Miss Universe 1952

Miss Universe 1952
Date	28 June 1952
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants	30[1]
Placements	10
Debuts	Alaska, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela
Winner	Armi Kuusela  Finland
Congeniality	Myriam Lynn  Belgium Valerie Johnson Montana

Miss Universe 1952, the 1st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 28 June 1952 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, USA. 30 contestants competed for the crown. The first winner of the pageant was 17-year-old Armi Kuusela of Finland, who was crowned by actress Piper Laurie.

Results

Participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1952	Finland - Armi Kuusela
1st runner-up	Hawaii - Elza Edsman
2nd runner-up	Greece - Ntaizy Mavraki
3rd runner-up	Hong Kong - Judy Dan
4th runner-up	Germany - Renate Hoy
Semi-finalists	Mexico - Olga Llorens Pérez-Castillo  South Africa - Catherine Higgins  Sweden - Anne Marie Thistler  Uruguay - Gladys Fajardo  USA - Jackie Loughery

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Belgium - Myriam Lynn  Montana - Valerie Johnson^
Most Popular Girl in Parade	Chile - Esther Saavedra

^Since Miss Universe and Miss USA were held jointly, candidates from both pageants were eligible for the special awards.

Order of announcements

Top 10 Hong Kong Greece USA Finland South Africa Hawaii Germany Sweden Uruguay Mexico

Top 5 Hawaii Finland Hong Kong Greece Germany

Judges

Milo Anderson Arlene Dahl Robert Goldstein Samuel Heavenrich Tom Kelley

Constance Moore Robert Palmer Gilbert Roland Yucca Salamunich Vincent Trotta

Contestants

Alaska - Shirley Burnett  Australia - Leah MacCartney  Belgium - Myriam Lynn (Marianne Mullender)  Canada - Ruth Carrier  Chile - María Esther Saavedra Yoacham  Cuba - Gladys López  Denmark - Hanne Sørensen  Finland - Armi Kuusela  France - Claude Goddart  Germany - Renate Hoy  Great Britain - Aileen P. Chase  Greece - Ntaizy (Daisy) Mavraki Hawaii - Elza Kananionapua Edsman  Hong Kong - Judy Dan  India - Indrani Rahman †

Israel - Ora Vered  Italy - Giovanna Mazzotti  Japan - Himeko Kojima  Mexico - Olga Llorens Pérez-Castillo  Norway - Eva Røine  Panama - Elzibir Gisela Malek  Peru - Ada Gabriela Bueno  Philippines - Teresita Torralba Sanchez  Puerto Rico - Marilia Levy Bernal  Sweden - Anne Marie Thistler  Turkey - Gelengul Tayforoglu  South Africa - Catherine Edwina Higgins  Uruguay - Gladys Rubio Fajardo  USA - Jacqueleen "Jackie" Loughery  Venezuela - Sofía Silva Inserri †

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1951:  Great Britain - Aileen P. Chase (4th Runner-Up)

Miss Europe 1952:  Sweden - Anne Marie Thistler

References

1. "Blonde from Finland named Miss Universe". Ottawa Citizen. June 30, 1952. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss Universe 1952