Miss World 1958

Miss World 1958
Date	13 October 1958
Presenters	Eric Morley
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Entrants	22
Debuts	Brazil
Withdrawals	Australia, Austria, Finland, Luxembourg
Returns	Norway, Turkey
Winner	Penelope Coelen  South Africa

Miss World 1958, the eighth edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 October 1958 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. 22 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Penelope Anne Coelen, who represented South Africa. She was crowned by Miss World 1957, Marita Lindahl of Finland.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1958	South Africa - Penelope Coelen
1st runner-up	France - Claudine Oger
2nd runner-up	Denmark - Vinnie Ingemann
3rd runner-up	Sweden - Harriet Margareta Wågström
4th runner-up	Holland - Lucienne Struve
5th runner-up	United Kingdom - Eileen Sheridan
6th runner-up	Brazil - Sônia Maria Campos
Semi-finalists	Germany - Dagmar Herner  Italy - Elisabetta Velinsky  Norway - Åse Qjeldvik

Contestants

Belgium - Michele Gouthals  Brazil - Sônia Maria Campos  Canada - Marilyn Anne Keddie  Denmark - Vinnie Ingemann  France - Claudine Oger  Germany - Dagmar Herner  Greece - Mary Panoutospoulou  Holland - Lucienne Struve  Iceland - Hjördís Sigurvinsdóttir  Ireland - Susan Riddell  Israel - Rachel Shafrir

Italy - Elisabetta Velinsky  Japan - Hisako Okuse  Morocco - Jocelyne Lambin  Norway - Åse Qjeldvik  South Africa - Penelope Anne Coelen  Sweden - Harriet Margareta Wågström  Tunisia - Denise Orlando  Turkey - Sunay Uslu  United Kingdom - Eileen Elizabeth Sheridan  United States - Nancy Anne Corcoran  Venezuela - Ida Margarita Pieri

Notes

Debuts

• Brazil competed in Miss World for the first time.
• United Kingdom replaced the name Great Britain.

Returning countries

• Norway last competed in 1953.
• Turkey last competed in 1956.

References

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis - Miss World 1958