Miss Universe 1955

Miss Universe 1955
Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955
Date	22 July 1955
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Broadcaster	CBS, KNXT
Entrants	33
Placements	15
Debuts	Ceylon Ecuador England Guatemala Lebanon Nicaragua
Withdrawals	Australia Hong Kong New Zealand Panama Peru Singapore Thailand
Returns	Venezuela
Winner	Hillevi Rombin † Sweden
Congeniality	Maribel Arrieta El Salvador

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 its 47 pageants.

Results

Miss Universe 1955 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1955	Sweden – Hillevi Rombin †
1st Runner-up	El Salvador – Maribel Arrieta †
2nd Runner-up	Ceylon – Maureen Hingert
3rd Runner-up	Germany – Margit Nünke †
4th Runner-up	Japan – Keiko Takahashi
Top 15	Argentina – Isabel Sarli † Belgium – Nicole De Mayer Brazil – Emília Lima † Canada – Cathy Diggles England – Margaret Rowe Guatemala – María Molina Honduras – Pastora Pagán Norway – Solveig Borstad United States – Carlene King Johnson † Venezuela – Susana Duijm †

Contestants

Miss Universe 1955 Top 5

• Alaska - Lorna McLeod
• Argentina – Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli †
• Belgium - Nicole De Mayer
• Brazil - Emília Barreto Correia Lima †
• Canada - Cathy Diggles
• Ceylon - Maureen Neliya Hingert
• Chile - Rosa Merello Catalán
• Costa Rica - Clemencia Martínez de Montis
• Cuba - Gilda Marín
• Ecuador - Leonor Carcache Rodríguez
• El Salvador - Maribel Arrieta Gálvez †
• England - Margaret Rowe
• Finland - Sirkku Talja
• France - Claude Petit
• Germany - Margit Nünke †
• Greece - Sonia Zoidou
• Guatemala - María del Rosario Molina Chacón
• Honduras - Pastora Pagán Valenzuela
• Israel - Ilana Carmel
• Italy - Elena Fancera
• Japan - Keiko Takahashi
• Korea - Kim Mee-chong
• Lebanon - Hanya Beydoun
• Mexico - Yolanda Mayen
• Nicaragua - Rosa Argentina Lacayo †
• Norway - Solveig Borstad
• Philippines - Yvonne Berenguer de los Reyes
• Puerto Rico - Carmen Laura Betancourt
• Sweden - Hillevi Rombin †
• Uruguay - Inge Hoffmann
• United States - Carlene King Johnson †
• Venezuela - Carmen Susana Duijm †
• West Indies - Noreen Campbell

Notes

Debuts

• Ceylon
• Ecuador
• England
• Guatemala
• Lebanon
• Nicaragua

Returns

Last competed in 1953:

• Venezuela

Withdrawals

• Australia
• Hong Kong
• New Zealand
• Panama
• Peru
• Singapore
• Thailand

Did not compete

• Denmark - Karin Pamella Rasmussen
• Egypt - Gladir Leopardi
• Holland - Angelina Kalkhoven
• Turkey - Suna Soley

Awards

• El Salvador - Miss Friendship (Maribel Arrieta)
• England - Most Popular Girl (Margaret Rowe)
• Nicaragua - The Best Dressed Girl (Rosa Argentina Lacayo)

General References

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1955". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)