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)