1953 Christiane Martel FRANCE

Long Beach, California USA

1st runner-up     Myrna Hansen   USA 2nd runner-up     Kinuko Ito   JAPAN 3rd runner-up     Anne Bertha Lopez   MEXICO 4th runner-up     Maxine Morgan   AUSTRALIA SEMI-FINALISTS Lore Felger   AUSTRIA Thelma Elizabeth Brewis   CANADA Jytte Olsen   DENMARK Christal Schaack   GERMANY Rita Stazzi   ITALY Synnoeve Gulbrandsen   NORWAY Emita Arosemena Zubieta   PANAMA Mary Ann Sarmiento   PERU Ingrid Rita Mills   SOUTH AFRICA Ayten Akyol   TURKEY Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual   URUGUAY

Christiane Martel with 4th runner-up Australia's Maxine Morgan

Twenty six delegates participated in the Miss Universe 1953 pageant won by Miss France, Christiane Martel..  After her reign, Christiane went on to become a popular film actress in her native France as well as in the USA and Mexico.  She later married Miguel Aleman, Jr., the son of a former Mexican president.  She presently resides in Mexico and is a very popular social figure and is the first lady of the state of Veracruz.

Miss Universe 1953 Christiane Martel with judge Jeff Chandler

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The 1954 Miss Universe program book featuring Christiane Martel