Miss Universe 1953: Christiane Martel (France)
1st runner up: Myrna Rae Hansen (USA)
2nd runner up: Kinuko Ito (Japan)
3rd runner up: Ana Bertha Lepe Jiménez (Mexico)
4th runner up: Maxine Morgan (Australia)
Semi-finalists
Lore Felger (Austria)
Thelma Elizabeth Brewis (Canada)
Jytte Olsen (Denmark)
Christel Schaack (Germany)
Rita Stazzi (Italy)
Synnöve Gulbrandsen (Norway)
Emita Arosemena Zubieta (Panama)
Mary Ann Sarmiento (Peru)
Ingrid Rita Mills (South Africa)
Ayten Akyol (Turkey)
Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual (Uruguay)
Others
Alaska Muriel Hagberg
Belgium Elayne Cortois
Finland Teija Anneli Sopanen
Greece Doretta Xirou
Hawaii Aileen Lauwae Stone
Philippines Cristina Monson Pacheco
Puerto Rico Wanda Irizarry
Sweden Ulla Sandkler
Switzerland Danielle Oudinet
Venezuela Gisela Bolaños Scarton
