Results

1  EGYPT  Antigone Costanda

2  USA  Karin Hultman

3  GREECE  Efi Mela

4  FRANCE  Claudine Bleuse

5  GERMANY  Frauke Walther

6  DENMARK  Grete Hoffenblad

Remainder

BELGIUM  Nelly Elvire Dehem  

CEYLON  Jeannette de Jonk

FINLAND  Yvonne de Bruyn (2nd RU Europe '54)

GREAT BRITAIN  Patricia Butler

HOLLAND  Conny Harteveld (Europe '54)

IRELAND  Connie Rodgers

ITALY  Christina Fanton

SWEDEN  Margareta Westling

SWITZERLAND  Claudine Chaperon (Europe '54)

TURKEY  Sibel Goksel

NO SHOWS:

ISRAEL  Malka Rozenblat (she was about to depart for London when Israeli organizers discovered that she was married.  Although Miss World organizers at that time accepted married contestants, Israel did not allow married titleholders to represent the country in international pageants)

LIBYA  Hazami Gadara (underage)

BRAZIL  Martha Rocha (invited but couldn't attend due to previous commitments)

NORWAY  Mona Stornes

AUSTRIA  Felicitas Von Goebel 

TRINIDAD  Seeta Indranie Mahabir

REPLACED:

FRANCE  Monique Lambert

ITALY  Eugenia Bonino

DEBUTS:  Belgium, Italy, Turkey

WITHDRAWALS: Israel, Monte Carlo (Monaco), Norway

RETURNS:  Ireland

JUDGES:

1- Lady Isabel Barnett.

2- Sir Cedric Hardwicke.

3- Portrait painter Simon Elwes.

4- Radio comedian Ben Lyon. 

5- English actress Gracie Fields. 

6- American actress Bebe Daniels.

7- Claude Berr of the Miss Europe Committee. 

8- Vijaya Lakshmi, High Commissioner of India in London. 

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