Results

1  FRANCE  Denise Perrier

2  GREECE  Alexandra Ladikou

3  EGYPT  Myshimarina "Marina" Papaelia

4  CEYLON  Manel Illangakoon

5  USA  Mary Kemp Griffin

Remainder

DENMARK  Ingrid Julie Andersen

FINLAND  Maija-Riitta Tuomaala (Europe '53)

GERMANY  Wilma Kanders

GREAT BRITAIN  Brenda Mee

HOLLAND  Yvonne de Meijer (Europe '53)

ISRAEL  Havatzelet Dror

MONTE CARLO  Elizabeth Chovisky (Europe '53)

NORWAY  Solveig Gulbrandsen   

SWEDEN  Ingrid Johansson

SWITZERLAND  Odette Michel Conue

NO SHOWS:

IRELAND  Mary Murphy

AUSTRIA  Lore Felger

BELGIUM  Sépia Degehet 

ITALY  Marcella Mariani

LEBANON  Hanya Beydoun

REPLACED:

FRANCE  Sylviane Carpentier

EGYPT  Antigone Constanda 

DEBUTS:  Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Egypt, Greece, Israel, Monte Carlo (Monaco), Norway

WITHDRAWALS: Ireland

RETURNS:  -

JUDGES:

1- British actress Margaret Lockwood.

2- English actor David Niven.

3- Viscountess Tarbat.

4- Journalist Godfrey Winn.

5- Artist Cowan Dobson.

6- M. Pireur, a member of the Miss Europe committee.

7- Charles Eade from the Sunday Dispatch newspaper as Chairman of the panel of Judges.