Miss Universe 1955

Hellevi Rombin, MISS UNIVERSE 1955 from Sweden featured in a special edition pictorial review.

Hellevi Rombin, MISS UNIVERSE 1955 from Sweden featured in her program book.

Hillevi Rombin born in Sweden on September 14, 1933, she grew up in Uppsala, Sweden, she was an athlete and became National Decathlon Champion before she entered the Pageants, Hillevi was Miss Universe 1955.

The life of the first Swedish Miss Universe was interesting as all beauty queens, after take part in her first movie along actor Steve Allen, about the life of famous composer and Jazz player Benny Goodman, where she performance an student who admire the composer.

Hellevi Rombin, MISS UNIVERSE 1955 from Sweden official photograph.

Hellevi Rombin, MISS UNIVERSE 1955 from Sweden walking the runway after winning the title.

Hellevi Rombin, MISS UNIVERSE 1955 from Sweden interviewed by the press after winning the title of MISS UNIVERSE 1955. Hillevi declare in her first press conference as Miss Universe in New York, that she will carry on with her duties as beauty queen before comeback to Sweden with her boyfriend, an airplane pilot called Nils Benker.

Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955, learns how to use chopsticks from a store owner in California. The fourth woman to hold the title of Miss Universe, Rombin was originally from Sweden.

Hellevi Rombin, MISS UNIVERSE 1955 from Sweden poses for photographs at the airport.

Pointing to the flag of her native Sweden (center, light cross on darker background), Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955, stops for a picture outside the United Nations building in New York. The current Miss Universe and Miss USA titleholders live in New York City in an apartment provided by the Miss Universe Organization.

Enjoying a joke with an admirer, Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955, has a good laugh during an official appearance.

The fourth edition of Miss Universe was held on 22 July 1955, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA. They had 33 young ladies in the competition. Miss Sweden, 21-year-old Hillevi Rombin, won the competition.

Miss Universe 1955 - Contestants in Swimsuits by Catalina.

Miss Universe 1955 - Contestants in Swimsuits by Catalina.

During her travels around the world and staying in dozens of hotels, every time she leaves it a manager tells her “it is a shame you have to go, Mr. Schine arrives tomorrow and he would like to meet you”.

The first Runner Up - Miss El Salvador Maribel Arrieta Gálvez. She won Miss Congeniality Award.

After her reign as Miss Universe, Hillevi married with the owner of same hotels where she used to stay, the American millionaire Mr. David Schine.

Miss Sweden - Hillevi Rombin & Miss Puerto Rico - Carmen Laura Betancourt. She lived in Los Angeles, USA, where she used to take care a dozens of dogs, to enjoy her residence with more than 33 rooms, to keep studying languages and working in movies. She made a role as air hostess in “Istambul” with Erol Flynn. Hillevi and her husband had 6 children.

Miss Puerto Rico - Carmen Laura Betancourt and other contestants in Miss Universe 1955.

On July 19, 1996 she and her husband were killed in a plane crash along with one of her children, the pilot of the plane. All three were buried together. Hillevi had 62 years old and she is one of the most remembered by Swedish.