User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1954

Miss Universe 1954, the 3rd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 July 1954 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. There were 33 competitors. Miss USA, 21-year-old Miriam Stevenson won the competition. She was the first American Miss Universe and the first winner to be crowned by the outgoing Miss Universe (who was Miss Universe 1953, Christiane Martel of France).

Stevenson is the first Miss Universe to concurrently hold the Miss USA and Miss Universe titles (future American Miss Universe winners had to step down as Miss USA upon winning Miss Universe).

Contestants

 *  Alaska - Charlein Lander
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Ivana Olga Kislinger
 * 🇦🇺 Australia - Shirley Bliss
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Christiane Darnay Neckaerts
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Maria Martha Hacker Rocha †
 * 🇨🇦 Canada - Joyce Mary Landry
 * 🇨🇱 Chile - Gloria Leguisos Mesina
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Marian Esquivel McKeown
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Isis Finlay †
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador - Myrna Ros Orozco
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Lenita Airisto
 * 🇫🇷 France - Jacqueline Beer
 *  West Germany - Regina Ernst
 *  Kingdom of Greece - Rika Diallina
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Lilliam Padilla
 *  British Hong Kong - Virginia June Lee
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - Aviva Pe’er
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Maria Teresa Paliani
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Mieko Kondo
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea - Kae Sun-hae
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - Elvira Castillo Olivera †
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand - Moana Manley †
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Mona Stornes
 * 🇵🇦 Panama - Liliana Torre
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Isabella León Velarde Dancuart
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Blesilda Mueler Ocampo †
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Lucy Santiago
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore - Marjorie Wee
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Ragnhild Olausson
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand - Amara Asavananda
 * 🇺🇸 United States - Miriam Stevenson
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Ana Moreno
 * 🇯🇲 West Indies - Evelyn Laura Andrade

Debuts

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
 * 🇸🇻 El Salvador
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand
 *  West Indies Federation

Returns
Last competed in 1952:


 * 🇨🇱 Chile
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba
 *  British Hong Kong
 * 🇮🇱 Israel

Withdrawals

 * 🇦🇹 Austria
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark
 *  Hawaii - Kapiolani Miller
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela

Did not compete

 *  British Guiana - Camila Rego

Replacement

 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Efi Androulakakis was replaced by Rika Dialina.

Awards

 * 🇬🇷 Greece - Miss Friendship (Efi Androulakakis)
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Most Popular Girl (Martha Rocha)