Miss Universe 1952

June 28th, 1952 at the Long Beach Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA

29 international and 39 US contestants

Miss Universe 1952: Miss Finland, Armi Helena Kuusela

Profile:

Date of birth: August 20th, 1934

Hometown: Muhos

Occupation: Student of Physical Education

Height: 1.65 m

Finalists:

1st. runner-up: Miss Hawaii, Elsa Kananionapua Edsman

2nd. runner-up: Miss Greece, Daisy Mavraki

3rd. runner-up: Miss Hong Kong, Judy Dan

4th. runner-up: Miss Germany, Renate Hoy

Semifinalists:

Miss Mexico, Olga Llorenz Pérez-Castillo

Miss South Africa, Catherine Edwina Higgins

Miss Sweden, Anne Marie Tistler

Miss Uruguay, Gladys Rubio Fajardo

Miss USA, Jackie Loughery

 

Special Awards:

Miss Congeniality: Miss Belgium, Myriam Lynn

Miss Popularity: Miss Chile, Esther Saavedra Yoacham and Miss Montana, Valerie Jackson

Miss Elegance (Unofficial): Miss Japan, Himeko Kojima

 

Miss Welcome to Long Beach: Jerri Miller

1952 delegates Miss USA 1952 Pics Judges & Guest Stars

Credits: Miss Universe LLPP; Revista O Cruzeiro, Raymond Lo, Expedito Barros, Gilberto Ganeroni, Luís Eduardo Ortíz, Un Siglo de Misses, Misses del Mundo.cl, William Prendiz, Ilkka Leppanen