{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Miss World 1953, Denise Perrier, Frankrijk.jpg | caption = Denise Perrier | winner = [[Denise Perrier]] | represented = France | date = 19 October 1953 | presenters = [[Eric Morley]] | entrants = 15 | placements = 5 | venue = [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], [[London]], United Kingdom | debuts = {{Hlist|Ceylon|Egypt|Greece|Israel|Monte Carlo|Norway}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Ireland|}} | before = [[Miss World 1952|1952]] | next = [[Miss World 1954|1954]] }}
'''Miss World 1953''' was the third [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]] in [[London]], United Kingdom, on 19 October 1953.
At the conclusion of the event, [[Denise Perrier]] of France was announced as Miss World 1953.<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 October 1953|title=Denise, 18, elected 'Miss World'|language=en|pages=2|work=The Straits Times|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19531021-1.1.2|access-date=5 March 2024|via=National Library Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=19 October 1953|title=She's Miss World|language=en|pages=74|work=Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115002326/daily-news/|access-date=5 March 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> This is the first and so far, only victory of France in the history of the pageant. Perrier was also the first Miss World winner to wear a Miss World sash.
Contestants from fifteen countries participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [[Eric Morley]].
== Background == === Selection of participants === Fifteen contestants were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was appointed to represent her country after being a runner-up in her national pageant, while one contestant was appointed to replace the original winner.<ref name=":1" />
==== Replacements ==== Miss Egypt 1953, [[Antigone Costanda]] supposedly competed in this edition. However, due to undisclosed reasons, she was replaced by her first runner-up, [[Marina Papaelia]]. Costanda eventually competed in the following edition and won, where she dedicated her win to Papelia by shouting ''"Viva, viva, Marina Papaelia"''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 October 1954 |title="Miss Egypt" is now "Miss World" |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50617908 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |pages=5 |via=Trove}}</ref>
Since Miss France 1953, Sylviane Carpentier chose not compete in Miss World and Miss Universe to get married,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=17 October 2017 |title=Sylviane Carpentier, Miss France 1953, est décédée |trans-title=Sylviane Carpentier, Miss France 1953, has died |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2017/10/17/sylviane-carpentier-miss-france-1953-est-decedee |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=Le Dauphine |language=FR-fr}}</ref> two separate pageants were selected to send French representatives to Miss World and Miss Universe. The Miss Cinémonde pageant was in charge of selecting the French representative to Miss Universe, while the organizers of the French Committee of Elegance was in charge of selecting the French representative of Miss World. [[Denise Perrier]] was eventually chosen as the representative of France to Miss World, while [[Christiane Martel]] was chosen as the representative of France to [[Miss Universe 1953|Miss Universe]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 June 1953 |title=Miss Cinema is niet mis! |trans-title=Miss Cinema is not wrong! |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010951691:mpeg21:p001 |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=Het vrije volk |pages=1 |language=nl |via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> Both won their respective international pageants.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 July 1953 |title=French Girl Wins "Miss Universe" Title |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/indiandailymail19530720-1.2.67 |access-date=10 May 2023 |work=Indian Daily Mail |pages=4 |language=en |via=[[National Library Board]]}}</ref>
==== Debuts and withdrawals ==== This edition marked the debuts of Ceylon, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Monte Carlo, and Norway. Mary Murphy of Ireland withdrew after failing to arrive in London, despite being expected, due to illness that occurred shortly before her planned travel to the contest.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 October 2019 |title=Miss World 1953 |url= https://rodriguezmatute.home.blog/2019/10/21/miss-world-1953/ |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref>
Sepia Degehet of Belgium supposedly competed in the pageant, but withdrew due to the controversy her predecessor Anne-Marie Pauwels made in the pageant. She was only sent to Miss Europe [[Miss Europe 1953|that year]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2010 |title=Erelijst Miss België |url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/ |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=De Morgen |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=1 September 1953 |title=Op weg naar de titel "Miss Europa". |trans-title=On the way to the title “Miss Europe" |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017782001:mpeg21:p00005 |access-date=1 January 2024 |work=Nieuw Utrechtsch dagblad |pages=5 |language=nl |via=Delpher}}</ref> Marcella Mariani of Italy supposedly competed as well, but withdrew in order to focus on her acting career.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Veronese|first=Massimo|date=26 August 2020|title=Marcella Mariani, la tragica Miss Italia che perse la vita al posto della Loren|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/marcella-mariani-tragica-miss-italiache-perse-vita-posto-1885023.html|access-date=5 March 2024|website=Il Giornale|language=it|trans-title=Marcella Mariani, the tragic Miss Italia who lost her life in Loren's place}}</ref> Lore Felger of Austria and Leyla Saroufin of Lebanon also supposedly competed, but withdrew due to lack of sponsors.<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 June 1953|title=Aspira al titolo di Miss Mondo|language=it|trans-title=Aspire to the title of Miss World|pages=1|work=La Stampa|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,6/articleid,1595_02_1953_0137_0006_22052258/|access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>
== Results == [[File:Miss World 1953 Map.PNG|thumb|250x250px|Miss World 1953 participating countries]] === Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss World 1953 | * {{flagu|France}} – [[Denise Perrier]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=20 October 1953 |title=Paris cutie gains "Miss World" title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37428478/news-press/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=News-Press |pages=1 |language=en |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Greece|old}} – Alexandra Ladikou<ref name=":0" /> |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Egypt|1952}} – [[Marina Papaelia]]<ref name=":0" /> |- | 3rd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Ceylon|1951}} – Manel Illangakoon<ref name=":0" /> |- | 4th Runner-Up | * {{flagu|United States|1953}} – Mary Kemp Griffin<ref name=":0" /> |}
== Contestants == Fifteen contestants competed for the title.<ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Miss World - 1953|url= https://www.missworld.com/contestants/1953|work=[[Miss World]]|access-date=30 April 2025|language=en|archive-date=23 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223141537/https://www.missworld.com/contestants/1953|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Country !! Contestant !! Age{{efn|Age at the time of the pageant|name=B}} !! Hometown |- | {{flagu|Ceylon|1951}} || {{sortname|Manel|Illangkoon|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 April 2021|title=Mrs. Sri Lanka World 2020: Crowned, de-crowned & re-crowned|url=https://www.life.lk/article/events/Mrs--Sri-Lanka-World-2020:-Crowned--de-crowned---re-crowned/41/19645|access-date=5 March 2024|website=Daily Mirror|language=en}}</ref> || 20 || [[Colombo]] |- | {{flagu|Denmark}} || {{sortname|Ingrid|Andersen|nolink=1}} || 21 || [[Copenhagen]] |- | {{flagu|Egypt|1952}} || {{sortname|Marina|Papaelia}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 October 1953|title=Miss Egypt peps things up with a bikini|language=en|pages=2|work=The Singapore Free Press|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19531019-1.2.15|access-date=5 March 2024|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 20 || [[Cairo]] |- | {{flagu|Finland}} || {{sortname|Maija-Riitta|Tuomaala|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=De Rybel|first=Seija|date=8 September 2006|title=Maija-Riitta Tuomaala. Miss Suomi 1953|url=http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2006/09/08/maija-riitta-tuomaala-miss-suomi-1953|access-date=5 March 2024|website=Yle|language=fi-FI}}</ref> || 19 || [[Helsinki]] |- | {{flagu|France}} || {{sortname|Denise|Perrier}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jaegle|first=Yves|date=18 August 2012|title=C’est notre seule Miss Monde|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/people/c-est-notre-seule-miss-monde-18-08-2012-2129157.php|access-date=5 March 2024|website=Le Parisien|language=fr-FR|trans-title=She's our only Miss World}}</ref> || 18 || [[Ambérieu-en-Bugey]] |- | {{flagu|Greece|old}} || {{sortname|Alexandra|Ladikou|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Kavala]] |- | {{flagu|Israel}} || {{sortname|Havatzelet|Dror|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 August 1953|title=Miss Israel '53|language=en|pages=4|work=The Jewish News of Northern California|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/jweekly/1953/08/14/article/31.1/?srpos=1&e=------195-en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI-%22Miss+Israel%22----1953---------1|access-date=5 March 2024|via=The National Library of Israel|archive-date=22 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222115912/https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/jweekly/1953/08/14/article/31.1/?srpos=1&e=------195-en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI-%22Miss+Israel%22----1953---------1|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 19 || [[Tel Aviv|Tel-Aviv]] |- | {{flagu|Monaco}}{{Efn|Competed as Monte Carlo in the pageant}}|| {{sortname|Elizabeth| Chovisky |nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 January 1954|title=Not Beautiful Enough!|language=en|pages=8|work=Mirror|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75790411?searchTerm=%22Miss%20World%22|access-date=5 March 2024|via=Trove}}</ref> || 18 || [[Monte Carlo]] |- | {{flagu|Netherlands}}{{Efn|Competed as Holland in the pageant}} || {{sortname|Yvonne|Meijer|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 August 1953|title="Miss Holland" naar Turkije|language=nl|trans-title="Miss Holland" to Turkey|pages=9|work=Nieuwe Tilburgsche courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:000266050:mpeg21:p00009|access-date=5 March 2024|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 20 || [[Haarlem]] |- | {{flagu|Norway}} || {{sortname|Synnøve|Gulbrandsen|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 October 1953|title=Concorrenti al titolo di Miss Mondo|language=it|trans-title=Contestants for the title of Miss World|pages=3|work=La Stampa|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,3/articleid,0051_01_1953_0242_0003_12144199/|access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref> |23 |[[Oslo]] |- | {{flagu|Sweden}} || {{sortname|Ingrid|Johansson|nolink=10}} || 18 || [[Stockholm]] |- | {{flagu|Switzerland}} || {{sortname|Odette Michel|Conue|nolink=1}} || 19 || [[Zürich]] |- | {{flagu|United Kingdom}}{{Efn|Competed as Great Britain in the pageant}} || {{sortname|Brenda|Mee|link=Miss World 1951}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 August 1953|title=But—there's a chance for Miss Dee|language=en|pages=10|work=The Singapore Free Press|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19530824-1.2.60|access-date=5 March 2024|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 20 || [[Derby]] |- | {{flagu|United States|1912}} || {{sortname|Mary|Kemp Griffin|nolink=1}} || 23 || [[Los Angeles]] |- | {{flagu|West Germany}} || {{sortname|Wilma|Kanders|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 October 1953|title=Sara' la piu' bella?|language=it|trans-title=Will it be the most beautiful?|pages=6|work=La Nuova Stampa|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,6/articleid,0051_01_1953_0245_0006_12144551/|access-date=5 March 2024|via=La Stampa}}</ref> || 20 || [[Düsseldorf]] |- |}
== Notes == <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
==References == <references></references>
== External links == * [http://www.missworld.com Miss World official website]
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