beauty pageant: Miss Universe

edition: 6th venue: Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States date: July 19, 1957 host: Bob Russell candidates: 32

SPECIAL AWARDS

• Miss Friendship: Mapita Mercado Cordero (Puerto Rico)
• Miss Photogenic: Gerti Daub (Germany)
• Miss Popular Girl: Gloria Noakes (Canada)

TOP 15 (initial)

1. Martha Lehmann (Alaska)
2. Hannerl Melcher (Austria)
3. Terezinha Gonçalves Morango (Brazil)
4. Gloria Noakes (Canada)
5. María Rosa Gamio Fernández (Cuba)
6. Sonia Hamilton (England)
7. Gerti Daub (Germany)
8. Lygia Karavia (Greece)
9. Valeria Fabrizzi (Italy)
10. Kyoko Otani (Japan)
11. Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla (Morocco)
12. Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina (Peru)
13. Inger Jonsson (Sweden)
14. Gabriela Pascal (Uruguay)
15. Mary Leona Gage (USA)

TOP 15 (final)

1. Martha Lehmann (Alaska)
2. Mónica Lamas (Argentina)
3. Hannerl Melcher (Austria)
4. Terezinha Gonçalves Morango (Brazil)
5. Gloria Noakes (Canada)
6. María Rosa Gamio Fernández (Cuba)
7. Sonia Hamilton (England)
8. Gerti Daub (Germany)
9. Lygia Karavia (Greece)
10. Valeria Fabrizzi (Italy)
11. Kyoko Otani (Japan)
12. Jacqueline Dorella Bonilla (Morocco)
13. Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina (Peru)
14. Inger Jonsson (Sweden)
15. Gabriela Pascal (Uruguay)

TOP 5

1. Terezinha Gonçalves Morango (Brazil)
2. María Rosa Gamio Fernández (Cuba)
3. Sonia Hamilton (England)
4. Gerti Daub (Germany)
5. Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina (Peru)

WINNERS

PLACEMENT	1957	1956
4th runner-up	Gerti Daub  Germany	Rossana Galli  Italy
3rd runner-up	María Rosa Gamio Fernández  Cuba	Iris Alice Kathleen Waller  England
2nd runner-up	Sonia Hamilton  England	Ingrid Goude  Sweden
1st runner-up	Terezinha Gonçalves Morango  Brazil	Marina Orschel  Germany
Miss Universe	Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina  Peru	Carol Laverne Morris  USA

Happy Birthday Miss Universe 1957 Gladys Zender! 🤩 💗 pic.twitter.com/aZLY9pwSVQ

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) October 19, 2021