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Miss Universe 1953
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Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant, was held on July 17, 1953 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA. 27 contestants from 24 countries competed in the pageant, which was held concurrently with the Miss USA 1953 event. Miss France, 18-year-old Christiane Martel
Christiane Martel
Christiane Martel, born Christiane Magnani, won the 1953 Miss Universe pageant representing France. However, she was not a titleholder from the "official" Miss France pageant....
, won the competition, becoming the second Miss Universe. As the previous titleholder, Armi Kuusela
Armi Kuusela
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, resigned before her reign ended, she was crowned by actress Julie Adams
Julie Adams
Julie Adams is an American film and television actress, sometimes credited as Julia Adams or Betty Adams.-Life and career:...
.
Results
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1953 |
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1st Runner-up |
![]() Myrna Hansen -Education:She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandryin Colorado... |
2nd Runner-up |
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3rd Runner-up |
![]() Ana Bertha Lepe Ana Bertha Lepe is a Mexican actress and third runner up at the Miss Universe contest in 1953. She was born in Tecolotlán, Jalisco.... |
4th Runner-up |
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Top 16 |
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Special Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Jeanne Thompson (Louisiana)
- Most Popular Girl in Parade: Myrna HansenMyrna Hansen-Education:She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandryin Colorado...
(Illinois)
As the Miss Universe and the Miss USA pageants were held concurrently at this time, candidates from both of them were eligible for the special awards.
Contestants
Alaska - Muriel Hagberg
Australia - Maxine Morgan
Austria - Lore Felger
Belgium - Elayne Cortois
Canada - Thelma Elizabeth Brewis
Denmark - Jytte Olsen
Finland - Teija Anneli Sopanen
Early Modern France - Christiane Magnani (Christiane Martel)
Christiane MartelChristiane Martel, born Christiane Magnani, won the 1953 Miss Universe pageant representing France. However, she was not a titleholder from the "official" Miss France pageant....Germany - Christel Schaack
Greece - Doreta Xirou
Hawaii - Aileen Lauwae Stone
Italy - Rita Stazzi
Japan - Kinuko Ito
Mexico - Ana Bertha Lepe Jiménez
Ana Bertha LepeAna Bertha Lepe is a Mexican actress and third runner up at the Miss Universe contest in 1953. She was born in Tecolotlán, Jalisco....Norway - Synnøve Gulbrandsen
Panama - Emita Arosemena Zubieta
Peru - Mary Ann Sarmiento
Philippines - Cristina Pacheco
Puerto Rico - Wanda Irizarry
South Africa - Ingrid Rita Mills
Sweden - Ulla Sandkler
- - Danielle Oudinet
Turkey - Ayten Akyol
Uruguay - Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual
United States - Myrna Rae Hansen
Myrna Hansen-Education:She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandryin Colorado...Venezuela - Gisela Bolaños Scarton
Gisela BolañosGisela Bolaños Scarton is a pageant titleholder, was born in Valencia, Venezuela on April 5, 1935. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1953, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1953 pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA, on July 17, 1953.-External...
Withdrawing countries and territories
Panel of Judges
- Jeff ChandlerJeff Chandler (actor)Jeff Chandler was an American film actor and singer in the 1950s.-Early life:Chandler was born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Anna and Phillip Grossel. He attended Erasmus Hall High School, the alma mater of many stage and film personalities...
- Arlene DahlArlene DahlArlene Carol Dahl is an American actress and former MGM contract star, who achieved notability during the 1950s. She is the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas.-Early years:...
- Rhonda Flemming
- Constance MooreConstance MooreConstance Moore was a singer and actress. Her most noted work was in wartime musicals such as Show Business and Atlantic City and the classic 1939 movie serial Buck Rogers, in which she played Wilma Deering, the only female character in the serial.-Life and career:Moore was born in Sioux...