Miss World 1955, the 5th edition of the

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

pageant, was held on 20 October 1955 at the

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. 21 contestants competed for the crown.

Eunice Gayson Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison (17 March 1928 – 8 June 2018), known professionally as Eunice Gayson, was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's love interest in the first two Bond films ('' Dr. No'' and '' From Russi ...

crowned

Susana Duijm Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga (August 11, 1936 – June 18, 2016) was a Venezuelan actress, television host, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1955 and competed at Miss Universe 1955, placing in the top 15. She then went to com ...

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as the new Miss World. The previous year's Miss World,

Antigone Costanda Antigone Costanda ( ar, أنتيجون كوستان) ( el, Αντιγόνη Κωνσταντά, born c. 1934 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian designer, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1954. The pageant took place on October 18, 1954, in ...

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, did not attend because of hostilities between

and

over Suez Canal. That was the first time Venezuela won the title of Miss World. This was the first time that a winner had been crowned with the crown on her head. Duijm also placed Top 15 in

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Results

Contestants

* - Beverly Prowse * - Felicitas Von Goebel * - Rosette Ghislain * - Viola Sita Gunarate * - Gilda Marín * - Karin Palm-Rasmussen * - Mirva Orvakki Arvinen * - Gisele Thierry * - Beate Kruger * - Jennifer Chimes * - Tzoulia Georgia Coumoundourou * - Angelina Kalkhoven * - Pastora Pagán Valenzuela * - Arna Hjörleifsdóttir * - Evelyn Foley * - Miriam Kotler * - Franca Incorvaia * - Josette Travers * - Anita Åstrand * - Margaret Anne Haywood * -

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Notes

Debuts

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Returns

Last competed in

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

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Withdrawals

* -Iolanda Cristina (Dalida) Gigliotti https://web.archive.org/web/20110903002449/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1955.htm Miss World 1955 Results. Pageantopolis. Retrieved 13 October 2016 * *

References

External links

Miss World official website
{{Miss World Miss World 1955 in London 1955 beauty pageants Beauty pageants in the United Kingdom October 1955 events in the United Kingdom