1955 July 22 / Long Beach CA (34 delegates)
1 SWEDEN - Hillevi Rombin
2 EL SALVADOR - Maribel Arrieta Gálvez
3 CEYLON - Maureen Neliya Hingert
4 GERMANY - Margit Nünke
5 JAPAN - Keiko Takahashi
(semi-finalists)
ARGENTINA -
Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo
BELGIUM -
Nicole De Meyer
BRAZIL -
Emília Barreto Correia Lima
CANADA -
Cathy Diggles
ENGLAND -
Margaret Rowe
GUATEMALA -
María del Rosario Molina Chacón
HONDURAS - Pastora
Pagán Valenzuela
NORWAY -
Solveig Borstad
USA -
Carlene King Johnson
VENEZUELA -
Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga
(34
contestants)
ALASKA -
Lorna McLeod
ARGENTINA -
Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo
BELGIUM -
Nicole De Meyer
BRAZIL -
Emília Barreto Correia Lima
CANADA -
Cathy Diggles
CEYLON -
Maureen Neliya Hingert
CHILE -
Rosa Merello Catala
COSTA RICA
- Clemencia Martínez de Montis
CUBA -
Gilda Marín (MW 55)
ECUADOR -
Leonor Carcache Rodríguez
EL SALVADOR
- Maribel Arrieta Gálvez .................................................................................................... Miss
Amity
ENGLAND -
Margaret Rowe
FINLAND -
Sirkku Talja
FRANCE -
Claude Petit
GERMANY -
Margit Nünke (Miss Europe ’56)
GREECE -
Sonia Zoidou
GUATEMALA -
María del Rosario Molina Chacón
HONDURAS -
Pastora Pagán Valenzuela (MW 55)
ISRAEL -
Ilana Carmel
ITALY -
Elena Fancera
JAPAN -
Keiko Takahashi
KOREA - Kim
Mee-Chong
LEBANON -
Hanya Beydoun (Europe 56)
MEXICO -
Yolanda Mayen
NICARAGUA -
Rosa Argentina Lacayo
NORWAY -
Solveig Borstad
PHILIPPINES
- Yvonne Berenguer de los Reyes
PUERTO RICO
- Carmen Laura Betancourt
SWEDEN -
Hillevi Rombin
TURKEY -
Suna Soley (Europe 55)
URUGUAY -
Inge Hoffmann
USA -
Carlene King Johnson
VENEZUELA -
Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga (Miss
World ’55)
WEST INDIES
- Noreen Campbell (of Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad)
(did not
compete)
DENMARK - Karin
Palm Rasmussen (Europe 55)
EGYPT - Gladir Leopardi
Information courtesy of Donald West, with sincere thanks to
Dan Mcevily. JPP extends its appreciation to many other international
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