Miss World 1954

Miss World 1954 was the fourth Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom, on 18 October 1954.

Miss World 1954
Antigone Costanda
Date	18 October 1954
Presenters	Eric Morley
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Entrants	16
Placements	6
Debuts	Belgium Italy Turkey
Withdrawals	Israel Monte Carlo Norway
Returns	Ireland
Winner	Antigone Costanda Egypt
← 1953 1955 →

At the end of the event, Antigone Costanda of Egypt was announced as Miss World 1954. This is the first and so far, only victory of Egypt in the history of the pageant. Miss World 1953, Denise Perrier of France, attended the pageant.

Contestants from sixteen countries participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Eric Morley.

Background

Selection of participants

Sixteen contestants were selected to compete in the pageant. Two contestants were appointed to represent their countries after being a runner-up in their national pageants.

Replacements

Cristina Fanton, the first runner-up of Miss Italy 1954, was appointed to represent Italy after Miss Italy 1954, Eugenia Bonino, was involved in an accident.^[1][2] The second runner-up of Miss France 1954, Claudine Bleuse, was appointed to represent France after Miss France 1954, Monique Lambert, chose not to fly to London to compete in Miss World.^[3]

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Belgium, Italy and Turkey, and the return of Ireland, which last competed in 1952. Malka Rozenblat of Israel withdrew after Israeli organizers discovered that she was married. Although married contestants were allowed to compete at this time, Israel did not allow married titleholders to represent their country internationally.^[4] Mona Stornes of Norway withdrew after choosing to get married in the United States.^[5][6] Monte-Carlo withdrew from the competition after its respective organization failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Results

Miss World 1954 participating nations and results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1954	Egypt – Antigone Costanda[7][8]
1st runner-up	United States – Karin Hultman[7]
2nd runner-up	Greece – Efi Mela[7]
3rd runner-up	France – Claudine Bleuse[7]
4th runner-up	West Germany – Frauke Walther[7]
5th runner-up	Denmark – Grete Hoffenblad[7]

Contestants

Sixteen contestants competed for the title.^[9][10]

Country	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Belgium	Nelly Dehem[11]	19	Brussels
Ceylon	Jeannette de Jonk[12]	20	Colombo
Denmark	Grete Hoffenblad[13]	17	Rødovre
Egypt	Antigone Costanda[14]	21	Alexandria
Finland	Yvonne de Bruyn[15]	19	Helsinki
France	Claudine Bleuse[16]	16	Villeconin
Greece	Efi Mela[17]	21	Athens
Holland	Conny Harteveld[18]	22	Leiden
Ireland	Connie Rodgers[17]	24	Dublin
Italy	Cristina Fantonni[19]	17	Modena
Sweden	Margareta Westling[20]	19	Stockholm
Switzerland	Claudine Buhler[17]	20	Zürich
Turkey	Sibel Göksel[17][21]	18	Istanbul
United Kingdom[b]	Patricia Butler[4]	23	Hoylake
United States	Karin Hultman[22]	22	Rochester
West Germany	Frauke Walther[23]	19	Düsseldorf

Notes

1. Age at the time of the pageant
2. Competed as Great Britain in the pageant