What a year! The year Brazil had no less than 4 Presidents! 1954 had been tragic enough with the suicide of Getúlio Vargas whose Vice-President Café Filho was hoisted as President. The right-wing saw great possibilities in the ascencion of Café Filho because he was a conservative politician even though he had been elected in a left-of-the-centre coalition.
1955 was an electoral year. Juscelino Kubitschek had been chosen the candidate of the Getúlio camp and he ended up winning the election of 3 October 1955.
Exactly 4 weeks later, on 3 November 1955, President Café Filho apparently suffers a heart attack and enters hospital. Lower House speaker is declared President of Brazil while Café Filho is in hospital. Actually, it was a right-wing manouvre to start a military coup to prevent President elect Juscelino Kubitschek to take power as President in the new year.
Lacklustre Carlos Luz can't get his act together and ends up holing himself in a Navy's warship that shoots a few shots against some target but fizzles up. Defense Minister Marshal Teixeira Lott sees that Carlos Luz is neutralized and declared 'null'.
On 25 November 1955, Senate's President Nereu Ramos declares himself President to wait until the new year for the inauguration of Kubitschek as President of Brazil.
Adhemar de Barros (right-of-centre), Juarez Távora (right), Juscelino Kubitschek (left of centre) & Plinio Salgado (inspired by the Italian Fascism).
Miss Universe 1955 was held on 22 July 1955, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in California. Miss Sweden, 21-year-old Hillevi Rombin, won the competition.
Miss Sweden is crowned Miss Universe 1955 by Miriam Stevenson.
Miss U & Miss Japan.
Miss Universe 1955.
# 4 Miss Germany (Margit Nünke); #2 Mis El Salvador (Maribel Arrieta Gálvez); Miss Universe 1955 (Sweden's Hillevi Rombin); #3 Miss Ceylon (Maureen Neliya Hingert): #5 Miss Japan (Keiko Takahashi).
Miss Universe 1955 triumphant walk with her crown & cepter.
Emilia Correia Lima, Miss Brazil 1955 & Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico & Guatemala.
Miss U contestants visit the Universal Studios in Hollywood on 23 July 1955, and meet heart-throb George Nader. Isabel Sarli, Miss Argentina is the 2nd from left to right.
showing their legs in New York.
Miss USA 1955 - Carlene King Johnson from Vermount.
Top 10 Argentina - Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo (Isabel Sarli became a famous actress later)
Belgium - Nicole De Mayer
Brazil - Emília Barreto Correia Lima
Canada - Cathy Diggles
England - Margaret Rowe
Guatemala - María del Rosario Molina Chacón
Honduras - Pastora Pagán Valenzuela
Norway - Solveig Borstad
USA - Carlene King Johnson
Venezuela - Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga.
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