Miss Universe 1955

Miss Universe 1955
Date	22 July 1955
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants	33
Placements	15
Debuts	Ecuador, England, Guatemala, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Withdraws	Australia, Hong Kong, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Thailand
Returns	Cuba, Venezuela
Winner	Hillevi Rombin Sweden
Congeniality	Maribel Arrieta  El Salvador

Participating Nations and Results.

The fourth edition of Miss Universe was held on 22 July 1955, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA. They had 33 young ladies in the competition. Miss Sweden, 21-year-old Hillevi Rombin, won the competition.

Results

Placements

Special awards

• Congeniality:  El Salvador, Maribel Arrieta Gálvez
• Most Popular Girl in Parade:  England, Margaret Rowe

Contestants

National pageant notes

Debuts

•  Ecuador
•  England
•  Guatemala
•  Lebanon
•  Nicaragua
•  Ceylon

Returning countries and territories

• Cuba last competed in 1952
• Venezuela last competed in 1953.

Withdrawing countries and territories

•  Australia
•  Hong Kong
•  Panama
•  Peru
•  Singapore
•  Thailand

Did not compete

•  Denmark - Karin Pamella Rasmussen
•  Egypt - Gladir Leopardi
•  Turkey - Suna Soley

Trivia

• Ceylon, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Venezuela placed for the first time.
• Sweden won for the first time.
• Venezuela later won Miss World 1955 in London, England.
• Germany later won Miss Europe in 1956.

External links

• Pageantopolis - Official result of Miss Universe 1955