Date 24 July 1959 Broadcaster KTTV Placements 15 | Presenters Byron Palma Entrants 34 | |
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Venue Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States | ||
Miss Universe 1959, the 8th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 July 1959 in Long Beach, California, United States. 34 contestants competed and in the end Akiko Kojima of Japan won the competition, becoming the first Asian woman to win the title. She was crowned by Luz Marina Zuluaga from Colombia. This was the last year that the pageant was held in Long Beach before it moved to Miami Beach, Florida in 1960, before the establishment of the Miss International pageant.
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Miss Universe 1959 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA