Miss Universe 1955

Miss Universe 1955, the 4th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 22 July 1955 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States, with 33 female competitors. This was the first Miss Universe pageant to be aired on television and CBS became the official broadcaster for the next 47 pageants.

Miss Universe 1955
Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955
Date22 July 1955
PresentersBob Russell†
VenueLong Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
BroadcasterCBS, KNXT
Entrants33
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
ReturnsVenezuela
WinnerHillevi Rombin †
 Sweden
CongenialityMaribel Arrieta
 El Salvador

Results
Miss Universe 1955 Top 5

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1955
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Special awards
Award Contestant
Miss Friendship
Miss Popular Girl
Best Dressed Girl

Contestants
Miss Universe 1955 participating nations and results

33 contestants competed for the title.[3]

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Alaska Alaska Lorna McLeod 22 Fairbanks
 Argentina Isabel Sarli 25 Buenos Aires
 Belgium Nicole De Mayer 19 Ghent
 Brazil Emília Barreto Correa Lima 21 Fortaleza
Canada Canada Cathy Diggles 20 Toronto
 Ceylon Maureen Hingert 18 Colombo
 Chile Rosa Merello 18 Santiago
 Costa Rica Clemencia Martínez 22 San José
 Cuba Gilda Marín 26 Havana
 Ecuador Leonor Carcache 21 Guayaquil
 El Salvador Maribel Arrieta 19 San Salvador
 England Margaret Rowe 19 London
 Finland Sirkku Talja 19 Helsinki
 France Claude Petit 18 Aulnay-sous-Bois
 Germany Margit Nünke 24 Cologne
 Greece Sonia Zoidou 18 Athens
 Guatemala María del Rosario Molina 18 Guatemala City
 Honduras Pastora Pagán 18 San Pedro Sula
 Israel Ilana Carmel 19 Bat Yam
 Italy Elena Fancera 20 Rome
 Japan Keiko Takahashi 20 Tokyo
 Lebanon Hanya Beydoun 18 Beirut
 Mexico Yolanda Mayen 18 Tijuana
 Nicaragua Rosa Argentina Lacayo 19 Managua
 Norway Solveig Borstad 23 Oslo
 Philippines Yvonne de los Reyes 19 Manila
 Puerto Rico Carmen Laura Betancourt 20 Rio Piedras
 South Korea Kim Mee-chong 22 Busan
 Sweden Hillevi Rombin 21 Uppsala
 United States Carlene King Johnson[4] 22 Rutland
 Uruguay Inge Hoffmann 19 Montevideo
 Venezuela Susana Duijm 18 Caracas
Trinidad and Tobago West Indies Noreen Campbell 18 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1953:

Withdrawals

Did not compete

References
  1. Mosby, Aline (23 July 1955). "Swedish beauty wins "Miss Universe" title". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  2. "Finalists". The Logan Daily News. 23 July 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Here's official list of Miss Universe charmers". Long Beach Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. 17 July 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 14 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Bacon, James (21 July 1955). "Miss Vermont named Miss U.S.A." The Boston Globe. p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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