# Miss Universe 1958

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7th Miss Universe pageant

Miss Universe 1958 Luz Marina Zuluaga Date 25 July 1958 (1958-07-25) Presenters Byron Palmer Venue Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States Broadcaster CBS Entrants 35 Placements 15 Debuts Colombia Poland Suriname Withdrawals Austria Ceylon Costa Rica Iceland Martinique Morocco Philippines Puerto Rico Turkey Returns Australia British Guiana Chile Denmark Holland Norway Singapore United States West Indies Winner Luz Marina Zuluaga Colombia Congeniality Tomoko Moritake (Japan) Photogenic Corine Rottschäfer (Holland) ← 1957 1959 →

**Miss Universe 1958** was the seventh [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, held at the [Long Beach Municipal Auditorium](/source/Long_Beach_Convention_and_Entertainment_Center) in [Long Beach](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California), California, on 25 July 1958.

At the conclusion of the event, [Gladys Zender](/source/Gladys_Zender) of Peru crowned [Luz Marina Zuluaga](/source/Luz_Marina_Zuluaga) of Colombia as Miss Universe 1958. Zuluaga was the first representative of Colombia to win the contest.[1]

Contestants from thirty-six countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [Byron Palmer](/source/Byron_Palmer).

## Background

Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, the venue of Miss Universe 1958

### Selection of participants

Contestants from thirty-five countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two contestants were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

#### Replacements

[Luz Marina Zuluaga](/source/Luz_Marina_Zuluaga), the first runner-up of Señorita Colombia 1957, was appointed to replace Señorita Colombia 1957 Doris Inés Gil after it was discovered that the latter was already married.[2] June Cooper was supposed to represent England in this edition, but was dethroned after it was discovered that she did not meet the minimum age requirement.[3] Due to the dethronement of Cooper, a separate contest was held to pick a new representative of England to the contest. Wendy Peters won this contest, but was also dethroned after it was discovered that she was previously married.[4] Due to this, the pageant organizers decided to appoint Dorothy Hazeldine as the representative of England in this edition.[5]

#### Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition saw the debuts of Colombia, Poland, and Surinam, and the returns of Australia, the British Guiana, Chile, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Singapore, the United States, and the West Indies. Denmark, which last competed in [1953](/source/Miss_Universe_1953), Australia and Singapore in [1954](/source/Miss_Universe_1954), Norway and the West Indies in [1955](/source/Miss_Universe_1955), while the others last competed in [1956](/source/Miss_Universe_1956).

Austria, Ceylon, Costa Rica, Iceland, Martinique, Morocco, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Turkey withdrew. Hanni Ehrenstrasser of Austria withdrew after winning another international beauty contest.[6] Eugenia Valverde of Costa Rica withdrew after not meeting the minimum age requirement. Despite being barred from the competition, Valverde was allowed to join the preliminary competition without being scored.[7][8] Carmen Remedios Tuason of the Philippines withdrew due to her family not allowing her to join the competition.[9] Miss Turkey 1958, Ezel Olcay withdrew from competition for unknown reasons but competed in the [Miss Universe 1959](/source/Miss_Universe_1959) instead.[10][11]

## Results

Miss Universe 1958 participating countries and territories

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1958 Colombia – Luz Marina Zuluaga[12] 1st Runner-Up Brazil – Adalgisa Colombo[12] 2nd Runner-Up Hawaii – Geri Hoo[12] 3rd Runner-Up United States – Eurlyne Howell[12] 4th Runner-Up Poland – Alicja Bobrowska[12] Top 15[12] Chile – Raquel Molina Denmark – Evy Norlund Greece – Marily Kalimopoulou Holland – Corine Rottschäfer Israel – Miriam Hadar Japan – Tomoko Moritake Peru – Beatriz Boluarte Suriname – Gertrud Gummels Sweden – Birgitta Gårdman West Germany – Marlies Behrens

### Special awards

Award Contestant Miss Friendship Japan – Tomoko Moritake Miss Photogenic Holland – Corine Rottschäfer[13] Miss Popular Girl Australia – Astrid Lindholm[13]

## Pageant

### Format

Same with [1955](/source/Miss_Universe_1955), fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen.[14]

### Selection committee

- David Arasik – Israeli editor of Cinema magazine[14]

- Raul Ferrada – Chilean newspaper editor[14]

- [Jacob Gaudaur](/source/Jacob_Gaudaur) – Canadian oarsman[14]

- Ma Ma Loa – Famous Hawaiian singer[14]

- Miyoko Nayagita – Member of the Woman Artists Association[14]

- Vincent Trotta – American artist[14]

- [Alberto Vargas](/source/Alberto_Vargas) – Peruvian-American painter known for his "Vargas Girls"[14]

- [Earl Wilson](/source/Earl_Wilson_(columnist)) – American journalist and columnist[14]

- Roger Zeiler – French official from the Miss Europe Committee[14]

## Contestants

Thirty-five contestants competed for the title.[15]

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown Alaska Eleanor Moses[16] 20 Fairbanks Argentina Celina Ayala 19 Misiones Australia Astrid Lindholm[13] 20 Adelaide Belgium Liliane Taelemans 20 Brussels Brazil Adalgisa Colombo[17] 18 Rio de Janeiro British Guiana Clyo Fernandes 18 Georgetown Canada Eileen Conroy 21 Toronto Chile Raquel Molina[18] 23 Quilpué Colombia Luz Marina Zuluaga[19] 19 Manizales Cuba Arminia Pérez[20] 21 Havana Denmark Evy Norlund[21] 20 Copenhagen Ecuador Alicia Vallejo[22] 22 Riobamba England Dorothy Hazeldine[5] 19 Rochdale France Monique Boulinguez[23] 21 Paris Greece Marily Kalimopoulou 18 Athens Guatemala Maya Glinz[24] 19 Guatemala City Hawaii Geri Hoo[25] 18 Honolulu Holland Corine Rottschäfer[13] 20 Amsterdam Israel Miriam Hadar[26] 21 Jerusalem Italy Clara Coppola[27] 20 Lazio Japan Tomoko Moritake 20 Nagasaki Mexico Elvira Leticia Risser 19 Mexico City Norway Greta Andersen[28] 20 Stavanger Paraguay Graciela Scorza[29] 18 Asunción Peru Beatriz Boluarte[30] 19 Lima Poland Alicja Bobrowska[31] 22 Kraków Singapore Marion Willis 19 Singapore South Korea Geum-soon Oh 19 Seoul Suriname Gertrud Gummels 20 Paramaribo Sweden Birgitta Gårdman 19 Stockholm United States Eurlyne Howell[32] 18 Bossier City Uruguay Irene Augustyniak 20 Montevideo Venezuela Ida Margarita Pieri[33] 18 Carúpano West Germany Marlies Behrens[34] 19 Munich West Indies Angela Tong – Port of Spain

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Ages at the time of the pageant

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:3_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:3_14-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:3_14-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:3_14-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:3_14-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:3_14-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-:3_14-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-:3_14-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-:3_14-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-:3_14-9) ["Judges for beauty event are named"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-jogAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F2UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5611%2C3408463). *Sarasota Herald-Tribune*. 21 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

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## External links

- [Miss Universe official website](http://www.missuniverse.com/)

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v t e Miss Universe 1958 national titleholders BEL: Liliane Taelemans COL: Luz Marina Zuluaga (winner) HAW: Geri Hoo HOL: Corine Rottschäfer ISR: Miriam Hadar Weingarten USA: Eurlyne Howell

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