User:Mauriziok/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.

Contestants

 *  Alaska - Lorna McLeod
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo †
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Nicole De Mayer
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Emília Barreto Correia Lima
 * 🇨🇦 Canada - Cathy Diggles
 *  Dominion of 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
 *  West Germany - Margit Nünke †
 *  Kingdom of Greece - Sonia Zoidou
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala - María del Rosario Molina Chacón
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras - Pastora Pagán Valenzuela
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - Ilana Carmel
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Elena Fancera
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Keiko Takahashi
 * 🇰🇷 South 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

Debuts

 *  Dominion of Ceylon
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Returns
Last competed in 1953:


 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela

Withdrawals

 * 🇦🇺 Australia
 *  British 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)