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Miss World 1955
Susana Duijm
Date	20 October 1955
Presenters	Eric Morley †
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Entrants	21
Placements	8
Debuts	Australia Austria Cuba Honduras Iceland Venezuela
Withdrawals	Egypt Switzerland Turkey
Returns	Israel Monte Carlo
Winner	Susana Duijm †  Venezuela
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Miss World 1955 was the fifth edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 20 October 1955 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. 21 contestants competed for the crown. Eunice Gayson crowned Susana Duijm of Venezuela as the new Miss World. The previous year's Miss World, Antigone Costanda of Egypt, did not attend because of hostilities between Egypt and United Kingdom over Suez Canal. That was the first time Venezuela won the title of Miss World. This was the first time that a winner had been crowned with the crown on her head. Duijm also placed Top 15 in Miss Universe 1955.

Results

Contestants

Twenty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Australia	Beverly Prowse	23	Melbourne
Austria	Felicitas Von Goebel	24	Vienna
Belgium	Rosette Ghislain	22	Hainaut
Ceylon	Viola Sita Gunarate	22	Colombo
Cuba	Hilda Marín	26	Havana
Denmark	Karin Palm-Rasmussen	18	Copenhagen
Finland	Mirva Arvinen	19	Helsinki
France	Gisele Thierry	21	Paris
West Germany	Beate Krüger	18	Berlin
England	Jennifer Chimes	22	Leamington Spa
Greece	Julia Koumoundourou	18	Icaria
Holland	Angelina Kalkhoven	18	Amsterdam
Honduras	Pastora Pagán	18	San Pedro Sula
Iceland	Arna Hjörleifsdóttir	22	Akureyri
Ireland	Evelyn Foley	22	Dublin
Israel	Miriam Kotler	21	Tel Aviv
Italy	Franca Incorvaia	18	Milan
Monte Carlo	Josette Travers	16	Monte Carlo
Sweden	Anita Åstrand	21	Alingsas
United States	Margaret Anne Haywood	20	Jonesboro
Venezuela	Susana Duijm	19	Caracas

Notes

1. Age at the time of the pageant

Debuts

•  Australia – Beverly Prowse
•  Austria – Felicitas Von Goebel
•  Cuba – Gilda Marín
•  Honduras – Pastora Pagán
•  Iceland – Arna Hjörleifsdóttir
•  Venezuela – Susana Duijm

Returns

Last competed in 1953:

•  Israel – Miriam Kotler
•  Monte Carlo – Josette Travers

Withdrawals

•  Egypt – Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (Did not participate due to political friction hostiles between United Kingdom and Egypt for suez canal)
•   Switzerland – No Name (Unknown reasons)
•  Turkey – Suna Soley (Gave up to travel to london due to being as 1st Runner-Up concluded in Miss Europe 1955 pageant)

Did not compete

•  Alaska – Lorna Mae Margaret McLeod (Got rejected from the invitation due to did not have enough money to send her to the English orb)
•  Argentina – Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo (Did not attended due to economic issue)
•  Brazil – No Name (Did not attended due to economic issue)
•  Finland – Mirva Orvakki Arvinen (Unknown reasons)
•  Hawaii – Barbara Mamo Vieira (Didn't happened to participate)
•  Norway – Solveig Borstad (Did not want to participate)

References

1. ^ "Susanna Djuim (uit Venezuela) Miss World" [Susanna Djuim (from Venezuela) Miss World]. Het vrije volk (in Dutch). 21 October 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Delpher.
2. ^ "Susane Djuim (Venezuela) is de mooiste van '55" [Susane Djuim (Venezuela) is the most beautiful of '55]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 October 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Delpher.
3. "Model will face judge". The Daily News. 18 October 1955. p. 9. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Trove.
4. "Miss Austria wird seit 90 Jahren gewählt". Wien (in German). 27 January 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
5. "Miss 55: "J'ai hésité avant de venir"". La Dernière Heure (in French). 6 April 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
6. "Miss World". The Leader-Post. 21 October 1955. p. 13. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Google News Archive.
7. "The mystery of a miss". The Daily News. 28 October 1955. p. 6. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Trove.
8. "Wants to be "Miss World"". The Straits Times. 18 October 1955. p. 10. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via National Library Board.
9. "Miss England a mother". The Daily News. 31 October 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Trove.
10. "Crowning glory". The Daily News. 7 December 1955. p. 15. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Trove.
11. "Miss Holland". Het Parool (in Dutch). 18 October 1955. p. 9. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Delpher.
12. Gámez, Sabino (20 August 2010). "Pastora Pagán, 55 años después de la hazaña". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
13. "Arna Hjörleifsdóttir fra Akureyri kjörin „Fegurðardrottning íslands"" [Arna Hjörleifsdóttir from Akureyri elected "Beauty Queen of Iceland"]. Fálkinn (in Icelandic). 19 August 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Tímarit.is.
14. "Arkansas girl almost Miss World". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 21 October 1955. p. 36. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Google News Archive.
15. Roterman, Natalie (19 June 2016). "Susana Duijm Dead: First Latina To Ever Win Miss Mundo Passes At 79". Latin Times. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

External links

• Miss World official website

• Miss World
• 1955 in London
• 1955 beauty pageants
• Beauty pageants in England
• October 1955 events in the United Kingdom