Miss Venezuela 1955
{{Short description|3rd edition of the Miss Venezuela competition}}
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{{Beauty pageant
| winner = Susana Duijm †
| represented = Miranda
| date = July 9, 1955
| venue = Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel, Caracas, Venezuela
| entrants = 11
| before = 1953
| next = 1956
|placements=3}}
File:Miss Venezuela 1955 titleholder, Susana Duijm.jpg
Miss Venezuela 1955 was the third edition of Miss Venezuela pageant held at Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 9, 1955. The winner of the pageant was Susana Duijm, Miss Miranda, who competed in Miss World 1955 and won the crown.{{Cite web |title=Susana Duijm Becomes First Latin American Woman to be Crowned Miss World |url=https://jwa.org/thisweek/oct/20/1955/susana-duijm-becomes-first-latin-american-woman-be-crowned-miss-world |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Jewish Women's Archive |language=en}}
Results
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=Placements=
- Miss Venezuela 1955 - Susana Duijm † (Miss Miranda)
- 1st runner-up - Ivonne Cisneros (Miss Bolívar)
- 2nd runner-up - Mireya Casas (Miss Distrito Federal)
Contestants
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- Miss Bolívar - Ivonne Cisneros Barceló
- Miss Distrito Federal - Mireya Casas Robles
- Miss Mérida - Cecilia Useche Hardy
- Miss Miranda - Susana Duijm Zubillaga †
- Miss Monagas - Helena Quilart Navarro
- Miss Nueva Esparta - Elka Pérez Hernández
- Miss Portuguesa - Mary González
- Miss Sucre - Teresa Estrella Villaroel
- Miss Trujillo - Helena Casas Briceño
- Miss Yaracuy - Chelo Avellaneda Valery
- Miss Zulia - Magaly Dupuy Ortega
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References
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External links
- [http://www.missvenezuela.com/ Miss Venezuela official website]
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