MISS UNIVERSE 1955
friday, july 22, 1955
Convention Hall, Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
75 contestants (32 international - 43 miss usa)
total international contestants (including miss usa): 33
PRESENTER: BOB RUSSELL
entertainment: -
Results
1 SWEDEN Hillevi Rombin
2 EL SALVADOR Maribel Arrieta Gálvez
3 CEYLON Maureen Neliya Hingert
4 GERMANY Margit Nünke (winner Europe '56)
5 JAPAN Keiko Takahashi
Top 15
ARGENTINA Hilda Isabel Sarli
BELGIUM Nicole De Meyer
BRAZIL Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima
CANADA Cathy Diggles
ENGLAND Margaret Rowe
GUATEMALA Maria del Rosario Molina Chacón
HONDURAS Pastora Pagán Valenzuela (World '55)
NORWAY Solveig Borstad
USA Carlene King Johnson
VENEZUELA Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga (winner World '55)
Awards
Miss Friendship EL SALVADOR
Most Popular Girl ENGLAND
Remainder
ALASKA Lorna McLeod
CHILE Rosa Merello Catalán de Sidgman
COSTA RICA Clemencia Martínez de Montis
CUBA Gilda Marín (3rd RU World '55)
ECUADOR Leonor Carcache Rodríguez
FINLAND Sirkku Talja
FRANCE Claudie Petit
GREECE Sonia Zoidou
ISRAEL Ilana Carmel
ITALY Elena Fancera
KOREA Mee-chong Kim
LEBANON Hanya Beydoun
MEXICO Yolanda Mayen
NICARAGUA Rosa Argentina Lacayo
PHILIPPINES Yvonne Berenguer de los Reyes
PUERTO RICO Carmen Laura Betancourt
URUGUAY Inge Hoffmann
WEST INDIES Noreen Campbell (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad)
NO SHOWS:
AUSTRIA Edith Philipp
DENMARK Karin Pamella Rasmussen
EGYPT Gladir Leopardi
HOLLAND Angelina Kalkhoven
HONG KONG Elaine Young (disqualified)
SWITZERLAND Yvette Ribbi
THE GUIANAS Barbara Crum-Ewing
TURKEY Suna Soley
INDOCHINA Tep Kennary
HAWAII Audrey Jennie Yvonne Garcia
REPLACED:
ISRAEL Galia Arkin
DEBUTS: Ceylon, Ecuador, Guatemala, Lebanon, Nicaragua
WITHDRAWALS: Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Thailand
RETURNS: England (Great Britain), Venezuela
JUDGES:
1- Vincent Trotta - Dean of America's beauty judges and formerly art director of Paramount Pictures.
2- Tom Kelley - Hollywood fashion photographer.
3- Ginny Simms - Singer.
4- Earl Wilson - Columnist from New York.
5- Alberto Varga - Artist and creator of the Varga Girl.
6- Roger Zeiler, President of the Miss Europe contest.
7- Myrna Hansen - Former Miss USA and actress.
8- Robert Palmer - Casting director of UI Studios.
9- George Rony - Author.
10- Milo Anderson - Movie dress designer.
11- Samuel Heavenrich - Director of the Long Beach Municipal Art Center.