Miss Universe 1959

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Miss Universe 1959
Date:	July 24 1959
Presenters:	Byron Palma
Venue:	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA
Winner:	Akiko Kojima
Represented:	Japan
Congeniality:	Sondsi Sodsal Venijvadhava  Thailand
Photogenic:	Pamela Anne Searle  England

The 8th Miss Universe pageant, Miss Universe 1959 was held in Long Beach, California, USA for the 8th time. Thirty four contestants competed and in the end Miss Japan, Akiko Kojima won the competition. She was crowned by Miss Universe 1958, Luz Marina Zuluaga from Colombia. This is the last year that the pageant was held in Long Beach before its move to Miami, Florida in 1960.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Placements 2 Special Awards 3 Contestants 4 Historical significance 5 Contestant notes 6 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

• Miss Universe 1959: Akiko Kojima, (Japan)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st Runner-up: Jorunn Kristjansen, (Norway)
  • 2nd Runner-up: Terry Lynn Huntingdon, (USA)
  • 3rd Runner-up: Pamela Anne Searle, (England)
  • 4th Runner-up: Vera Regina Ribeiro, (Brazil)
• The semi-finalists were:
  • Hélène Savigny, (Belgium)
  • Olga Pumarejo Korkor, (Colombia)
  • Françoise Saint-Laurent, (France)
  • Carmela Künzel, (Germany)
  • Zoitsa Kouroukli, (Greece)
  • Sigridur Thorvaldsdóttir, (Iceland)
  • Rina Issacov, (Israel)
  • Oh Hyun-joo, (Korea)
  • Zuzanna Cembrowska, (Poland)
  • Marie Louise Ekström, (Sweden)

[edit] Special Awards

• Congeniality: Sondsi Sodsal Venijvadhava, (Thailand)
• Photogenic: Pamela Anne Searle, (England)

[edit] Contestants

Argentina – Liana Cortijo  Austria – Christine Spatzier  Belgium – Hélène Savigny  Bolivia – Corina Taborga  Brazil – Vera Regina Ribeiro  Burma – Than Than Aye  Canada - Eileen Butter  Colombia – Olga Pumajero Korkor  Costa Rica – Ziane Monturiel  Cuba – Irma Buesa Mas  Denmark – Lisa Stolberg  Ecuador – Carlota Elena Ayala  England – Pamela Anne Searle  France – Françoise St-Laurent  Germany – Carmela Künzel  Greece – Zoidsa Kouroukli  Guatemala – Rogelia Cruz Martínez

Hawaii – Patricia Visser  Holland – Peggy Erwich  Iceland – Sigridur Thorvaldsdóttir  Israel – Rina Isaacov  Italy – Maria Grazia Buccella  Japan- Akiko Kojima  Korea – Oh Hyun-joo  Luxembourg- Josée Pundel  Mexico – Mirna García Dávila  Norway – Jorunn Kristjansen  Peru – Guadalupe Mariátegui Hawkis  Poland – Zuzanna Cembrowska  Sweden – Marie Louise Ekström  Thailand – Sondsi Sodsal Venijvadhava  Uruguay – Claudia Bernat  USA – Terry Lynn Huntingdon

[edit] Historical significance

• Japan wins its first Miss Universe crown.
• Last time that the Miss Popular Girl in Parade award was handed out.

[edit] Contestant notes

• Miss Japan, Akiko Kojima is the first woman from Japan to win the Miss Universe title. Japan would not win the second Miss Universe crown until 2007, where Riyo Mori won.
• Miss USA, Terry Huntingdon is the first Miss California USA to win the Miss USA title and compete in Miss Universe.
• Miss Austria, Christine Spatzier went on to win the Miss Europe 1959 title. Miss Turkey and Miss Luxembourg also competed in Miss Europe 1959. Both were unplaced.
• Miss Luxembourg went on to compete in Miss World 1959. She was also unplaced.
• Misses New Zealand, Philippines, and United Arab Republic (Syria) did not compete.

[edit] External links

• Pageantopolis's Miss Universe 1959 page

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