miss world 1955
thursDAY, october 20, 1955
Lyceum Ballroom, London, england
21 participants
PRESENTER: bob russell
entertainment: bob russell, the female band of london's firefighters, lyceum orchestra
Results
1 VENEZUELA Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga (SF Universe '55)
2 USA Margaret Anne Haywood
3 GREECE Tzoulia Georgia Koumoundourou
4 CUBA Gilda Marín (Universe '55)
5 SWEDEN Anita Åstrand
6 FRANCE Gisele Thierry
Top 8
AUSTRALIA Beverly Prowse
AUSTRIA Felicitas Von Goebel (Europe '54)
Remainder
BELGIUM Rosette Ghislain (Europe '56)
CEYLON Viola Sita Gunarate
DENMARK Karin Palm-Rasmussen (Europe '55)
FINLAND Mirva Orvakki Arvinen
GERMANY Beate Kruger
GREAT BRITAIN Jennifer Chimes
HOLLAND Angelina Kalkhoven (Europe '55)
HONDURAS Pastora Pagán Valenzuela (SF Universe '55)
ICELAND Arna Hjorleifsdóttir
IRELAND Evelyn Foley
ISRAEL Miriam Kotler
ITALY Franca Incorvaia
MONTE CARLO Josette Travers
NO SHOWS:
EGYPT Iolanda Cristina (Dalida) Gigliotti
SWITZERLAND Claude Ivry
TURKEY Suna Soley
ARGENTINA Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo
HAWAII Barbara Mamo Vieira
ALASKA Lorna Mae Margaret McLeod
NORWAY Solveig Borstad
DEBUTS: Australia, Austria, Cuba, Honduras, Iceland, Venezuela
WITHDRAWALS: Egypt, Switzerland, Turkey
RETURNS: Israel, Monte Carlo (Monaco)
JUDGES:
1- Mr. Gerald Kelly, president of the Royal Academy of Arts.
2- British designer Hardy Amies, seamstress of Queen Elizabeth II.
3- American film actress Gloria Swanson.
4- British film actress Hermione Gingold.
5- British theater producer and renowned pianist Jack Hylton.
6- American actor Steve Cochran.
7- Claude Berr of the Miss Europe Committee.
8- Mrs. Smith Crighton, a lady of the British high society.
9- Charles Eade from the Sunday Dispatch newspaper as Chairman of the panel of Judges.