- Miss Universe 1954
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Miss Universe 1954 Date 24 July 1954 Presenters Bob Russell Venue Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA Entrants 33 Placements 16 Debuts Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, West Indies Withdraws Austria, Denmark, Hawaii, South Africa, Switzerland, Venezuela Returns Chile, Hong Kong, Israel Winner Miriam Stevenson
USACongeniality Effie Androulakaki
Greece[^]
Participating Nations and Results.
The third edition of Miss Universe was held on 24 July 1954, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA. They had 33 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA, 21-year-old Miriam Stevenson, won the competition. She became the first American to win the Miss Universe competition.
Contents
Results
Placements
Final results Contestant Miss Universe 1954 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 
Hong Kong - Virginia Lee Wai-Chun
3rd runner-up 
Germany - Regina Ernst
4th runner-up 
Sweden - Ragnhild Olausson
Top 16 
Argentina - Ivana Olga Kislinger
Chile - Gloria Legisos Mesina
Costa Rica - Marian Esquivel McKeown
France - Jacqueline Beer- Greece - Rika Diallina
Italy - Maria Teresa Paliani
Norway - Mona Stornes
Panama - Liliana Torre
Peru - Isabella León Velarde Dancuart
Philippines - Blesilda Mueler Ocampo
Uruguay - Ana Moreno
Special awards
Award Contestant Miss Congeniality Most Popular Girl in Parade 
Brazil - Maria Martha Hacker Rocha
^ ^ Miss Greece, Rika Diallina, was unable to enter the United States due to passport problems. Effie Androulakaki was sent to replace her. Androulakaki managed to win the award before Diallina's problems were sorted out. Androulakaki withdrew from the pageant after Diallina's arrival, turning down the suggestion from the pageant officials that she continue to compete in the contest as "Miss Crete"
Contestants
Alaska - Charlein Lander- Argentina – Ivana Olga Kislinger
Australia - Shirley Bliss
Belgium - Christiane Darnay Neckaerts- Brazil - Maria Martha Hacker Rocha
Canada - Joyce Mary Landry- Chile - Gloria Legisos Mesina
- Costa Rica - Marian Esquivel McKeown
Cuba - Isis Margarita Finlay García
El Salvador - Myrna Ros Orozco
Finland - Lenita Airisto- France - Jacqueline Beer
- Germany - Regina Ernst
- Greece - Rika Diallina
Honduras - Lilliam Padilla- Hong Kong - Virginia Lee Wai-Chun
Israel - Aviva Pe’er
- Italy - Maria Teresa Paliani
Japan - Mieko Kondo
Korea - Kae Sun-hae
Mexico - Elvira Castillo Olivera
New Zealand - Moananui Akiwa Manley- Norway - Mona Stornes
- Panama - Liliana Torre
- Peru - Isabella León Velarde Dancuart
- Philippines - Blesilda Mueler Ocampo
Puerto Rico - Lucy Santiago
Singapore - Marjorie Wee- Sweden - Ragnhild Olausson
Thailand - Amara At-Savanon- Uruguay - Ana Moreno
- USA - Miriam Stevenson
West Indies - Evelyn Laura Andrade (Kingston, Jamaica)
National pageant notes
Debuts
Returning countries and territories
- Chile, Hong Kong and Israel last competed in 1952.
Withdrawing countries and territories
Did not compete
Hawaii - Kapiolani Miller
See also
External links
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- 1954 beauty pageants
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