Miss Universe 1957
Miss Universe 1957, the 6th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1957 in Long Beach, California, United States. In this pageant, 32 contestants competed. Gladys Zender of Peru won the competition, becoming the first Latin American woman to be crowned as Miss Universe, and was crowned by Carol Morris of the United States.
Miss Universe 1957 | |
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Date | 19 July 1957 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States |
Broadcaster | CBS |
Entrants | 32 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Gladys Zender![]() |
Congeniality | Mapita Mercado Cordero ![]() |
Photogenic | Gerti Daub ![]() |
Results
Contestants
Alaska - Martha Lehmann Argentina - Mónica Lamas Austria - Hannerl Melcher Belgium - Janine Hanotiau Brazil - Teresinha Gonçalves Morango Canada - Gloria Noakes Ceylon - Camellia Rosalia Perera Costa Rica - Sonia Cristina Icaza Cuba - María Rosa Gamio Fernández Ecuador - Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright England - Sonia Hamilton France - Lisa Simon Germany - Gerti Daub Greece - Ligia Karavia Guatemala - Ana Walda Olyslager Hawaii - Ramona Tong Iceland - Bryndís Schram Israel - Atara Barzilay Italy - Valeria Fabrizzi Japan - Kyoko Otani Korea - Park Hyun-ok Martinique - Ginette Cidalise-Montaise Mexico - Irma Arévalo Morocco - Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla Paraguay - Lucy Montanero Rivarola Peru - Gladys Zender Philippines - Mary Ann Carmen Philipps Corrales Puerto Rico - Mapita Mercado Cordero Sweden - Inger Jonsson Turkey - Guler Sirmen Uruguay - Gabriela Pascal Venezuela - Consuelo Nouel Gómez †
Notes
Debuts
Withdrawals
Australia - June Finlayson British Guiana Chile Dominican Republic Finland - Marita Lindahl (Miss World 1957) Holland - Corine Rottschäfer (Miss Europe 1957) was ineligible to compete due to winning another international pageant. She was allowed to compete at Miss Universe the following year. United States - Mary Leona Gage (see Miss USA disqualified)
Did not Compete
Colombia - Yolanda Pulecio Vélez
Awards
Puerto Rico - Miss Friendship (Mapita Mercado Cordero) Germany - Miss Photogenic (Gerti Daub) Canada - Most Popular Girl (Gloria Noakes)
Miss USA Disqualified
Miss USA, Leona Gage (MD), was announced as a semi-finalist, but she was ejected from the pageant the afternoon before the final after it was discovered that she was married and the mother of two young children. Miss Argentina, Mónica Lamas, who had placed 16th in the preliminary, took over the vacated spot.
Gage was also stripped of her title and was replaced by Charlotte Sheffield (UT), but Sheffield was unable to compete because the preliminary competition had already taken place, thus marking the first and as of 2020 only time that a Miss USA did not compete at Miss Universe. Sheffield competed at Miss World 1957, but was unplaced.[1]
General References
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1957". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
References
- "Former Miss USA Charlotte Sheffield Passes Away". tpnnews.one. Retrieved 3 August 2016.