Miss Universe 1955 - Hillevi Rombin

The fourth edition of Miss Universe was held on 22 July 1955, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium,Long Beach, California, USA. They had 33 young ladies in the competition. Miss Sweden, 21-year-old Hillevi Rombin, won the competition. As of 2009, she remains as the only Miss Universe winner to date to have died.

Result

 

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1955	Sweden - Hillevi Rombin
1st runner-up	El Salvador - Maribel Arrieta Gálvez
2nd runner-up	Ceylon - Maureen Neliya Hingert
3rd runner-up	Germany - Margit Nünke
4th runner-up	Japan - Keiko Takahashi
Top 15	Argentina - Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo  Belgium - Nicole De Mayer  Brazil - Emília Barreto Correia Lima  Canada - Cathy Diggles  England - Margaret Rowe  Guatemala - María del Rosario Molina Chacón  Honduras - Pastora Pagán Valenzuela  Norway - Solveig Borstad  USA - Carlene King Johnson  Venezuela - Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga

Special Awards

Congeniality:  El Salvador, Maribel Arrieta Gálvez

Most Popular Girl in Parade:  England, Margaret Rowe

Contestant

Alaska - Lorna McLeod  Argentina – Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo  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  USA - Carlene King Johnson (VT)  Venezuela - Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga  West Indies - Noreen Campbell (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad) Did not compete Misses  Denmark (Karin Pamella Rasmussen),  Egypt (Gladir Leopardi), and  Turkey (Suna Soley)

Miss Universe 1954 - Miriam Stevenson

The third edition of Miss Universe was held on 24 July 1954, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium,Long Beach, California, USA. They had 33 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA, 21-year-oldMiriam Stevenson, won the competition. She became the first American to win the Miss Universe competition.

Result

Miss Universe 1954	USA - Miriam Stevenson
1st runner-up	Brazil - Maria Martha Hacker Rocha
2nd runner-up	Hong Kong - Virginia Lee Wai-Chun
3rd runner-up	Germany - Regina Ernst
4th runner-up	Sweden - Ragnhild Olausson
Top 16	Argentina - Ivana Olga Kislinger  Chile - Gloria Legisos Mesina  Costa Rica - Marian Esquivel McKeown  France - Jacqueline Beer  Greece - Rika Diallina  Italy - Maria Teresa Paliani  Norway - Mona Stornes  Panama - Liliana Torre  Peru - Isabella León Velarde Dancuart  Philippines - Blesilda Mueler Ocampo  Uruguay - Ana Moreno

 

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Greece - Effie Androulakaki [^]
Most Popular Girl in Parade	Brazil - Maria Martha Hacker Rocha

Contestant

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 Legisos Mesina  Costa Rica - Marian Esquivel McKeown  Cuba - Isis Margarita Finlay García  El Salvador - Myrna Ros Orozco  Finland - Lenita Airisto  France - Jacqueline Beer  Germany - Regina Ernst  Greece - Rika Diallina  Honduras - Lilliam Padilla  Hong Kong - Virginia Lee Wai-Chun  Israel - Aviva Pe’er

•  Italy - Maria Teresa Paliani
•  Japan - Mieko Kondo
•  Korea - Kae Sun-hae
•  Mexico - Elvira Castillo Olivera
•  New Zealand - Moananui Akiwa 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 At-Savanon
•  Uruguay - Ana Moreno
•  USA - Miriam Stevenson
• West Indies - Evelyn Laura Andrade (Kingston, Jamaica)

Did not Compete :

Miss  Hawaii (Kapiolani Miller)