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Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1952
The winner of Miss Universe 1952, Armi Kuusela.
Date	June 28, 1952 (1952-06-28)
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Entrants	30
Placements	10
Debuts	Alaska Australia Belgium Canada Chile Cuba Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hawaii Hong Kong India Israel Italy Japan Mexico Norway Panama Peru Philippines Puerto Rico South Africa Sweden Turkey Uruguay United States Venezuela
Winner	Armi Kuusela Finland
Congeniality	Myriam Lynn Belgium Valerie Johnson Montana

Miss Universe 1952, the 1st Miss Universe pageant, was held on June 28, 1952 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. The pageant was held on the day following the first Miss USA pageant, at the same venue. Thirty contestants competed for the crown. The first winner of the pageant was 17-year-old Armi Kuusela of Finland, who was crowned by actress Piper Laurie.

Results

Miss Universe 1952 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1952	Finland – Armi Kuusela
1st Runner-Up	Hawaii – Elza Edsman
2nd Runner-Up	Greece – Ntaizy Mavraki
3rd Runner-Up	Hong Kong – Judy Dan
4th Runner-Up	Germany – Renate Hoy
Top 10	Mexico – Olga Llorens Pérez-Castillo South Africa – Catherine Edwina Higgins Sweden – Anne Marie Thistler USA – Jackie Loughery Uruguay – Gladys Rubio Fajardo

Contestants

Country/Territory	Delegate
Alaska	Shirley Burnett
Australia	Leah MacCartney
Belgium	Myriam Lynn
Canada	Ruth Carrier
Chile	María Esther Saavedra Yoacham
Cuba	Gladys López
Denmark	Hanne Sørensen
Finland	Armi Kuusela
France	Claude Goddart
Germany	Renate Hoy
Great Britain	Aileen P. Chase
Greece	Ntaizy (Daisy) Mavraki
Hawaii	Elza Kananionapua Edsman
Hong Kong	Judy Dan
India	Indrani Rahman
Israel	Ora Vered
Italy	Giovanna Mazzotti
Japan	Himeko Kojima
Mexico	Olga Llorens Pérez-Castillo
Norway	Eva Røine
Panama	Elzibir Gisela Malek
Peru	Ada Gabriela Bueno
Philippines	Teresita Torralba Sanchez
Puerto Rico	Marilia Levy Bernal
Sweden	Anne Marie Thistler
Turkey	Gelengul Tayforoglu
South Africa	Catherine Edwina Higgins
USA	Jacqueleen "Jackie" Loughery
Uruguay	Gladys Rubio Fajardo
Venezuela	Sofía Silva Inserri

Notes

Replacement

• Uruguay - Rosa Adela "Nenela" Prunell was replaced by Gladys Rubio Fajardo.

Award

• Montana - Miss Friendship (Valerie Johnson)

General references

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1952". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.