Miss Universe 1957, the 6th

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pageant, was held on 19 July 1957 in

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, United States. In this pageant, 32 contestants competed.

Gladys Zender Gladys Rosa Zender de Meier ( née Zender Urbina; born October 19, 1939) is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who became the first Latin American to win the Miss Universe title. She was crowned Miss Peru Universe 1957 by Miss Peru Universe 1956, ...

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won the competition, becoming the first Latin American woman to be crowned as Miss Universe, and was crowned by Carol Morris of the United States.

Results

Placements

Contestants

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- Martha Lehmann * - Mónica Lamas * - Hannerl Melcher * - Janine Hanotiau * - Terezinha Morango † * - Gloria Noakes * - Camellia Rosalia Perera * - Sonia Cristina Icaza * - María Rosa Gamio Fernández * - Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright * - Sonia Hamilton * - Lisa Simon * - Gerti Daub * - Ligia Karavia * - Ana Walda Olyslager *

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- Ramona Tong * - Bryndís Schram * - Atara Barzilay * -

Valeria Fabrizi Valeria Fabrizi (born 20 October 1936) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Verona, in 1936 Fabrizi made her acting debut in the revue ''Campione senza valore''. The same year, she had her first lead ...

* - Kyoko Otani † * - Park Hyun-ok * - Ginette Cidalise-Montaise * - Irma Arévalo * - Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla * - Lucy Montanero Rivarola * -

* - Mary Ann Carmen Philipps Corrales * - Mapita Mercado Cordero * - Inger Jonsson * - Guler Sirmen * - Gabriela Pascal * - Consuelo Nouel Gómez †

Notes

Debuts

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Withdrawals

* - June Finlayson * * * * -

Marita Lindahl Marita Lindahl (17 October 1938 – 21 March 2017) was a Finnish model and beauty queen who won the 1957 Miss World beauty pageant, after being crowned Miss Finland 1957 by Miss Finland 1956, Sirpa Helena Koivu. She became the first woman from ...

( Miss World 1957) * -

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) was ineligible to compete due to winning another international pageant. She was allowed to compete at Miss Universe the following

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(see ''Miss USA disqualified'')

Did not Compete

* - Yolanda Pulecio Vélez

Returns

Last competed in

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* * Last competed in

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Awards

* - Miss Friendship (Mapita Mercado Cordero) * - Miss Photogenic ( Gerti Daub) *

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- Most Popular Girl (Gloria Noakes)

Miss USA Disqualified

Miss USA,

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(MD), was announced as a semi-finalist, but she was ejected from the pageant the afternoon before the final after it was discovered that she was married and the mother of two young children. Miss Argentina, Mónica Lamas, who had placed 16th in the preliminary, took over the spot vacated by Gage. Gage was also stripped of her

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and was replaced by

Charlotte Sheffield Charlotte Sheffield (September 1, 1936 - April 15, 2016) was an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder best known as Miss USA 1957. After winning the Miss Utah USA crown, Sheffield, from Salt Lake City, Utah was first runner-up ...

(UT), but Sheffield was unable to compete because the preliminary competition had already taken place, thus marking the first (and as of 2022 only) time that a Miss USA did not compete at Miss Universe. Sheffield competed at Miss World 1957, but was unplaced.

References

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