Miss Universe 1958

Miss Universe 1958
Miss Universe 1958
Date	26 July 1958
Presenters	Byron Palma
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants	36
Placements	15
Debuts	Colombia, Poland, Surinam
Withdrawals	Austria, Iceland, Martinique, Morocco, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Ceylon
Returns	Australia, British Guiana, Chile, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Singapore, USA, West Indies
Winner	Luz Marina Zuluaga  Colombia
Congeniality	Tomoko Moritake  Japan
Photogenic	Corine Rottschäfer  Holland

Miss Universe 1958, the 7th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 26 July 1958 in Long Beach, California, USA. 36 contestants competed where finally, Miss Colombia, 19-year-old Luz Marina Zuluaga won the competition, and was crowned by Gladys Zender of Peru. Colombia became the first country to win in their first participation at Miss Universe, an event which will not happen again until Botswana's victory in 1999.

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1958	Colombia - Luz Marina Zuluaga †
1st runner-up	Brazil - Adalgisa Colombo †
2nd runner-up	Hawaii - Geri Hoo †
3rd runner-up	USA - Eurlyne Howell
4th runner-up	Poland - Alicja Bobrowska
Semi-finalists	Chile - Raquel Molina Urrutia  Denmark - Evy Norlund  Germany - Marlies Jung Behrens  Greece - Marily Kalimopoulou  Holland - Corine Rottschäfer  Israel - Miriam Hadar  Japan - Tomoko Moritake  Peru - Beatriz Boluarte  Suriname - Gertrud Gummels  Sweden - Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Japan - Tomoko Moritake
Miss Photogenic	Holland - Corine Rottschäfer
Most Popular Girl in Parade	Australia - Astrid Tanda Lindholm

Judges

Raúl Ferrada Jacob Gaudaur Ma Ma Loa James H. Noguer Vincent Trotta

Alberto Vargas Earl Wilson 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 Zuluaga †  Costa Rica - Eugenia María Valverde Guardia  Cuba - Arminia Pérez y González  Denmark - Evy Norlund  Ecuador - Alicia Vallejo Eljuri  England - Dorothy Hazeldine  France - Monique Boulinguez  Germany - Marlies Jung Behrens  Greece - Marily Kalimopoulou  Guatemala - Maya Glinz

Hawaii - Geri Hoo †  Holland - Corine Rottschäfer  Israel - Miriam Hadar  Italy - Clara Copella  Japan - Tomoko Moritake  Korea - Oh Geum-soon  Mexico - Elvira Leticia Risser Corredor  Norway - Greta Andersen  Paraguay - Graciela Scorza Leguizamón  Peru - Beatriz Boluarte  Poland - Alicja Bobrzowska Singapore - Marion Willis  Suriname - Gertrud Gummels  Sweden - Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman  Uruguay - Irene Augustyniak  USA - Arlene Howell  Venezuela - Ida Margarita Pieri  West Indies - Angela Tong

Notes

Upon arriving, Miss Costa Rica informed pageant organizers that she was below the required age of 18 as she was 17 at the time of the pageant. She was disqualified. However, because of her honesty, she was allowed to participate in all of the events without being judged.

Withdrawals

•  Austria - Hanni Ehrenstrasser
•  Philippines - Carmen Remedios Tuazon

Crossovers

Miss World 1958:  Venezuela - Ida Margarita Pieri 1959:  Holland - Corine Rottschäfer (winner)

Miss Europe 1957:  Holland - Corine Rottschäfer (winner) 1958:  England - Dorothy Hazeldine

External links

• Miss Universe official website