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Suomen Neito 1952 – winner. Miss Universe 1952 – winner. Armi Helena Kuusela-Williams (née Kuusela, formerly Kuusela-Hilario; born 20 August 1934) is a Finnish-American former beauty queen and philanthropist, best known for being the first-ever Miss Universe. In 1952, she gained national recognition by winning the Finnish beauty contest ...
1953 →. Miss Universe 1952 was the first Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 28 June 1952. [2][3] At the end of the event, actress Piper Laurie crowned Armi Kuusela of Finland as Miss Universe 1952. [2][4] It was the first victory of Finland in the history of the pageant.
Amparo Muñoz. Amparo Muñoz y Quesada (21 June 1954 – 27 February 2011) was a Spanish actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1974 competition in Manila, Philippines, being the first and only Spaniard Miss Universe titleholder to date. Muñoz surrendered both the title and crown after six months due to refusal to follow the ...
Beauty pageant. The winners of the International Pageant of Pulchritude 1930 competition. A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes solely so ...
Miss Universe sash from 2001 until 2022. The title "Miss Universe" was first used by the International Pageant of Pulchritude in 1926. This contest was held annually until 1935, when the Great Depression and other events preceding World War II led to its demise. The current Miss Universe pageant was founded in 1952 by Pacific Knitting Mills, a ...
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Click the video below to see the tearful unveiling of an artist's drawing that touched a family’s hearts. The sisters, from Los Cabos, Mexico, never knew their older brother, Gerardo. He ...