Miss Universe 1957
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, USA for the 6th time. In this pageant thirty two contestants competed. Miss Peru
Miss Peru
Peru has been competing in the Miss Universe pageants for over 50 years. Their first representative was Ada Gabriela Bueno in 1952. Five years later, It became the first Latin American and Spanish-speaking country to win the Miss Universe crown when Gladys Zender became Miss Universe 1957. As of...
, 17-year-old Gladys Zender
Gladys Zender
Gladys Rosa Zender de Meier is a beauty queen from Peru who became the first Latin American woman to win the Miss Universe title.-Miss Universe:...
won the competition.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1957 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Brazil - Teresinha Gonçalves Morango |
| 2nd runner-up |
 Kingdom of England - Sonia Hamilton |
| 3rd runner-up |
 Cuba - María Rosa Gamio Fernández |
| 4th runner-up |
 Germany - Gerti Daub |
| Top 15 |
 Alaska - Martha Lehmann Argentina - Mónica Lamas1 Austria - Hannerl Melcher Canada - Gloria Noakes Greece - Ligia Karavia Italy - Valeria Fabrizzi Japan - Kyoko Otani Morocco - Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla Sweden - Ingrid Jonsson Uruguay - Gabriela Pascal |
1 Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
, Leona Gage
Mary Leona Gage
Mary Leona Gage was a beauty queen from Maryland who was crowned Miss USA 1957, the first, and so far, only woman from that state to capture the Miss USA crown...
(MD), was announced as a semi-finalist, but she was ejected from the pageant the day before the final after it was discovered that she was married and the mother of two young children; Miss Argentina, Monica Lamas, who had placed 16th in the preliminary, took over the vacated spot.
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
Germany - Gerti Daub |
| Most Popular Girl in Parade |
Canada - Gloria Noakes |
Contestants
- Alaska – Martha Lehmann
- Argentina – Mónica Lamas
- Austria – Hannerl Melcher
Belgium – Janine Hanotiau- Brazil – Teresinha Gonçalves Morango
- Canada - Gloria Noakes
- ' – Camellia Rosalia Perera
Costa Rica – Sonia Cristina Icaza- Cuba – María Rosa Gamio Fernández
Ecuador – Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright- Kingdom of England – Sonia Hamilton
Early Modern France – Lisa Simon- Germany – Gerti Daub
- Greece – Ligia Karavia
Guatemala – Ana Walda Olyslager
Hawaii – Ramona Tong
Iceland – Bryndis Schram
Israel – Atara Barzilay- Italy – Valeria Fabrizzi
- Japan - Kyoko Otani
- ' – Park Hyun-ok
Martinique - Ginette Cidalise-Montaise
Mexico – Irma Arévalo- Morocco - Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla
Paraguay – Lucy Montanero Rivarola
Peru – Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina
Philippines - Mary Ann Carmen Philipps Corrales
Puerto Rico - Mapita Mercado Cordero- Sweden – Ingrid Jonsson
Turkey - Guler Sirmen- Uruguay – Gabriela Pascal
Venezuela – Consuelo Nouel GómezConsuelo NouelConsuelo Leticia Nouel Gómez is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1937. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1957, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1957 pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA, on July 19, 1957.-External links:**...
- Misses
Australia (June Finlayson), 
Colombia (Yolanda Pulecio Vélez), 
Finland (Marita Lindahl) and 
United States (Leona Gage) (disqualified) did not compete.
Panel of Judges
- Lois J. Swanson
- Alberto VargasAlberto VargasAlberto Vargas was a noted Peruvian painter of pin-up girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists...
- Earl WilsonEarl WilsonRobert Earl Wilson was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres . Wilson batted and threw right-handed...
- Roger Zeiler