On 19 July 1957 was elected Miss Peru, Gladys Zender Urbina, Miss Universe 1957th Site: Long Beach, California (USA). She was winning the first Latin American woman to the Miss Universe. Gladys Zender studied art and languages, and eventually they wanted a pilot. In her early teenage years, her beauty and personality drew positive comments especially when she won the Reinado de Primavera (Spring Pageant) in her Santa Ursula school, and years later, the Reinado delos Carnival (Carnival Pageant) of Miraflores. Before crowned Miss Peru 1957, was the representative of Max Factor, Roman Toporoff, while impressed with the visit to Lima, by the style and the very Latin features of the young Gladys and affirmed that she is "a perfect beauty." In the beginning was the family compared to their accession to the national drama, but later supported it when traveling with her in Long Beach.
In the sixth edition of the MissUniverse pageant, there were all sorts of surprises. There were rumors that the pageant has preferred candidates from countries experiencing political crisis.However, Miss Greece, Lygia Karavias qualified, not for the Semi-Finals. Industry experts are predicting to win that two favorite Misses Germany and England, and to hold the crown in Western Europe would. Miss Germany, Gerti Daud, was crowned Miss Photogenic Universe.
Some observers believe that the delegates from BrazilOccur (Teresinha Goncalves Morango), Argentina (Monica Lamas), Peru (Gladys Zender), Canada (Gloria Noakes), Italy (Valeria Fabrizzi) and Martinique (Ginette Cidalise-Montaise) would be the finale. Many of the girls from Latin America thought that they only invited for reasons of formality.
It was a kind of uneasiness in the region in two Latin beauties had failed to win in two consecutive final. In 1954, the Brazilian Maria Martha "Marilu" Hacker Rocha was assigned asvery nice, but the hips were two inches wider than the ideal measurement and thus the American Miriam Stevenson lost.
In 1955, the big favorite Miss El Salvador, who resembled Marilyn Monroe-lost by two points Hillevi Rombin of Sweden.
Gladys Zender victory in the Miss Universe pageant was of Peruvian and the rest of Latin America surprise.According of the American press indicate that the trains were Gladys from the title this, "earning her captivatingPersonality and her aristocratic bearing, "and that" she was educated in the traditional system of Latin American Women "In the end it was her whistlebait figure, she won the crown and beat the beauties from Brazil, England, Cuba and Germany.
During their return home on 10 August 1957, one million of their compatriots lined up on the streets seemed to welcome her.When Gladys, the public never tires of shouted: "Viva Gladys!". "I wept with joy. I never thought thatwelcome to, "remarked the beauty queen in an interview.
Was held in 1982 at the Miss Universe pageant in Lima, put the Miss Universe Organization Gladys with a special trophy to their 25th Birthday Coronation honor.
Today, Gladys Zender Meir is a Latin beauty icon ... an example of the Miss Universe.
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