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| 1959 Akiko Kojima JAPAN |
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| Long Beach, California USA |
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| 1st runner-up Jorunn Kristiansen NORWAY 2nd runner-up Terry Lynn Hungtington USA 3rd runner-up Pamela Anne Searle ENGLAND 4th runner-up Vera Ribeiro BRAZIL SEMI-FINALISTS Hélène Savigny BELGIUM Olga Pumarejo Korkor COLOMBIA Françoise Saint-Laurent FRANCE Carmela Künzel GERMANY Zoidsa Kouroukli GREECE Sigridur Thorvaldsdottir ICELAND Rina Issacov ISRAEL Oh Hyun-joo KOREA Zuzanna Cembrowska POLAND Marie-Louise Ekstrom SWEDEN |
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| The first Miss Universe to originate from the Asiat, Akiko was a 22-year-old model from Tokyo, Japan when she bested four other finalists from Norway, the USA, England, and Brazil for the 1959 Miss Universe crown in Long Beach, California. At 5'7", Akiko measured 37-23-38 inches, which many believed as "incredible dimensions" for an Asian. She denied having undergone breast surgery. Akiko settled into a quiet married life after her reign. |
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| Akiko in national costume on pageant night |
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