Miss Universe 1955. Photo 1.

Miss Universe 1955. Photo 1.
 
This photo was published on 10^th July, twelve days before the final night. Miss Japan, Keiko Takahashi, 20 years old won out over 10 other finalists. She is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and measures 34-25-35.
 
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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 2.
 
This photo was published on 10^th July, twelve days before the final night. A pretty Korean girl discards convention and her shoes during a “Miss Korea” contest in Seoul. Other contestants who wore shoes, wished they had thought of it too. We don’t know which girl won.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 3.
 
This photo was published on 10^th July, twelve days before the final night. Kim Lee Jaung, 21, was crowned Miss Korea after winning from 101 other candidates in Seoul.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 4.
 
This photo was published on 11^th July, eleven days before the final night. Sonia Zoidou (right), 18, expresses pleasure after being selected Miss Greece at Athens for Miss Universe. Beside her is Miss Europe, Inga Sonderberg from Finland.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 5.
 
This photo was published on 11^th July, eleven days before the final night. Miss Norway, Solveig Borstad, samples her first ice-cream pop near United Nations building.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 6.
 
This photo was published on 11^th July, eleven days before the final night. Miss Japan, Keiko Takahashi, waves on her arrival at San Francisco via Japan Air Lines. She was selected from some 6,000 girls in Japan.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 7.
 
This photo was published on 12^th July, ten days before the final night. Maureen Hingert, a Ceylonese girl of Dutch descent poses prettily after being names Miss Sri Lanka in Colombo. 
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 8.
 
This photo was published on 12^th July, ten days before the final night. Elena Fancera, 21, steps down from platform in Rome as she is declared Miss Italy.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 9.
 
This photo was published on 12^th July, ten days before the final night. Elena Fancero (left), 20, from Milan, will represent Italy in Miss Universe. Isabel Sarli (right), 25, is a professional model and will represent Argentina in this beauty pageant.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 10.
 
This photo was published on 12^th July, ten days before the final night. Smiling beauty at London Airport is Miss England. She is Margaret Rowe, 19, from London and she will compete in Miss Universe.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 11.
 
This photo was published on 12^th July, ten days before the final night. Miss Norway, Solveig Borstad, 23, waves as she reaches New York. She is the first of 13 foreign contestants to arrive for participation in the Miss Universe contest at Long Beach.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 12.
 
This photo was published on 12^th July, ten days before the final night. Thirteen contestants of Miss Universe 1955 display their charms in New York before leaving for Long Beach. From left to right Miss England, Margaret Rowe; Miss France, Claude Petit; Miss Sweden, Hillevi Rombin; Miss New Jersey, Beverly Rogers; Miss New York, Patricia O’Kane; Miss Finland, Sirkku Talja; Miss Norway, Solveig Borstad; Miss Sri Lanka, Maureen Hingert; Miss Israel, Ilana Carmel; Miss Lebanon, Manya Beydoun; Miss Germany, Margaret Nunke; Miss Belgium, Nicole de Meyer, and Miss Greece, Sonia Zologlou.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 13.
 
This photo was published on 13^th July, nine days before the final night. Invading the wild and woolly west, Miss Japan, Keiko Takahashi, arrives in Los Angeles to compete for the title of Miss Universe 1955.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 14.
 
This photo was published on 13^th July, nine days before the final night. Miss Greece, Sonia Zoidou, fits her attire to the weather as she arrives in New York aboard the liner “Queen Frederika” wearing a bathing suit.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 15.
 
This photo was published on 13^th July, nine days before the final night. Six contestants of Miss Universe 1955 cavort in a pool at Palisade Amusement Park. From left to right, Miss Israel, Ilana Carmel; Miss New York, Patricia Ann O’Kane; Miss Sweden, Hillevi Rombin; Miss New Jersey, Beverly Rogers; Miss Germany, Margit Nuenke; and Miss France, Claudie Petit.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 16.
 
This photo was published on 14^th July, eight days before the final night. Miss Uruguay, Inge Hoffmann, dons a swimsuit after arriving in Los Angeles to compete in Miss Universe 1955. She is 19, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 127 pounds.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 17.
 
This photo was published on 14^th July, eight days before the final night. Miss Israel, Ilana Carmel, arrives at New York. She was born in Tientsin, China. She is 19, her measurements are 35-25-36, is a piano teacher, is a student of languages and is fluent in five of them. After the final of this contest, she will return to Israel to enter the women’s military service.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 18.
 
This photo was published on 14^th July, eight days before the final night. Miss Japan, Keito Takahashi, 21-year-old, tries on blonde wig of Lana Turner during visit to studio.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 19.
 
This photo was published on 14^th July, eight days before the final night. Miss Japan, Keito Takahashi, strolls at the beach with a Japanese parasol as she waits for the opening day of the Miss Universe contest. She, at 5 feet, 5 inches, and 120 pounds is quite tall for a Japanese girl.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 20.
 
This photo was published on 14^th July, eight days before the final night. Fourteen beauties from foreign lands (left) leave the plane that brought them to Long Beach for the Miss Universe contest. From left to right, Miss Argentina, Isabel Sarli; Miss Sri Lanka, Maureen Hingert; Miss Puerto Rico, Carmen Laura Bettancourt; Miss Sweden, Hillevi Rombin; Miss Norway, Solveig Borstad; Miss Israel, Ilana Carmel; Miss Greece, Sonia Zologiou; Miss Lebanon, Hanya Beydoun; Miss Germany, Margit Nunke; Miss France, Claudie Petitt; Miss Belgium, Nicole de Meyer; Miss Finland, Sirkko Talja; Miss Ecuador, Leonor Carcache; and Miss England, Margaret Rowe. In the photo to the right, twelve American girls arrive at California to participate in Miss U.S.A. 1955. Left to right, Miss California, Donna Schurr; Miss Arkansas, Margaret Anne Haywood; Miss Indiana, Mary Ann Wasick; Miss South Carolina, Sara Ella Stone; Miss Pennsylvenia, Marianne Marcus; Miss Minnesota, Sally Ann Colombo; Miss Philadelphia, Doris Summer Klein; Miss Michigan, Martha Smith; Miss Ohio, Carol Hagerman; Miss Wisconsin, Jeanne Marianne Boulay; Miss West Virginia, Barbara Jean Tucker; and Miss Maryland, Gloria Ruth King.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 21.
 
This photo was published on 16^th July, six days before the final night. Miss Florida, Marlies Gessler (centre) sits with Miss Korea, Mee Chung Kim (left), and Miss Philippines, Yvonne de Los Reyes (right), after she greeted them on their arrival in Los Angeles.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 22.
 
This photo was published on 16^th July, six days before the final night. Miss Brazil, Emilia Barreto Correa Lima (left) makes friends with Miss Vermont, Carlene King Johnson (right). If Miss Vermont is named Miss U.S.A. she will compete against foreign contestants in the Miss Universe contest.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 23.
 
This photo was published on 16^th July, six days before the final night. Girls from far-away lands seeking to be named Miss Universe of 1955 pose at the airport in Long Beach. Left to right, Miss Japan, Keito Takahashi (background); Miss Ecuador, Leonor Carcache; Miss Puerto Rico, Carmen Laura Bettancourt; Miss Argentina, Isabel Sarli; and Miss Lebanon, Hanya Beydoun.
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 24.
 
This photo was published on 16^th July, six days before the final night. The bathing suit she will wear in the Miss Universe contest was shown by Miss Chile, Rosa Merello (left), to Miss Italy, Elena Foncera (right).
 

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Miss Universe 1955. Photo 25.
 
This photo was published on 16^th July, six days before the final night. Relaxing before rehearsals and official picture-taking chores are three contestants for the title of Miss Universe. Dumping sand from their shoes are Miss Georgia, Carolann Connor (left); Miss Lebanon, Hanya Beydoun (centre); and Miss England, Margaret Rowe (right).
 

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