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Miss Universe 1952
Final Results Contestant
Miss Universe 1952 • - Armi Helena Kuusela
1st Runner-Up • - Elza Kananionapua Edsman
2nd Runner-Up • - Ntaizy (Daisy) Mavraki
3rd Runner-Up • - Judy Dan
4th Runner-Up • - Renate Hoy
Top 10 • - Olga Llorens Pérez-Castillo
• - Catherine Edwina Higgins
• - Anne Marie Thistler
• - Gladys Rubio Fajardo
• - Jacqueleen "Jackie" Loughery
Miss Universe 1952 contestants competed for the crown. The winner was
18-year-old Armi Kuusela of Finland, who was crowned
Date June 28, 1952[1] by actress Piper Laurie.
Presenters Bob Russell
Venue Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Results
Beach, California, USA
Entrants 30[1] Special awards
Placements 10 Belgium)
• : Myriam Lynn (Belgium and Valerie Johnson
Debuts Alaska, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Montana)^
(Montana ^
Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Chile)
• : Esther Saavedra (Chile
Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hong Kong, ^Since Miss Universe and Miss USA were held jointly, candi-
India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, dates from both pageants were eligible for the special awards.
Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico,
South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay,
USA, Venezuela Contestants
Winner Armi Kuusela[1]
• - Shirley Burnett • - Ora Vered
Finland • - Leah MacCartney • - Giovanna Mazzotti
Congeniality Myriam Lynn (Belgium) • - Myriam Lynn • - Himeko Kojima
and (Marianne Mullender) • - Olga Llorens Pérez-
Valerie Johnson (Montana) • - Ruth Carrier Castillo
• - María Esther • - Eva Røine
Saavedra Yoacham • - Elzibir Gisela Malek
• - Gladys López • - Ada Gabriela Bueno
• - Hanne Sørensen • - Teresita Torralba
• - Armi Helena Kuusela Sanchez
• - Claude Goddart • - Marilia Levy Bernal
• - Renate Hoy • - Catherine Edwina
• Great Britain - Aileen Higgins
P. Chase • - Anne Marie Thistler
Participating nations and results • - Ntaizy (Daisy) • - Gelengul Tayforoglu
Mavraki • - Gladys Rubio Fajardo
Miss Universe 1952 the very first Miss Universe
1952, • - Elza Kananionapua • - Jacqueleen "Jackie"
pageant, was held on June 28, 1952 at the Long Beach Edsman Loughery
Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, USA. 30 • - Judy Dan • - Sofía Silva Inserri
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• - Indrani Rahman • Tom Kelley • Vincent Trotta
Notes References
• : Rosa Adela "Nenela" Prunell was replaced by Gladys [1] ^ "Blonde from Finland named Miss Universe".
Rubio of unknown reasons. Ottawa Citizen. June 30, 1952.
http://news.google.com/
Panel of Judges newspapers?id=YAMxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q98FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7236,51
Retrieved 2 July 2011.
• Milo Anderson • Constance Moore
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Arlene Dahl
Robert Goldstein
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Robert Palmer
Gilbert Roland
External links
• Samuel Heavenrich • Yucca Salamunich • Miss Universe official website
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Categories:
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• 1952 in the United States
• 1952 beauty pageants
• Beauty pageants in the United States
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