Miss Universe 1953, the second Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant, was held on July 17, 1953 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA. 27 contestants from 24 countries competed in the pageant, which was held concurrently with the Miss USA 1953 event. Miss France, 18-year-old Christiane Martel

Christiane Martel

Christiane Martel, born Christiane Magnani, won the 1953 Miss Universe pageant representing France. However, she was not a titleholder from the "official" Miss France pageant....

, won the competition, becoming the second Miss Universe. As the previous titleholder, Armi Kuusela

Armi Kuusela

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, resigned before her reign ended, she was crowned by actress Julie Adams

Julie Adams

Julie Adams is an American film and television actress, sometimes credited as Julia Adams or Betty Adams.-Life and career:...

.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1953	- Christiane Martel Christiane Martel Christiane Martel, born Christiane Magnani, won the 1953 Miss Universe pageant representing France. However, she was not a titleholder from the "official" Miss France pageant....
1st Runner-up	United States - Myrna Hansen Myrna Hansen -Education:She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandryin Colorado...
2nd Runner-up	- Kinuko Ito
3rd Runner-up	Mexico - Ana Bertha Lepe Ana Bertha Lepe Ana Bertha Lepe is a Mexican actress and third runner up at the Miss Universe contest in 1953. She was born in Tecolotlán, Jalisco....
4th Runner-up	- Maxine Morgan
Top 16	- Lore Felger  Canada - Thelma Brewis - Jytte Olsen - Christel Schaack - Rita Stazzi - Synnøve Gulbrandsen - Emita Arosemena - Mary Ann Sarmiento  South Africa - Ingrid Mills - Ayten Akyol - Alicia Ibáñez

Special Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Jeanne Thompson (Louisiana)
• Most Popular Girl in Parade: Myrna Hansen
  Myrna Hansen
  -Education:She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandryin Colorado...
  
   (Illinois)

As the Miss Universe and the Miss USA pageants were held concurrently at this time, candidates from both of them were eligible for the special awards.

Contestants

•  Alaska - Muriel Hagberg
•  Australia - Maxine Morgan
•  Austria - Lore Felger
•  Belgium - Elayne Cortois
•  Canada - Thelma Elizabeth Brewis
•  Denmark - Jytte Olsen
•  Finland - Teija Anneli Sopanen
•  Early Modern France - Christiane Magnani (Christiane Martel)
  Christiane Martel
  Christiane Martel, born Christiane Magnani, won the 1953 Miss Universe pageant representing France. However, she was not a titleholder from the "official" Miss France pageant....
  
  
•  Germany - Christel Schaack
•  Greece - Doreta Xirou
•  Hawaii - Aileen Lauwae Stone
•  Italy - Rita Stazzi
•  Japan - Kinuko Ito

•  Mexico - Ana Bertha Lepe Jiménez
  Ana Bertha Lepe
  Ana Bertha Lepe is a Mexican actress and third runner up at the Miss Universe contest in 1953. She was born in Tecolotlán, Jalisco....
  
  
•  Norway - Synnøve Gulbrandsen
•  Panama - Emita Arosemena Zubieta
•  Peru - Mary Ann Sarmiento
•  Philippines - Cristina Pacheco
•  Puerto Rico - Wanda Irizarry
•  South Africa - Ingrid Rita Mills
•  Sweden - Ulla Sandkler
• - Danielle Oudinet
•  Turkey - Ayten Akyol
•  Uruguay - Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual
•  United States - Myrna Rae Hansen
  Myrna Hansen
  -Education:She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandryin Colorado...
  
  
•  Venezuela - Gisela Bolaños Scarton
  Gisela Bolaños
  Gisela Bolaños Scarton is a pageant titleholder, was born in Valencia, Venezuela on April 5, 1935. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1953, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1953 pageant held in Long Beach, California, USA, on July 17, 1953.-External...
  
  

Withdrawing countries and territories

•  Chile
•  Cuba
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•  India
•  Israel

Panel of Judges

• Jeff Chandler
  Jeff Chandler (actor)
  Jeff Chandler was an American film actor and singer in the 1950s.-Early life:Chandler was born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Anna and Phillip Grossel. He attended Erasmus Hall High School, the alma mater of many stage and film personalities...
  
  
• Arlene Dahl
  Arlene Dahl
  Arlene Carol Dahl is an American actress and former MGM contract star, who achieved notability during the 1950s. She is the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas.-Early years:...
  
  

• Rhonda Flemming
• Constance Moore
  Constance Moore
  Constance Moore was a singer and actress. Her most noted work was in wartime musicals such as Show Business and Atlantic City and the classic 1939 movie serial Buck Rogers, in which she played Wilma Deering, the only female character in the serial.-Life and career:Moore was born in Sioux...