Miss Universe 1956 Carol Morris Name : Carol Morris Place : USA Date of Birth : born 1936 BIOGRAPHY Carol Ann Laverne Morris (born 1936), Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant’s fifth edition in 1956. Morris hails from Ottumwa, Iowa and attended Ottumwa High School, and dated Kenny Freeman …
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Miss Universe 1957 Winner
Miss Universe 1957 Gladys Zender Name : Gladys Zender Dongie Place : Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina Date of Birth : October 19, 1939 BIOGRAPHY Gladys Zender Meier (born Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina on October 19, 1939), is a Peruvian who, as Miss Peru in 1957, became the first Latin American to win the Miss Universe title. She was born to …
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Miss Universe 1958 Luz Marina Zuluaga Name : Lluz Marina Zuluaga Place : Pereira, Colombia Date of Birth : October 31, 1938 Height : 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Hair Colour : Brown Eye Colour : Brown BIOGRAPHY Luz Marina Zuluaga (born October 31, 1938) is a Colombian beauty pageant winner and Miss Universe 1958. She is the only …
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Miss Universe 1959 Akiko Kojima Name : Akiko Kojima Place : Japan Date of Birth : October 29, 1936 BIOGRAPHY Akiko Kojima (October 29, 1936 in Tokyo) is a Japanese model. The first Miss Universe to originate from Asia, Akiko was a 22-year-old model from Tokyo, Japan when she bested four other finalists from Norway, the USA, England, and Brazil …
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Miss Universe 1960 Linda Bement Name : Linda Bement Place : USA Date of Birth : c. 1942 BIOGRAPHY Linda Bement, born Linda Jeanne Bement (born c. 1942), was the second Miss Utah USA to win the Miss USA crown and the only Miss Utah USA to win Miss Universe. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day …
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Miss Universe 1961 Marlene Schmidt Name : Marlene Schmidt Place : Breslau, Germany) now known as Wroclaw, Poland Date of Birth : 1937 Height : 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Hair Colour : Blonde BIOGRAPHY Professional Engineer Marlene Schmidt (born 1937 in Breslau, Germany, now known as Wroclaw, Poland) came to fame as winner of the 1961 Miss Universe …
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Miss Universe 1962 Norma Nolan Name : Norma Nolan Place : Argentina Date of Birth : —-1943 BIOGRAPHY Norma Nolan (born Norma Beatriz Nolan, approx. 1943), is an Argentine who became, in 1962, the first woman from that country to obtain the Miss Universe title. She won the title in Miami Beach, Florida. Nolan is of Irish and Italian descent. …
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Miss Universe 1963 Ieda Maria Vargas Name : Idca Maria Vargas Place : Brazil Date of Birth : c. 1943 BIOGRAPHY Ieda Maria Vargas (born Ieda Maria Britto Vargas, c. 1943), is a Brazilian who was crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach, Florida in 1963. She was the first person from her country to win a major international beauty pageant. …
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Miss Universe 1964 Corinna Tsopei Name : Corinna Tsopei Place : Greece Date of Birth : June 21, 1944 BIOGRAPHY Kiriaki “Corinna” Tsopei ( born June 21, 1944) is a beauty pageant winner and actress. In 1964, Tsopei became the first Greek winner of the Miss Universe pageant. Corinna’s father was a Major in the Greek Army, originally from Mani …
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Miss Universe 1965 Apasra Hongsakula Name : Apasra Hongsakula Place : Bangkok, Thailand Date of Birth : January 16, 1947 Height : 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m) Hair Colour : Brown Eye Colour : Black BIOGRAPHY Apasra Hongsakula (born in 1947 in Bangkok, Thailand pronounced is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1965. She …
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Miss Universe 1966 Margareta Arvidsson Name : Margareta Arvidsson Place : Sweden Date of Birth : September 17, 1945 Hair Colour : Blue Eye Colour : Blonde BIOGRAPHY Margareta Arvidsson was born on September 17, 1945. she was crowned as the 1966 Miss Universe. She is the second Swedish beauty to hold the crown, 11 years after Hillevi Rombin. She …
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