Miss Universe 1958
7th Miss Universe pageant
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Miss Universe 1958 was the seventh Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, on 25 July 1958.
| Miss Universe 1958 | |
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Luz Marina Zuluaga | |
| Date | 25 July 1958 |
| Presenters | Byron Palmer |
| Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 35 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Luz Marina Zuluaga Colombia |
| Congeniality | Tomoko Moritake (Japan) |
| Photogenic | Corine Rottschäfer (Holland) |
At the conclusion of the event, Gladys Zender of Peru crowned Luz Marina Zuluaga of Colombia as Miss Universe 1958. Zuluaga was the first representative of Colombia to win the contest.[1]
Contestants from thirty-six countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Byron Palmer.
Background
Selection of participants
Contestants from thirty-five countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two contestants were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.
Replacements
Luz Marina Zuluaga, the first runner-up of Señorita Colombia 1957, was appointed to replace Señorita Colombia 1957 Doris Inés Gil as she decided to get married instead of competing at the pageant.[2] June Cooper was supposed to represent England in this edition, but was dethroned after it was discovered that she did not meet the minimum age requirement.[3] Due to the dethronement of Cooper, a separate contest was held to pick a new representative of England to the contest. Wendy Peters won this contest, but was also dethroned after it was discovered that she was previously married.[4] Due to this, the pageant organizers decided to appoint Dorothy Hazeldine as the representative of England in this edition.[5]
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals
This edition saw the debuts of Colombia, Poland, and Surinam, and the returns of Australia, the British Guiana, Chile, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Singapore, the United States, and the West Indies. Denmark, which last competed in 1953, Australia and Singapore in 1954, Norway and the West Indies in 1955, while the others last competed in 1956.
Austria, Ceylon, Costa Rica, Iceland, Martinique, Morocco, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Turkey withdrew. Hanni Ehrenstrasser of Austria withdrew after winning another international beauty contest.[6] Eugenia Valverde of Costa Rica withdrew after not meeting the minimum age requirement. Despite being barred from the competition, Valverde was allowed to join the preliminary competition without being scored.[7][8] Carmen Remedios Tuason of the Philippines withdrew due to her family not allowing her to join the competition.[9] Miss Turkey 1958, Ezel Olcay withdrew from competition for unknown reasons but competed in the Miss Universe 1959 instead.[10][11]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1958 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 15[12] |
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Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
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| Miss Friendship |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Miss Popular Girl |
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Pageant
Format
Same with 1955, fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen.[14]
Selection committee
- David Arasik – Israeli editor of Cinema magazine[14]
- Raul Ferrada – Chilean newspaper editor[14]
- Jacob Gaudaur – Canadian oarsman[14]
- Ma Ma Loa – Famous Hawaiian singer[14]
- Miyoko Nayagita – Member of the Woman Artists Association[14]
- Vincent Trotta – American artist[14]
- Alberto Vargas – Peruvian-American painter known for his "Vargas Girls"[14]
- Earl Wilson – American journalist and columnist[14]
- Roger Zeiler – French official from the Miss Europe Committee[14]
Contestants
Thirty-five contestants competed for the title.[15]
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
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 Alaska | Eleanor Moses[16] | 20 | Fairbanks |
 Argentina | Celina Ayala | 19 | Misiones |
 Australia | Astrid Lindholm[13] | 20 | Adelaide |
 Belgium | Liliane Taelemans | 20 | Brussels |
 Brazil | Adalgisa Colombo[17] | 18 | Rio de Janeiro |
 British Guiana | Clyo Fernandes | 18 | Georgetown |
 Canada | Eileen Conroy | 21 | Toronto |
 Chile | Raquel Molina[18] | 23 | Quilpué |
 Colombia | Luz Marina Zuluaga[19] | 19 | Manizales |
 Cuba | Arminia Pérez[20] | 21 | Havana |
 Denmark | Evy Norlund[21] | 20 | Copenhagen |
 Ecuador | Alicia Vallejo[22] | 22 | Riobamba |
 England | Dorothy Hazeldine[5] | 19 | Rochdale |
 France | Monique Boulinguez[23] | 21 | Paris |
 Greece | Marily Kalimopoulou | 18 | Athens |
 Guatemala | Maya Glinz[24] | 19 | Guatemala City |
 Hawaii | Geri Hoo[25] | 18 | Honolulu |
 Holland | Corine Rottschäfer[13] | 20 | Amsterdam |
 Israel | Miriam Hadar[26] | 21 | Jerusalem |
 Italy | Clara Coppola[27] | 20 | Lazio |
 Japan | Tomoko Moritake | 20 | Nagasaki |
 Mexico | Elvira Leticia Risser | 19 | Mexico City |
 Norway | Greta Andersen[28] | 20 | Stavanger |
 Paraguay | Graciela Scorza[29] | 18 | Asunción |
 Peru | Beatriz Boluarte[30] | 19 | Lima |
 Poland | Alicja Bobrowska[31] | 22 | Kraków |
 Singapore | Marion Willis | 19 | Singapore |
 South Korea | Geum-soon Oh | 19 | Seoul |
 Suriname | Gertrud Gummels | 20 | Paramaribo |
 Sweden | Birgitta Gårdman | 19 | Stockholm |
 United States | Eurlyne Howell[32] | 18 | Bossier City |
 Uruguay | Irene Augustyniak | 20 | Montevideo |
 Venezuela | Ida Margarita Pieri[33] | 18 | Carúpano |
 West Germany | Marlies Behrens[34] | 19 | Munich |
 West Indies | Angela Tong | – | Port of Spain |
Notes
- Ages at the time of the pageant