Miss Universe 1958
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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 7th time. In this pageant, thirty six contestants competed, where finally, Miss Colombia
Miss Colombia
Señorita Colombia is an annual national beauty contest in Colombia that selects representatives to Miss Universe and Miss International...
, 19-year-old Luz Marina Zuluaga
Luz Marina Zuluaga
Luz Marina Zuluaga is a Colombian beauty pageant winner and Miss Universe 1958. She is the only Colombian in history to hold the Miss Universe title.-Biography:...
won the competition. She was crowned by Miss Universe 1957, 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:...
from Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1958 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Brazil - Adalgisa Colombo |
| 2nd runner-up |
 Hawaii - Geri Hoo |
| 3rd runner-up |
 United States - Arlene HowellArlene Howell Arlene Howell , a.k.a. Eurlyne Howell, was an American television actress who held the Miss USA 1958 title.Howell became the first of three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders to win the Miss USA crown when she won the Miss USA 1958 pageant held in Long Beach, California in July 1958... |
| 4th runner-up |
 Poland - Alicja Bobrowska |
| Top 15 |
 Chile - Raquel Molina Urrutia Denmark - Evy Norlund Germany - Marlies Jung Behrens Greece - Marily Kalimopoulou Israel - Miriam Hadar Japan - Tomoko MoritakeCorine Rottschäfer Corine Spier-Rottschäfer won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom...  Peru - Beatriz Bolvart Sweden - Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
Corine Rottschäfer Corine Spier-Rottschäfer won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom... |
| Most Popular Girl in Parade |
 Australia - Astrid Tanda Lindholm |
Judges
- Raúl Ferrada
- Jacob Gaudaur
- Ma Ma Loa
- James H. Noguer
- Vincent Trotta
- 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...
- Miyoko Yanagida
- Roger Zeiler
Contestants
Alaska – Eleanor Moses
Argentina – Celina Mercedes Ayala- Australia – Astrid Tanda Lindholm
Belgium – Liliane Taelemans- Brazil – Adalgisa Colombo
British Guiana – Clyo Fernandes
Canada - Eileen Cindy Conroy- Chile – Raquel Molina Urrutia
Colombia – Luz Marina ZuluagaLuz Marina ZuluagaLuz Marina Zuluaga is a Colombian beauty pageant winner and Miss Universe 1958. She is the only Colombian in history to hold the Miss Universe title.-Biography:...
Costa Rica – Eugenia María Valverde Guardia
Cuba – Arminia Pérez y González- Denmark – Evy Norlund
Ecuador – Alicia Vallejo Eljuri
Kingdom of England – Dorothy Hazeldine
Early Modern France – Monique Boulinguez- Germany – Marlies Jung Behrens
- Greece – Marily Kalimopoulou
Guatemala – Rogelia Cruz Martínez
- Hawaii – Geri Hoo
- ' – Corine Rottschäfer
- Israel – Miriam Hadar
Italy – Clara Copella- Japan- Tomoko Moritake
- ' – Oh Geum-soon
Mexico – Elvira Leticia Risser Corredor
Norway – Greta Andersen
Paraguay – Graciela Scorza Leguizamón- Peru – Beatriz Bolvarte
- Poland – Alicja Bobrzowska
Singapore – Marion Willis- ' – Gertrud Gummels
- Sweden – Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman
Uruguay – Irene Augustyniak- United States – Arlene HowellArlene HowellArlene Howell , a.k.a. Eurlyne Howell, was an American television actress who held the Miss USA 1958 title.Howell became the first of three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders to win the Miss USA crown when she won the Miss USA 1958 pageant held in Long Beach, California in July 1958...
Venezuela – Ida Margarita PieriIda Margarita PieriIda Margarita Pieri is a pageant titleholder, was born in Carúpano, Venezuela in 1940. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1958, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1958 pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA, on July 26, 1958.-External links:**...- ' – Angela Tong
Did not compete: - Hanni Ehrenstrasser - Carmen Remedios Tuazon
Historical significance
- Luz Marina ZuluagaLuz Marina ZuluagaLuz Marina Zuluaga is a Colombian beauty pageant winner and Miss Universe 1958. She is the only Colombian in history to hold the Miss Universe title.-Biography:...
of ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
wins the only Miss Universe crown for her nation being the very first ColombianColombian peopleColombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...
delegate in the history of the pageant. No other woman from her country has won the titlle, but there were three consecutive first-runner up placements in 1992–1994, a streak that has been unparalleled in competition history.
- Miss Holland, Corine RottschaferCorine RottschäferCorine Spier-Rottschäfer won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom...
won the Miss EuropeMiss EuropeMiss Europe is a popular regional beauty pageant among female contestants from the nations of the European continent established in 1928 and re-established at the end of World War II by Roger Zeiler of the French Committee of Elegance and Claude Berr...
1957 title and then, she competed in the MU 1958 pageant, being placed between the semifinalists. She also went on to compete in Miss World 1959Miss World 1959Miss World 1959, the ninth annual Miss World pageant, was held on November 10, 1959 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom and was the first to be televised by the BBC. 37 contestants competed for the Miss World...
, placed as the Winner of that pageant in Baden-BadenBaden-BadenBaden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...
, Germany.
- Miss Austria, who did not compete, won the Miss Europe 1958 pageant with venue in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Gertrud Gummels' placement marked the first and only time that SurinameSurinameSuriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
made the semi-finals at the pageant.