Miss Universe 1958

Miss Universe 1958
Date	26 July 1958
Presenters	Byron Palma
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Entrants	36
Placements	15
Debuts	Colombia, Poland, Surinam
Withdrawals	Austria, Iceland, Martinique, Morocco, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Ceylon, Turkey
Returns	Australia, British Guiana, Chile, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Singapore, United States, West Indies
Winner	Luz Marina Zuluaga Colombia

Miss Universe 1958, the 7th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 26 July 1958 in Long Beach, California, United States. 36 contestants competed where finally, Miss Colombia, 19-year-old Luz Marina Zuluaga won the competition, and was crowned by Gladys Zender of Peru.

Results

Miss Universe 1958 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1958	Colombia - Luz Marina Zuluaga †
1st runner-up	Brazil - Adalgisa Colombo †
2nd runner-up	Hawaii - Geri Hoo †
3rd runner-up	USA - Eurlyne Howell
4th runner-up	Poland - Alicja Bobrowska
Semi-finalists	Chile - Raquel Molina Urrutia Denmark - Evy Norlund Germany - Marlies Jung Behrens Greece - Marily Kalimopoulou Netherlands - Corine Rottschäfer Israel - Miriam Hadar Japan - Tomoko Moritake Peru - Beatriz Boluarte Suriname - Gertrud Gummels Sweden - Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman

Contestants

• Alaska - Eleanor Moses
• Argentina - Celina Mercedes Ayala
• Australia - Astrid Tanda Lindholm
• Belgium - Liliane Taelemans
• Brazil - Adalgisa Colombo †
• British Guiana - Clyo Fernandes
• Canada - Eileen Cindy Conroy
• Chile - Raquel Molina Urrutia
• Colombia - Luz Marina Zuluaga †
• Costa Rica - Eugenia María Valverde Guardia
• Cuba - Arminia Pérez y González
• Denmark - Evy Norlund
• Ecuador - Alicia Vallejo Eljuri
• England - Dorothy Hazeldine
• France - Monique Boulinguez
• Germany - Marlies Jung Behrens
• Greece - Marily Kalimopoulou
• Guatemala - Maya Glinz

• Hawaii - Geri Hoo †
• Netherlands - Corine Rottschäfer
• Israel - Miriam Hadar
• Italy - Clara Copella
• Japan - Tomoko Moritake
• Korea - Oh Geum-soon
• Mexico - Elvira Leticia Risser Corredor
• Norway - Greta Andersen
• Paraguay - Graciela Scorza Leguizamón
• Peru - Beatriz Boluarte
• Poland - Alicja Bobrzowska
• Singapore - Marion Willis
• Suriname - Gertrud Gummels
• Sweden - Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman
• Uruguay - Irene Augustyniak
• USA - Arlene Howell
• Venezuela - Ida Margarita Pieri
• West Indies - Angela Tong

Withdrawals

• Austria - Hanni Ehrenstrasser
• Philippines - Carmen Remedios Tuazon

External links

• Miss Universe official website