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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.
The Miss Universe Organization currently owns and runs the Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA beauty pageants. Between 2020 and 2022, it stopped organizing the Miss USA and the Miss Teen USA competitions, when these franchises were operated by Crystle Stewart , until her suspension in October 2022, and as a result, the latter pageants ...
For example, if a Miss Universe winner is required to give up her title and the first Runner-Up is unable/does not want to assume the winner's position, the title then passes to the second Runner-Up. The third place finisher being designated as 2nd runner-up has been awarded seventy-three times (1952–2024).
Miss Universe Australia 2004: 1 June 2004 80 2005 Canada: Natalie Glebova [54] 23 Toronto: Miss Universe Canada 2005: 31 May 2005 81 2006 Puerto Rico: Zuleyka Rivera [55] 18 Salinas: Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006: 23 July 2006 86 2007 Japan: Riyo Mori [56] 20 Shizuoka: Miss Universe Japan 2007: 28 May 2007 77 2008 Venezuela: Dayana Mendoza [57 ...
Virginia's greatest success came from the late 1960s to early 1980s. Virginia should have had the first Miss USA crown in 1954, as Ellen Whitehead finished 1st runner-up, and Miss USA 1954, Miriam Stevenson, became Miss Universe 1954. However, there was no rule until the 1960s that the 1st runner-up became Miss USA after the winner won Miss ...
Miss Universe 2015 was the 64th Miss Universe pageant, held at The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 20, 2015. This was the first edition of the pageant to be held under the ownership of WME / IMG , which purchased the Miss Universe Organization from Donald Trump on September 14, 2015. [ 1 ]
Miss Universe 2017 was the 66th Miss Universe pageant, held at The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on 26 November 2017. [1] At the end of the event, Iris Mittenaere of France crowned Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa as Miss Universe 2017. It was South Africa's first victory in almost four decades, and the second victory of the ...
Miss Universe 1962 was the 11th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on 14 July 1962. At the end of the event, Marlene Schmidt of West Germany crowned Norma Nolan of Argentina as Miss Universe 1962. Nolan was the first representative of Argentina to win the contest.