Miss Universe 1958

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Miss Universe 1958
Luz Marina Zuluaga poses for Max Factor of Hollywood.jpg
Luz Marina Zuluaga
Date25 July 1958 (1958-07-25)
Presenters Byron Palmer
Venue Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants35
Placements15
Debuts
  • Colombia
  • Poland
  • Suriname
Withdrawals
  • Austria
  • Ceylon
  • Costa Rica
  • Iceland
  • Martinique
  • Morocco
  • Philippines
  • Puerto Rico
  • Turkey
Returns
  • Australia
  • British Guiana
  • Chile
  • Denmark
  • Holland
  • Norway
  • Singapore
  • United States
  • West Indies
Winner Luz Marina Zuluaga
Colombia
CongenialityTomoko Moritake (Japan)
Photogenic Corine Rottschäfer (Holland)
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Miss Universe 1958 was the seventh Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 25 July 1958.

Contents

At the end of the event, Gladys Zender of Peru crowned Luz Marina Zuluaga of Colombia as Miss Universe 1958. Zuluaga was the first representative of Colombia to win the contest. [1]

Contestants from thirty-six countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Byron Palmer.

Background

Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, the venue of Miss Universe 1958 LBarena.jpg
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, the venue of Miss Universe 1958

Selection of participants

Contestants from thirty-five countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two contestants were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

Replacements

Luz Marina Zuluaga, the first runner-up of Señorita Colombia 1957, was appointed to replace Señorita Colombia 1957 Doris Inés Gil after it was discovered that the latter was already married. [2] June Cooper was supposed to represent England in this edition, but was dethroned after it was discovered that she did not meet the minimum age requirement. [3] Due to the dethronement of Cooper, a separate contest was held to pick a new representative of England to the contest. Wendy Peters won this contest, but was also dethroned after it was discovered that she was previously married. [4] Due to this, the pageant organizers decided to appoint Dorothy Hazeldine as the representative of England in this edition. [5]

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition saw the debuts of Colombia, Poland, and Suriname, and the returns of Australia, British Guiana, Chile, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Singapore, the United States, and the West Indies. Denmark last competed in 1953, Australia and Singapore last competed in 1954, Norway and the West Indies last competed in 1955, while the others last competed in 1956.

Austria, Ceylon, Costa Rica, Iceland, Martinique, Morocco, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Turkey withdrew. Hanni Ehrenstrasser of Austria withdrew after winning another international beauty contest. [6] Eugenia Valverde of Costa Rica withdrew after not meeting the minimum age requirement. Despite being barred from the competition, Valverde was allowed to join the preliminary competition without being scored. [7] [8] Carmen Remedios Tuason of the Philippines withdrew due to her family not allowing her to join the competition. [9] Ceylon, Iceland, Martinique, Morocco, Puerto Rico, and Turkey withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1958
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Friendship
  • Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan – Tomoko Moritake
Miss Photogenic
Miss Popular Girl

Pageant

Format

Same with 1955, fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen. [12]

Selection committee

Contestants

Miss Universe 1958 participating countries and territories Miss Universe 1958 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 1958 participating countries and territories

Thirty-five contestants competed for the title. [13]

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska Eleanor Moses [14] 20 Fairbanks
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Celina Mercedes Ayala19 Misiones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Astrid Lindholm [11] 20 Adelaide
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Liliane Taelemans 20 Brussels
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil Adalgisa Colombo [15] 18 Rio de Janeiro
Flag of British Guiana (1955-1966).svg  British Guiana Clyo Fernandes18 Georgetown
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada Eileen Conroy21 Toronto
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Raquel Molina [16] 23 Quilpue
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Luz Marina Zuluaga [17] 19 Manizales
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Arminia Pérez [18] 21 Havana
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Evy Norlund [19] 20 Copenhagen
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador Alicia Vallejo [20] 22 Riobamba
Flag of England.svg  England Dorothy Hazeldine [5] 19 Rochdale
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France Monique Boulinguez [21] 21 Paris
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Marlies Jung Behrens [22] 19 Munich
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Marily Kalimopoulou18 Athens
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Maya Glinz– Guatemala City
Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii Geri Hoo [23] 18 Honolulu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Corine Rottschäfer [11] 20 Amsterdam
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Miriam Hadar [24] 21 Jerusalem
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Clara Coppola [25] 20 Lazio
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Tomoko Moritake20 Nagasaki
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico Elvira Leticia Risser19 Mexico City
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Greta Andersen [26] 20 Stavanger
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay Graciela Scorza [27] 18 Asunción
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Beatriz Boluarte [28] 19 Lima
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Alicja Bobrzowska [29] 22 Kraków
Flag of Singapore (1946-1952).svg Singapore Marion Willis19 Singapore
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea Oh Geum-soon19 Seoul
Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg  Suriname Gertrud Gummels20 Paramaribo
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman19 Stockholm
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Eurlyne Howell [30] 18 Bossier City
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Irene Augustyniak20 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Ida Margarita Pieri [31] 18 Carúpano
Flag of the West Indies Federation (1958-1962).svg  West Indies Angela Tong– Port of Spain, Trinidad

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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