Miss Universe 1957

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Miss Universe 1957
Date:	19 July 1957
Presenters:	Bob Russell
Venue:	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants:	33
Winner:	Gladys Zender
Represented:	Peru
Congeniality:	Mapita Mercado Cordero  Puerto Rico
Photogenic:	Gerti Daub  Germany

The 6th Miss Universe pageant, Miss Universe 1957 was held in Long Beach, California, USA for the 7th time. In this pageant thirty six contestants competed. Miss Peru, Gladys Zender won the competition.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Placements 1.2 Special Awards 2 Contestants

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

• Miss Universe 1957: Gladys Zender , (Peru)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st Runner-up: Teresinha Gonçalves Morango, (Brazil)
  • 2nd Runner-up: Sonia Hamilton, (England)
  • 3rd Runner-up: Maria Rosa Gamio Fernández, (Cuba)
  • 4th Runner-up: Gerti Daub, (Germany)
• The semi-finalists were:
  • Martha Lehmann, (Alaska)
  • Mónica Lamas, (Argentina)
  • Hannerl Melcher, (Austria)
  • Gloria Noakes, (Canada)
  • Ligia Karavia, (Greece)
  • Valeria Fabrizzi, (Italy)
  • Kyoko Otani, (Japan)
  • Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla, (Morocco)
  • Ingrid Jonsson, (Sweden)
  • Gabriela Pascal, (Uruguay)

[edit] Special Awards

• Congeniality: Mapita Mercado Cordero, (Puerto Rico)
• Photogenic: Gerti Daub, (Germany)

[edit] Contestants

Alaska – Martha Lehmann  Argentina – Mónica Lamas  Austria – Hannerl Melcher  Belgium – Janine Hanotiau  Brazil – Teresinha Gonçalves Morango  Canada - Gloria Noakes  Ceylon – Camellia Rosalia Perera  Costa Rica – Sonia Cristina Icaza  Cuba – Maria Rosa Gamio Fernández  Ecuador – Patricia Juliana Benítez Wright  England – Sonia Hamilton  France – Lisa Simon  Germany – Gerti Daub  Greece – Ligia Karavia  Guatemala – Ana Walda Olyslager  Hawaii – Ramona Tong  Iceland – Bryndis Schram

Israel – Atara Barzilay  Italy – Valeria Fabrizzi  Japan - Kyoko Otani  Korea – Park Hyun-ok  Martinique - Ginette Cidalise-Montaise  Mexico – Irna Arévalo  Morocco - Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla  Norway – Greta Andersen  Paraguay – Lucy Montanero Rivarola  Peru – Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina  Philippines - Mary Ann Carmen Philipps Corrales  Puerto Rico - Mapita Mercado Cordero  Sweden – Ingrid Jonsson  Turkey - Guler Sirmen  Uruguay – Gabriela Pascal  USA – Leona Mary Gage (Disqualified)  Venezuela – Consuelo Nouel Gómez

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