Miss Universe 1959

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Miss Universe 1959
Date
24 July 1959
Presenters
Byron Palma
Venue
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Broadcaster
KTTV
Entrants
34
Placements
15
Debuts
  • Bolivia

  • Burma

  • Luxembourg


Withdrawals
  • Alaska

  • Australia

  • British Guiana

  • Chile

  • Paraguay

  • Singapore

  • Surinam

  • Venezuela

  • West Indies


Returns
  • Austria

  • Iceland

  • Thailand

  • Turkey


Winner
Akiko Kojima
 Japan

← 1958


1960 →

Miss Universe 1959, the 8th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 July 1959 in Long Beach, California, United States. 34 contestants competed and in the end Akiko Kojima of Japan won the competition, becoming the first Asian woman to win the title. She was crowned by Luz Marina Zuluaga from Colombia. This was the last year that the pageant was held in Long Beach before it moved to Miami Beach, Florida in 1960, before the establishment of the Miss International pageant.




Contents





  • 1 Results

    • 1.1 Placements



  • 2 Contestants


  • 3 Notes

    • 3.1 Withdrawals





Results




Miss Universe 1959 participating nations and results



Placements
















Final results
Contestant

Miss Universe 1959


  •  Japan - Akiko Kojima

1st runner-up


  •  Norway - Jorunn Kristjansen

2nd runner-up


  •  United States - Terry Lynn Huntingdon

3rd runner-up


  •  England - Pamela Anne Searle

4th runner-up


  •  Brazil - Vera Regina Ribeiro

Semi-finalists


  •  Belgium - Hélène Savigny


  •  Colombia - Olga Pumarejo Korkor


  •  France - Françoise Saint-Laurent


  •  Germany - Carmela Künzel


  •  Greece - Zoitsa Kouroukli


  •  Iceland - Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir


  •  Israel - Rina Issacov


  •  Korea - Oh Hyun-joo


  •  Poland - Zuzanna Cembrowska


  •  Sweden - Marie Louise Ekström


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 - Zianne Monturiol


  •  Cuba - Irma Buesa Mas


  •  Denmark - Lisa Stolberg


  •  Ecuador - Carlota Elena Ayala


  •  England - Pamela Anne Searle


  •  France - Françoise Saint-Laurent


  •  Germany - Carmela Künzel


  •  Greece - Zoidsa Kouroukli


  •  Guatemala - Rogelia Cruz Martínez


  • Hawaii Hawaii - Patricia Visser


  •  Holland - Peggy Erwich


  •  Iceland - Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir


  •  Israel - Rina Issacov


  •  Italy - Maria Grazia Buccella


  •  Japan - Akiko Kojima


  •  Korea - Oh Hyun-joo


  •  Luxembourg - Josée Pundel


  •  Mexico - Mirna García Dávila


  •  Norway - Jorunn Kristjansen


  •  Peru - Guadalupe Mariátegui Hawkins


  •  Poland - Zuzanna Cembrzowska


  •  Sweden - Marie Louise Ekström


  •  Thailand - Sodsai Vanijvadhana


  •  Turkey - Ecel Olcay


  •  Uruguay - Claudia Bernat


  •  USA - Terry Lynn Huntingdon



Notes



Withdrawals



  •  New Zealand - Arlenne Nesgitt


  •  Philippines - Christine Matias





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