Miss Universe 1954

{{Short description|3rd Miss Universe pageant}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Miriam Stevenson Miss Universe 1954.jpg | caption = [[Miriam Stevenson]] | date = {{Start date|1954|07|24|df=y}} | presenters = [[Bob Russell (television presenter)|Bob Russell]] | venue = [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center|Long Beach Municipal Auditorium]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], California, United States | entrants = 33 | placements = 16 | debuts = {{Hlist|Argentina|Brazil|Costa Rica|El Salvador|Honduras|New Zealand|Singapore|South Korea|Thailand|West Indies}} | withdrawals = {{Hlist|Austria|Denmark|Hawaii|South Africa|Switzerland|Turkey|Venezuela}} | returns = {{Hlist|Chile|Cuba|Hong Kong|Israel}} | winner = [[Miriam Stevenson]] | represented = United States | congeniality = Efi Androulakakis (Greece{{efn|Efi did not compete for the Miss Universe title}}) | before = [[Miss Universe 1953|1953]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1955|1955]] }}

'''Miss Universe 1954''' was the third [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center|Long Beach Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], California, on 24 July 1954.

At the conclusion of the event, [[Christiane Martel]] of France crowned [[Miriam Stevenson]] of the United States as Miss Universe 1954.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 1954 |title=Miss Brazil loses out by a hip bulge |pages=A6 |work=Youngstown Vindicator |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d3Y_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=3lQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=813%2C2178074 |access-date=16 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 July 1954 |title=South Carolina's Miriam Stevenson Wins "Miss Universe"; Miss Brazil Second |pages=1; 5 |work=The Dispatch |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2M8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y1AEAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss-universe%20miriam-stevenson&pg=5678%2C1215300 |access-date=16 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> It was the first victory of the United States in the history of the pageant. Stevenson became the first Miss Universe to concurrently hold both Miss USA and Miss Universe titles.<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 July 1954|title=Miss USA captures Miss Universe title|language=en|pages=1|work=[[The Day (New London)|The Day]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gBMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pHQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2121%2C3939328|access-date=25 July 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|location=New London, Connecticut}}</ref>

Contestants from thirty-three countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [[Bob Russell (television presenter)|Bob Russell]]. This edition also featured the Star of the Universe crown, which consisted of one-thousand Oriental cultured and black pearls set in solid gold and platinum, and was worth $500,000 USD.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tayag |first=Voltaire E. |date=16 May 2021 |title=Miss Universe crowns: Sentimental favorites, all-time greats |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/miss-universe-crowns-all-time-favorites-greats-rankings/ |access-date=10 May 2023 |website=[[Rappler]] |language=en-US}}</ref> This crown would be eventually used for the next six editions.<ref name=":0" />

== Background == [[File:LBarena.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, the venue of Miss Universe 1954]]

=== Selection of participants === Contestants from thirty-three countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two contestants were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

==== Replacements ==== Sun-hee Kae, first runner-up of Miss Korea 1954, was appointed to replace Miss Korea 1954 Rak Hi Pu after the latter's visa was denied due to alleged communist ties.<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1954|title="Miss Universe" loses her U.N.|language=en|pages=2|work=The Advocate|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69855258?searchTerm=Miss%20Universe|access-date=11 May 2023|via=[[Trove]]|location=Burnie, Tasmania}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=15 July 1954|title=Miss Universe entrants prepare for pageant|language=en|pages=22|work=The Examiner|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225910049?searchTerm=Miss%20Universe|access-date=11 May 2023|via=[[Trove]]|location=Launceston, Tasmania}}</ref> Similarly, Rika Dialina, Star Hellas 1954, was initially replaced by first runner-up Efi Androulakakis after Dialina posed for a book by a Greek communist, despite having no communist sympathies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 July 1954 |title=America bars another Miss Universe beauty |pages=3 |work=The Sun |location=Sydney, Australia |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229708360?searchTerm=Miss%20Universe |access-date=16 July 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> However, [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[John Foster Dulles]] intervened, allowing Dialina temporary entry. Dialina arrived days before preliminaries, causing Androulakakis to withdraw. Organizers asked Androulakakis to remain as representative of [[Crete]], but she declined. Though not an official candidate, she was still named Miss Friendship.<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 July 1954|title=Sportieve "miss" in Long Beach|language=nl|trans-title=Sporty "miss" in Long Beach|pages=7|work=[[De Telegraaf]]|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110586150:mpeg21:p007|access-date=16 July 2023|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> [[Amara Asavananda]], runner-up of Miss Thailand 1953, replaced Miss Thailand 1953 Anong Atchawatthana due to financial issues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-06 |title=วันนี้ 83 ปี "อมรา อัศวนนท์" สาวไทยคนแรกไป "มิสยูนิเวิร์ส" |trans-title=Today is 83 years old, "Amara Asavanant" is the first Thai woman to go to "Miss Universe". |url=https://www.nationtv.tv/entertainment/378775127 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Nation TV |language=th}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=การประกวดนางสาวไทยประจำปี 2496 ความงาม ความดี และหลักอนามัย |trans-title=Miss Thailand 1953 beauty, goodness and hygiene |url=https://www.silpa-mag.com/history/article_37202 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=SILPA-MAG |language=th}}</ref>

==== Debuts, returns, and withdrawals ==== The 1954 edition saw the debuts of Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and the West Indies, and the returns of Chile, Cuba, Hong Kong, and Israel, which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1952|1952]].

Gertrude Kapi'olani Miller of Hawaii withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. Berta Elena Landaeta of Venezuela also withdrew after pageant organizers were unable to determine her whereabouts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=15 July 1954 |title=Miss Venezuela disappears in beauty contest |pages=35 |work=Courier-Post |location=Camden, New Jersey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/10913081/courier-post/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Austria, Denmark, South Africa, Switzerland, and Turkey withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or designate a contestant.

Contestants from Guatemala and Nicaragua were expected to compete but were prohibited by their respective governments due to political instability in Central America.<ref name=":1" /> Both countries debuted in the following edition.

== Results == === Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1954 | * {{flagu|United States|1912}} – [[Miriam Stevenson]]<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=24 July 1954|title=Freckled Southener tops Universe field|language=en|pages=3|work=[[Nashville Banner]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55498697/miriam-stevenson/|access-date=11 May 2023|location=Nashville, Tennessee|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Brazil|1889}} – [[Martha Rocha]]<ref name=":4" /> |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagicon image|Flag of Hong Kong (1876–1955).svg}} Hong Kong – Virginia Lee<ref name=":4" /> |- | 3rd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|West Germany}} – Regina Ernst<ref name=":4" /> |- | 4th Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Sweden}} – Ragnhild Olausson<ref name=":4" /> |- | Top 16<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=26 July 1954|title=Miriam Stevenson (VS) gekozen tot Miss Universe 1954|language=nl|trans-title=Miriam Stevenson (USA) elected Miss Universe 1954|pages=1|work=De locomotief|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011178505:mpeg21:p001|access-date=11 May 2023|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> | * {{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg}} Argentina – Ivana Kislinger * {{flagu|Chile}} – Gloria Leguisos * {{flagu|Costa Rica}} – Marian Esquivel * {{flagu|France|1830}} – [[Jacqueline Beer]] * {{flagicon image|Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg}} Greece – [[Rika Dialina]] * {{flagicon image|Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg}} Italy – Maria Paliani * {{flagu|Norway}} – Mona Stornes * {{flagicon image|Flag of Panama (1925-2017).svg}} Panama – Liliana Torre * {{flagu|Peru}} – Isabella Dancourt * {{flagu|Philippines|1936}} – Blesilda Ocampo * {{flagu|Uruguay}} – Ana Moreno |}

=== Special awards === {| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Award !! Contestant |- | Miss Friendship | * {{flagicon image|Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg}} Greece – Efi Androulakakis<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 1954 |title=Miss Universe contest reaches climax tonight |pages=8 |work=[[St. Joseph News-Press]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KRpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3DkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871%2C5197452 |access-date=24 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |- | Miss Popular Girl | * {{flagu|Brazil|1889}} – [[Martha Rocha]] |}

== Pageant == === Format === Same with 1953, sixteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the sixteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the sixteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen.<ref name=":6" />

=== Selection committee === * [[Piper Laurie]] – American actress<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=25 July 1954 |title=U.S. has Miss Universe |pages=2 |work=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]] |location=Perth, Western Australia |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59692706 |access-date=24 July 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> * [[Julie Adams|Julia Adams]] – American actress<ref name=":3" /> * [[Suzan Ball]] – American actress<ref name=":3" /> * [[Earl Wilson (columnist)|Earl Wilson]] – American columnist and journalist<ref name=":3" /> * [[Tom Kelley (photographer)|Tom Kelley]] – American photographer<ref name=":3" />

== Contestants == [[Image:Miss Universe 1954 Map.PNG|right|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1954 participating countries and territories]]Thirty-three contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Country/Territory !! Contestant !! Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}} !! Hometown |- | {{flagdeco|AK}} [[Miss Alaska USA|Alaska]] || {{sortname|Charlein|Lander|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 1954 |title=Royal group set to greet Miss Alaska |pages=1 |work=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]] |location=Bend, Oregon |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DlJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3616%2C2577690 |access-date=25 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]] || {{sortname|Ivana|Kislinger|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martínez|first=Adolfo C.|date=16 December 2005|title=Murió Ivana Kislinger, una diva sensual|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=765140|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523203623/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=765140|archive-date=23 May 2009|access-date=11 May 2023|website=La Nacion|language=es}}</ref> || 22 || [[Temperley, Argentina|Temperley]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Australia.svg}} [[Miss Australia|Australia]] || {{sortname|Shirley|Bliss|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=N.S.W. girl wins Quest |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/27506020 |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |date=23 May 1954 |location=[[Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia |pages=7 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Narrandera]] |- | {{flagdeco|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]] || {{sortname|Christiane|Neckaerts|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 July 1954|title=Ah, go on, try it|language=en|pages=8|work=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3942164/waco-tribune-herald/|access-date=11 May 2023|location=Waco, Texas|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Nodebais]] |- | {{flagdeco|BRA|1889}} [[Miss Brasil|Brazil]] || {{sortname|Martha|Rocha}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Astor |first=Michael |date=10 July 2020 |title=Martha Rocha, 87, Dies; to Brazil, a Beauty Queen Denied a Crown |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/style/martha-rocha-brazil-runner-up-dies.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> || 21 || [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]] |- | {{flagdeco|CAN|1921}} [[Miss Universe Canada|Canada]] || {{sortname|Joyce|Landry|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1954|title=Miss Universe?|pages=10|work=Times Colonist|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-miss-universe/163099825/|access-date=24 March 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Toronto]] |- | {{flagdeco|CHL}} [[Miss Chile|Chile]] || {{sortname|Gloria|Leguisos|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 April 1954|title=Miss Chile– Miss Universe|language=en|pages=9|work=The Daily News|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/266244954?searchTerm=Miss%20Universe#|access-date=11 May 2023|via=[[Trove]]|location=Perth, Western Australia}}</ref> || 21 || [[Santiago]] |- | {{flagdeco|CRI}} [[Miss Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || {{sortname|Marian|Esquivel|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Giant wave slams youth onto beach|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/450438872.html?dids=450438872:450438872&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+13,+1954&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Giant+Wave+Slams+Youth+Onto+Beach&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629023217/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/450438872.html?dids=450438872:450438872&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+13,+1954&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Giant+Wave+Slams+Youth+Onto+Beach&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2011|access-date=March 18, 2025|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 13, 1954|quote=From left: Marta Rrocha, 21, Brazil; Myrna Orozco, 20, Miss San Salvador; and Marian Esquivel, 18, who will compete as Miss Costa Rica.}}</ref> || 18 || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] |- | {{flagdeco|CUB|1902}} [[Miss Cuba|Cuba]] || {{sortname|Isis|Finlay}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 July 1954|title=Miss Universe pageant brings complications|language=en|pages=3|work=[[Belvidere Daily Republican]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10913050/belvidere-daily-republican/|access-date=11 May 2023|location=Belvidere, Illinois|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Havana]] |- | {{flagdeco|SLV}} [[Miss El Salvador|El Salvador]] || {{sortname|Myrna|Orozco|nolink=1}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=13 July 1954|title=Miss Universe hopefuls arrive|language=en|pages=9|work=[[Albuquerque Journal]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31059064/albuquerque-journal/|access-date=11 May 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Albuquerque, New Mexico}}</ref> || 20 || [[San Salvador]] |- | {{flagdeco|FIN}} [[Suomen Neito|Finland]] || {{sortname|Lenita|Airisto}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lehtkanto|first=Katariina|date=6 December 2018|title=17-vuotiaana maailmalle lähtenyt Lenita Airisto: Lapsuus sodan varjossa|trans-title=Lenita Airisto, who left the world at the age of 17: Childhood in the shadow of war|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/6c065404-58ee-4467-9f79-3bf3ba305d36|access-date=11 May 2023|website=[[Iltalehti]]|language=fi}}</ref> || 18 || [[Helsinki]] |- | {{flagdeco|FRA}} France || {{sortname|Jacqueline|Beer}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 July 1954|title=Here's Jacqueline– the girl that France chose|language=en|pages=2|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540715-1.2.41?ST=1&AT=search&SortBy=Oldest&K=Miss+Universe&P=27&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=miss,universe&oref=article|access-date=11 May 2023|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> || 21 || [[Bois-Colombes]] |- | {{flagicon image|Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]] || {{sortname|Rika|Dialina}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Strickland|first=Edwin|date=9 July 1954|title=Miss Greece eliminated|language=en|pages=1|work=[[The Birmingham News]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104456936/7-9-1954-discs-point-to-shepherd/|access-date=25 July 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Birmingham, Alabama}}</ref> || 22 || [[Heraklion]] |- | {{flagdeco|HND|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]] || {{sortname|Lilliam|Padilla|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Fernanda |date=27 October 2022 |title=Ellas son las mujeres más bellas de Honduras que nos representan en el Miss Universo|url=https://www.televicentro.com/miss-honduras-muejes-miss-universo-hondurenas-2022-10-27|access-date=18 March 2025 |website=Televicentro |language=es}}</ref> || 21 || [[Tegucigalpa]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Hong Kong (1876–1955).svg}} Hong Kong || {{sortname|Virginia|Lee|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 July 1954|title=Hong Kong beauty reaches California|language=en|pages=24|work=[[The Clarion-Ledger]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11494376/parties-for-carolyn-holler/|access-date=24 July 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Jackson, Mississippi}}</ref> || 20 || Hong Kong |- | {{flagdeco|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] || {{sortname|Aviva|Pe'er|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Romano|first=Elio|date=30 July 1954|title=Israeli entry in Miss Universe contest shows beauty of character|language=en|pages=8|work=[[B'nai B'rith Messenger⁩]]|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1954/07/30/01/article/58/?srpos=31&e=-------en-20--21--img-txIN%7ctxTI-Miss+Universe-------------1|access-date=11 May 2023|via=[[National Library of Israel]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Tel Aviv|Tel-Aviv]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg}} [[Miss Italia|Italy]] || {{sortname|Maria|Paliani|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Rome]] |- | {{flagdeco|JPN|1870}} [[Miss Japan|Japan]] || {{sortname|Mieko|Kondo|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 August 1954|title=Miss Japan of 1954|language=en|pages=1|work=[[The Beverley Times]]|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202766041?searchTerm=Miss%20Universe|access-date=24 July 2023|via=[[Trove]]|location=Beverley, Australia}}</ref> || 18 || [[Nagoya]] |- | {{flagdeco|MEX|1934}} [[Señorita México|Mexico]] || {{sortname|Elvira|Castillo|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 1954 |title="La Srita. Mexico" es una muchacha culta |language=es |trans-title=The "Miss Mexico" is a cultured girl |pages=5B |work=[[La Opinión]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZWBEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ILIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3727%2C906901 |access-date=25 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Mexico City]] |- | {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Miss Universe New Zealand|New Zealand]] || {{sortname|Moana|Manley}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 July 1954|title=Heat too much for Miss New Zealand|language=en|pages=3|work=[[The News-Press]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14491615/news-press/|access-date=24 July 2023|location=Fort Myers, Florida|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Auckland]] |- | {{flagdeco|NOR}} [[Miss Norway|Norway]] || {{sortname|Mona|Stornes|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 February 1958|title=Miss Norway of 1954 files suit for divorce|language=en|pages=2|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33255285/the-los-angeles-times/|access-date=24 July 2023|location=Los Angeles, California|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Oslo]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Panama (1925-2017).svg}} [[Miss Panamá|Panama]] || {{sortname|Liliana|Torre|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 January 2015|title=Estas son las panameñas que participaron de Miss Universo|url=https://www.telemetro.com/noticias/2015/01/07/panamenas-participaron-miss-universo/1656598.html|access-date=25 July 2023|website=[[Telemetro]]|language=es-PA|trans-title=These are the Panamanians who participated in Miss Universe}}</ref> || 18 || [[Panama City]] |- | {{flagdeco|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] || {{sortname|Isabella|Dancourt|nolink=1}}<ref name=":2" /> || 18 || [[Lima]] |- | {{flagdeco|PHL|1936}} [[Binibining Pilipinas|Philippines]] || {{sortname|Blesilda|Ocampo|nolink=1}}<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last=Lo |first=Ricky |author-link=Ricky Lo |date=12 February 2010 |title=Misses RP for Miss U pageant, 1952-'63 |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2010/02/12/548556/misses-rp-miss-u-pageant-1952-63 |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=[[Philippine Star]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Manila]] |- | {{flagdeco|PRI}} [[Miss Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || {{sortname|Lucy|Santiago|nolink=1}}<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|last=Belser|first=Emily|date=16 July 1954|title=Miss Universe candidates draw many wolf calls|language=en|pages=2|work=[[Corsicana Daily Sun]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10912835/corsicana-daily-sun/|access-date=25 July 2023|location=Corsicana, Texas|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 23 || [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Singapore (1946–1952).svg}} [[Miss Singapore Universe|Singapore]] || {{sortname|Marjorie|Wee|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 June 1954|title=I was so|language=en|pages=1|work=[[The Singapore Free Press]]|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19540630-1.2.10?ST=1&AT=search&SortBy=Oldest&K=Miss+Universe&P=25&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=miss,universe&oref=article|access-date=25 July 2023|via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref> || 21 || Singapore |- | {{flagdeco|KOR|1949}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]  || {{sortname|Sun-hee|Kae|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1954|title=Beauty contest peaceful as United Nations meeting|language=en|pages=6|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10913147/arizona-republic/|access-date=25 July 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Phoenix, Arizona}}</ref> || 19 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagdeco|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] || {{sortname|Ragnhild|Olausson|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1954|title=Not As Much ro Whistle At, Europe's Beauties Not As Attractive as American.|language=en|pages=5|work=[[Panama City News-Herald]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39742990/not-as-much-ro-whistle-at-europes/|access-date=25 July 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Panama City, Florida}}</ref> || 19 || [[Stockholm]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Thailand (non-standard colours).svg}} [[Miss Thailand|Thailand]] || {{sortname|Amara|Asavananda}}<ref>{{cite web |last=เจริญยิ่ง |first=ภาวีณีย์ |date=6 May 2024 |title=‘อมรา อัศวนนท์’ ย้อนอดีตกับ ‘จอมพลสฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์’|url=https://www.matichonweekly.com/column/article_487477|access-date=18 March 2025 |website=Matichon Weekly |language=th}}</ref> || 18 || [[Bangkok|Phra Nakhon]] |- | {{flagdeco|USA|1912}} [[Miss USA|United States]] || {{sortname|Miriam|Stevenson}}<ref name=":42">{{Cite news |date=22 July 1954 |title=Coed named Miss U.S.A. |language=en |pages=21 |work=Reading Eagle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ObleAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t2QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4486%2C1279677 |access-date=16 July 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 21 || [[Winnsboro, South Carolina|Winnsboro]] |- | {{flagdeco|URY}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]] || {{sortname|Ana|Moreno|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nemser|first=Sandra|date=10 August 1954|title=6 Beauties in contest favor "long hair"|language=en|pages=10|work=[[Gettysburg Times]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ASkmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=883%2C2667569|access-date=11 May 2023|location=Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Montevideo]] |- | {{flagdeco|DEU}} [[Miss Germany|West Germany]] || {{sortname|Regina|Ernst|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1954|title=Wie wordt miss Universe 1954? Duits meisje Regina Ernst favoriet|language=nl|trans-title=Who will be Miss Universe 1954? German girl Regina Ernst favorite|pages=1|work=De vrije pers|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011209145:mpeg21:p001|access-date=11 May 2023|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Bremen]] |- | {{flagdeco|JAM|1906}} [[Miss Jamaica Universe|West Indies]] || {{sortname|Evelyn|Andrade|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2013 |title=Former Miss Jamaica dies |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130530/lead/lead91.html |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=[[The Gleaner]] |language=en}}</ref> || 18 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |}

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== External links == * [http://www.missuniverse.com/ Miss Universe official website]

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