Armi Kuusela

1952, Finland

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1952 • Finland - Armi Kuusela1st runner-up • Hawaii - Elza Edsman2nd runner-up • Greece - Ntaizy Mavraki3rd runner-up • Hong Kong - Judy Dan4th 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

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality

• Belgium - Myriam Lynn• Montana - Valerie Johnson^

Most Popular Girl in Parade

• Chile - Esther Saavedra

Christiane Martel

1953, France

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1953 • France - Christiane Martel1st runner-up • USA - Myrna Hansen2nd runner-up • Japan - Kinuko Ito3rd runner-up • Mexico - Ana Bertha Lepe4th runner-up • Australia - Maxine Morgan

Semi-finalists

• Austria - Lore Felger• Canada - Thelma Brewis• Denmark - Jytte Olsen• Germany - Christel Schaack• Italy - Rita Stazzi• Norway - Synnøve Gulbrandsen• Panama - Emita Arosemena• Peru - Mary Ann Sarmiento• Turkey - Ayten Akyol• South Africa - Ingrid Mills• Uruguay - Alicia Ibáñez

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality

• Louisiana - Jeanne Thompson

Miriam Stevenson

1954, U.S.A

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1954 • USA - Miriam Stevenson1st runner-up • Brazil - Martha Rocha2nd runner-up • Hong Kong - Virginia Lee Wai-

Chun3rd runner-up • Germany - Regina Ernst4th runner-up • Sweden - Ragnhild Olausson

Semi-finalists

• Argentina - Ivana Kislinger• Chile - Gloria Legisos• Costa Rica - Marian Esquivel• France - Jacqueline Beer• Greece - Rika Diallina• Italy - Maria Paliani• Norway - Mona Stornes• Panama - Liliana Torre• Peru - Isabella León• Philippines - Blesilda Ocampo• Uruguay - Ana Moreno

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality

• Greece - Effie Androulakaki[^]

Most Popular Girl in Parade

• Brazil - Maria Martha Hacker Rocha

Hillevi Rombin

1955, Sweden

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1955 • Sweden - Hillevi Rombin †1st runner-up • El Salvador - Maribel Arrieta

 †2nd runner-up • Ceylon - Maureen Hingert3rd runner-up • Germany - Margit Nünke4th runner-up • Japan - Keiko Takahashi

Semi-finalists

• Argentina - Isabel Sarli• Belgium - Nicole De Mayer• Brazil - Emília Lima• Canada - Cathy Diggles• England - Margaret Rowe• Guatemala - María Molina• Honduras - Pastora Pagán• Norway - Solveig Borstad• USA - Carlene King Johnson †• Venezuela - Susana Duijm

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality

• El Salvador - Maribel Arrieta Gálvez

Most Popular Girl in Parade

• England - Margaret Rowe

Linda Bement

1956, U.S.A

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1956 • USA - Carol Morris1st runner-up • Germany - Marina Orschel2nd runner-up • Sweden - Ingrid Goude3rd runner-up • England - Iris Alice

Kathleen Waller4th runner-up • Italy - Rossana Galli

Semi-finalists

• Argentina - Ileana Carré• Belgium - Lucienne Auquier• Brazil - Maria José Cardoso• Cuba - Marcia Rodríguez• France - Anita Treyens• Greece - Rita Gouma• Israel - Sara Tal• Mexico - Erna Marta Bauman• Peru - Lola Sabogal Morzán• Venezuela - Blanca Heredia

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality

• Costa Rica - Anabella Granados

Miss Photogenic • Germany - Marina Orschel

Most Popular Girl in Parade

• Iowa (turned  USA) - Carol Ann Laverne Morris^

Gladys Zender

1957, Peru

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1957 • Peru - Gladys Zender1st runner-up • Brazil - Teresinha

Morango2nd runner-up • England - Sonia Hamilton3rd runner-up • Cuba - María Gamio4th runner-up • Germany - Gerti Daub

Semi-finalists

• Alaska - Martha Lehmann• Argentina - Mónica Lamas• Austria - Hannerl Melcher• Canada - Gloria Noakes• Greece - Ligia Karavia• Italy - Valeria Fabrizi• Japan - Kyoko Otani• Morocco - Jacqueline Bonilla• Sweden - Inger Jonsson• Uruguay - Gabriela Pascal

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality

• Puerto Rico - Mapita Mercado Cordero

Miss Photogenic • Germany - Gerti Daub

Most Popular Girl in Parade

• Canada - Gloria Noakes

Luz Marina Zuluaga

1958, Colombia

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1958

• Colombia - Luz Marina Zuluaga†

1st runner-up • Brazil - Adalgisa Colombo †2nd runner-up • Hawaii - Geri Hoo †3rd runner-up • USA - Eurlyne Howell4th 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

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality • Japan - Tomoko Moritake

Miss Photogenic • Holland - Corine Rottschäfer

Most Popular Girl in Parade

• Australia - Astrid Tanda Lindholm

Akiko Kojima

1959, Japan

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1959 • Japan - Akiko Kojima1st runner-up • Norway - Jorunn Kristjansen2nd runner-up • USA - Terry Lynn Huntingdon3rd runner-up • England - Pamela Anne

Searle4th runner-up • Brazil - Vera Regina Ribeiro

Semi-finalists

• Belgium - Hélène Savigny• Colombia - Olga Pumarejo Korkor• France - Françoise Saint-Laurent• Germany - Carmela Künzel• Greece - Zoitsa Kouroukli• Iceland - Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir• Israel - Rina Issacov• Korea - Oh Hyun-joo• Poland - Zuzanna Cembrzowska• Sweden - Marie Louise Ekström

Awards Contestant

Miss Friendship• Thailand - Sodsai Vanijvadhana

Miss Photogenic

• England - Pamela Anne Searle

Most Popular Girl in Parade

• Korea - Oh Hyun-joo

Linda Bement

1960, U.S.A

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1960 • USA - Linda Bement1st runner-up • Italy - Daniela Bianchi2nd runner-up • Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs3rd runner-up • South Africa - Nicolette Caras4th runner-up • Spain - María Teresa del Río

Semi-finalists

• Brazil - Jean Gina MacPherson• Colombia - Stella Márquez• England - Joan Ellinor Boardman• Germany - Ingrun Helgard Moeckel• Greece - Magda Passaloglou• Israel - Aliza Gur• Japan - Yayoi Foruno• Korea - Sohn Miheeja• Norway - Ragnhild Aass• Switzerland - Elaine Maurath

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality• Burma - Myint Myint May• Louisiana - Judy Rebecca Fletcher[^]

Miss Photogenic • Italy - Daniela Bianchi

Marlene Schmidt

1961, Germany

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1961 • Germany - Marlene Schmidt1st runner-up • Wales - Rosemarie Frankland †2nd runner-up • Argentina - Adriana Gardiazábal3rd runner-up • England - Arlette Dobson4th runner-up • USA - Sharon Renee Brown

Semi-finalists

• Chile - María Gloria Silva• France - Simone Darot• Iceland - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir• Israel - Atida Pisanti• Korea - Seo Yang-hee• Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya• Republic of China - Wang Li-Ling• Scotland - Susan Jones• Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson• Switzerland - Liliane Burnier

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality • Greece - Eleftheria Deloutsi

Miss Photogenic • USA - Sharon Renee Brown

Norma Nolan

1962, Argentina

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1962 • Argentina - Norma Nolan1st runner-up • Iceland - Anna Geirsdóttir2nd runner-up • Finland - Anja Aulikki Järvinen3rd runner-up • Republic of China - Helen Liu Shiu-Man4th runner-up • Brazil - Maria Olívia Rebouças

Semi-finalists

• Austria - Christa Linder• Canada - Marilyn McFatridge• Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco• England - Kim Carlton• Haiti - Evelyn Miot• Israel - Yehudit Mazor• Korea - Seo Bum-joo• Lebanon - Nouhad Cabbabe• New Zealand - Lesley Margaret Nichols• USA - Macel Wilson

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality• Dominican Republic - Sara Olimpia Fórmeta• Wales - Hazel Williams

Miss Photogenic • England - Kim Carlton

Best National Costume • England - Kim Carlton

Ieda Marie Vargas

1963, Brazil

Miss Universe 1963 • Brazil - Iêda Maria Vargas1st runner-up • Denmark - Aino Korva2nd runner-up • Ireland - Marlene McKeown3rd runner-up • Philippines - Lalaine Bennett4th runner-up • Korea - Kim Myoung-ja

Semi-finalists

• Argentina - Olga Galuzzi• Austria - Gertrude Bergner• Colombia - María Álvarez• Finland - Riitta Kautiainen• France - Monique Lemaire• Germany - Helga Carla Ziesemer• Italy - Gianna Serra• Japan - Noriko Ando• South Africa - Ellen Liebenberg• USA - Marite Ozers

Final results Contestant

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality • Scotland - Grace Taylor

Miss Photogenic • Ireland - Marlene McKeown

Best National Costume

• Israel - Sherin Ibrahim

Corinna Tsopei

1964, Greece

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1964 • Greece - Corinna Tsopei1st runner-up • England - Brenda Blackler2nd runner-up • Israel - Lordeny Montezon3rd runner-up • Sweden - Siv Märta Åberg4th runner-up • Republic of China - Lana Yu Yi

Top 10[1]

• Argentina - María Ramírez• Finland - Sirpa Wallenius• France - Edith Noël• Italy - Emanuela Stramana• Norway - Jorunn Barun

Top 15[1]

• Bolivia - Olga Mónica del Carpio Oropeza• Brazil - Ângela Vasconcelos• Paraguay - Miriam Riart Brugada• USA - Bobbie Johnson• Venezuela - Mercedes Revenga

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality • California - Jeanne Venables[^]

Miss Photogenic • Italy - Emanuela Stramana

Best National Costume • Holland - Henny Deul

1965, Thailand

Apasra Hongsakula

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1965 • Thailand - Apasra Hongsakula1st runner-up • Finland - Virpi Liisa Miettinen2nd runner-up • USA - Sue Downey3rd runner-up • Sweden - Ingrid Norman4th runner-up • Holland - Anja Schuit

Semi-finalists

• Australia - Pauline Verey• Brazil - Maria Andrade• Canada - Carol Ann Tidey• Colombia - María Ocampo• Denmark - Jeannette Christjansen• Greece - Aspa Theologitou• Israel - Aliza Sedeh• Peru - Frieda Holler• Philippines - Louise Vail Aurelio• South Africa - Veronika Prigge

Awards Contestant

Best National Costume

• USA - Sue Ann Downey

Miss Congeniality • Germany - Ingrid Bethake

Miss Photogenic • Austria - Karin Schmidt

Margareta Arvidsson

1966, Sweden

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1966 • Sweden - Margareta Arvidsson1st runner-up • Finland - Satu Charlotta Östring2nd runner-up • Thailand - Cheranand Savetanand3rd runner-up • India - Yasmin Daji4th runner-up • Israel - Aviva Israeli

Semi-finalists

• Colombia - Edna Rudd Lucena• Denmark - Gitte Fleinert• England - Janice Whiteman• Germany - Marion Heinrich• Holland - Margo Domen• Norway - Siri Gro Nilsson• Peru - Madeline Hartog-Bel• Philippines - Maria Clarinda Soriano• Spain - Paquita Torres• USA - Maria Remenyi

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality• Curaçao - Elizabeth Sanchez• Spain - Paquita Torres

Miss Photogenic • Sweden - Margareta Arvidsson

Best National Costume • Israel - Aviva Israeli

Sylvia Hitchcock

1967, U.S.A

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1967 • USA - Sylvia Hitchcock†1st runner-up • Venezuela - Mariela Pérez2nd runner-up • England - Jennifer Lewis3rd runner-up • Finland - Ritva Lehto †4th runner-up • Israel - Batya Kabiri

Semi-finalists

• Brazil - Carmen Ramasco• Denmark - Margrethe Knudsen• Greece - Elia Kalogeraki• Holland - Irene van Campenhout• Hong Kong - Laura Roque• Ireland - Patricia Armstrong• Italy - Paola Rossi• Spain - Francisca Delgado Sánchez• Sweden - Eva Lisa Svensson• Wales - Denise Elizabeth Page

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality • Scotland - Lena McGarvie

Miss Photogenic • Greece - Elia Kalogeraki

Best National Costume • Brazil - Carmen Silva De Barros Ramasco

Martha Vasconcellos

1968, Brazil

Final results ContestantMiss Universe 1968 • Brazil - Martha Vasconcellos1st runner-up • Curaçao - Anne Braafheid2nd runner-up • Finland - Leena Brusin3rd runner-up • Venezuela - Peggy Kopp4th runner-up • USA - Dorothy Anstett

Semi-finalists

• Canada - Nancy Wilson• Chile - Dánae Salas Sarradell• England - Jennifer Summers• France - Elizabeth Cadren• Greece - Miranta Zafiropoulou• Israel - Miriam Fridman• Norway - Tone Knaran• Sweden - Anne Hellqvist• Thailand - Apantree Prayuttasenee• Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojšić

Awards Contestant

Miss Congeniality • Japan - Yasuyo Iino

Miss Photogenic • Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojšić

Best National Costume • Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo González

GLORIA DIAZ

1969, PHILIPPINES