formerly art director of Paramount Pictures.

2- Tom Kelley - Hollywood fashion photographer.

3- Bud Westmore - Makeup expert. 

4- Alberto Varga - Artist and creator of the Varga Girl.

5- Rhonda Fleming - Actress.

6- Joan Evans - Actress.

7- Jeff Chandler - Actor.

8- Robert Palmer - Universal Studios Talent director.

9- Yucca Salamunich - Sculptor.

10- Milo Anderson - Movie dress designer.

11- Samuel Heavenrich - Director of the Long Beach Municipal Art Center.

12- Constance Moore - Singer.