Miss World 1955. Photo 5.

Miss World 1955. Photo 5.

This photo was published on 22nd October, two days after the final night. Shapely Miss Venezuela, Susana Djuim, 19, right, who placed first in Great Britain,s annual cheesecake derby and who was named Miss World in the international contest at London, England, gets a congratulatory kiss from first runner-up, Miss U.S.A., Margaret Anne Haywood, 20, of Jonesboro, Arkansas. This marked the first time that the title has gone to an entrant from South America. Miss Venezuela, dark-eyed and shaping up 34-21-34 before an all-star panel of judges, took the title, a new sports car and a $1,400 cheque from a field of 21 international beauties.

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