1955 Hillevi Rombin SWEDEN

Long Beach, California USA

1st runner-up   Maribel Arrieta  EL SALVADOR 2nd runner-up   Maureen Hingert   CEYLON 3rd runner-up   Margut Nunke   GERMANY 4th runner-up   Keiko Takahashi   JAPAN SEMI-FINALISTS Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo   ARGENTINA Nicole De Mayer   BELGIUM Emilia Barreto Correa Lima   BRAZILl Cathy Diggles   CANADA Margaret Rowe   ENGLAND Maria del Rosario Molina Chacon   GUATEMALA Pastera Pagan Valenzuela   HONDURAS Solveig Borstad   NORWAY Carlene King Johnson   USA Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga  VENEZUELA

Hillevi Rombin of SWEDEN moments after being crowned Miss Universe 1955

The second Scandinavian delegate to win the title, Hillevi was a very athletic individual.  After her reign as Miss Universe, she went on with a movie career in Hollywood and eventually married a movie produced.  Unfortunately, she met a tragic death along with her second husband, former US Senator David Schine and her eldest son when their private plane crashed in Los Angeles in 1996.  Venezuela's Carmen Zubillaga, a semi-finalist, went on to win the Miss World 1955 crown later on in the year.

Hillevi Rombin's official photograph as Miss Universe 1955

Official cover of the 1956 Miss Universe Program Book featuring Miss Universe 1955 Hillevi Rombin

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