Miss Universe 1957
Miss Universe 1957, the 6th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1957 in Long Beach, California, United States. In this pageant, 32 contestants competed. Gladys Zender of Peru 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.
Miss Universe 1957 | |
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Date | 19 July 1957 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States |
Broadcaster | CBS, KNXT |
Entrants | 32 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Gladys Zender![]() |
Congeniality | Mapita Mercado Cordero ![]() |
Photogenic | Gerti Daub ![]() |
Results

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 - María 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 - Bryndís Schram
Israel - Atara Barzilay
Italy - Valeria Fabrizzi
Japan - Kyoko Otani †
Korea - Park Hyun-ok
Martinique - Ginette Cidalise-Montaise
Mexico - Irma Arévalo
Morocco - Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla
Paraguay - Lucy Montanero Rivarola
Peru - Gladys Zender
Philippines - Mary Ann Carmen Philipps Corrales
Puerto Rico - Mapita Mercado Cordero
Sweden - Inger Jonsson
Turkey - Guler Sirmen
Uruguay - Gabriela Pascal
Venezuela - Consuelo Nouel Gómez †
Notes
Debuts
Withdrawals
Australia - June Finlayson
British Guiana
Chile
Dominican Republic
Finland - Marita Lindahl (Miss World 1957)
Holland - Corine Rottschäfer (Miss Europe 1957) was ineligible to compete due to winning another international pageant. She was allowed to compete at Miss Universe the following year.
United States - Mary Leona Gage (see Miss USA disqualified)
Did not Compete
Colombia - Yolanda Pulecio Vélez
Awards
Puerto Rico - Miss Friendship (Mapita Mercado Cordero)
Germany - Miss Photogenic (Gerti Daub)
Canada - Most Popular Girl (Gloria Noakes)
Miss USA Disqualified
Miss USA, Leona Gage (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 vacated spot.
Gage was also stripped of her title and was replaced by Charlotte Sheffield (UT), but Sheffield was unable to compete because the preliminary competition had already taken place, thus marking the first and as of 2020 only time that a Miss USA did not compete at Miss Universe. Sheffield competed at Miss World 1957, but was unplaced.[1]
General References
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1957". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
References
- "Former Miss USA Charlotte Sheffield Passes Away". tpnnews.one. Retrieved 3 August 2016.