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


DEBUTSAustralia, Austria, Cuba, Honduras, Iceland, Venezuela

WITHDRAWALS: Egypt, Switzerland, Turkey

RETURNSIsrael, 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.