Miss Universe 1957
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The 6th Miss Universe pageant, Miss Universe 1957 was held in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

, 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
  •  Peru - 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:...

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
    Miss Photogenic
  •  Germany - Gerti Daub
  • Most Popular Girl in Parade
  •  Canada - Gloria Noakes

  • Contestants


    •  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
    •  VenezuelaConsuelo Nouel Gómez
      Consuelo Nouel
      Consuelo 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:**...



    Panel of Judges

    • Lois J. Swanson
    • Alberto Vargas
      Alberto Vargas
      Alberto 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 Wilson
      Earl Wilson
      Robert 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


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