| Miss Universe 1957 | |
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 Gladys Zender | |
| Date | 19 July 1957 |
| Presenters | Bob Russell |
| Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 32 |
| Placements | 15 |
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| Winner | Gladys Zender Peru |
| Congeniality | Mapita Mercado Cordero, Puerto Rico |
| Photogenic | Gerti Daub, West Germany |
Miss Universe 1957 was the sixth Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 19 July 1957.
Gladys Zender of Peru won the contest, and was crowned by Carol Morris of the United States. Zender was the first representative of Peru to win the contest.
After her win, it was revealed that Zender was only seventeen years old, five months under the contest's minimum age requirement of eighteen. Pageant officials decided that she could keep the crown after they were told she was considered to be eighteen in her country due to an old custom explained to them by the then-Peruvian ambassador to the United States, Fernando Berckemeyer Pazos.[1]
Contestants from thirty-two countries and territories competed in the pageant. It was hosted by Bob Russell for the sixth time.
- ^ "Whew! She's crowned, but it sure was work". The Montreal Gazette. 22 July 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 1 September 2023 – via Google News Archive.