Miss Universe Winners -- 1952-1979

Akiko Kojima - Japan - 1959

I had so much fun researching and writing the Miss World posts that I decided to do another - this time the winners of Miss Universe. Starting with the very first pageant in 1952, here are the winners all the way up to 1979.

Armi Kuusela - Finland - 1952
Christiane Martel - France - 1953
Miriam Stevenson - America - 1954
Hillevi Rombin - Swedish - 1955
Carol Morris - America - 1956
Gladys Zender - Peru - 1957
Luz Marina Zuluaga - Colombia - 1958
Akiko Kojima - Japan - 1959

Linda Bement - America - 1960
Marlene Schmidt - Germany - 1961 (The only German woman to win)
Norma Beatriz Nolan - Argentina - 1962
Iêda Maria Vargas - Brazil - 1963
Corinna Tsopei - Greece - 1964 (Kyriaki Tsopei)
Apasra Hongsakula - Thailand - 1965
Margareta Arvidsson - Sweden - 1966
Sylvia Hitchcock - America - 1967
Martha Vasconcellos - Brazil - 1968
Gloria Diaz - The Philippines - 1969

Marisol Malaret - Puerto Rico - 1970
Georgina Rizk - Lebanon - 1971
Kerry Anne Wells - Australia - 1972
Margarita Moran - The Philippines - 1973
Amparo Muñoz - Spain - 1974
Anne Marie Pohtamo - Finland - 1975
Rina Messinger - Israel - 1976
Janelle Commissiong - Trinidad and Tobago - 1977
Margaret Gardiner - South Africa - 1978
Maritza Sayalero - Venezuela - 1979

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