- beauty pageant: Miss Universe
- edition: 2nd
- venue: Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
- date: July 17, 1953
- host: Bob Russell
- special guest: Julie Adams
- number of candidates: 26
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CANDIDATES
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SPECIAL AWARD
- Miss Photogenic: Myrna Rae Hansen (USA)
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TOP 16
- Maxine Morgan (Australia)
- Lore Felger (Austria)
- Thelma Elizabeth Brewis (Canada)
- Jytte Olsen (Denmark)
- Christiane Martel (France)
- Christel Shaack (Germany)
- Rita Stazzi (Italy)
- Kinuko Ito (Japan)
- Ana Bertha Lepe Jimenez (Mexico)
- Synnøve Gulbrandsen (Norway)
- Emita Arosemena Zubieta (Panama)
- Mary Ann Sarmiento Hall (Peru)
- Ingrid Rita Mills (South Africa)
- Ayten Akyol (Turkey)
- Myrna Rae Hansen (USA)
- Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual (Uruguay)
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TOP 5
- Maxine Morgan (Australia)
- Christiane Martel (France)
- Kinuko Ito (Japan)
- Ana Bertha Lepe Jimenez (Mexico)
- Myrna Rae Hansen (USA)
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WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 1952 | 1953 |
| 4th runner-up | Renate Hoy (Germany) | Maxine Morgan (Australia) |
| 3rd runner-up | Judy Dan (Hong Kong) | Ana Bertha Lepe Jimenez (Mexico) |
| 2nd runner-up | Ntaizy Mavraki (Greece) | Kinuko Ito (Japan) |
| 1st runner-up | Elza Edsman (Hawaii) | Myrna Rae Hansen (USA) |
| MISS UNIVERSE | Armi Kuusela (Finland) | Christiane Martel (France) |
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