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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo =
| winner = Akiko Kojima
| represented = {{flag|Japan|1870}}
| date = 24 July 1959
| presenters = Byron Palma
| venue = Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
| broadcaster = KTTV
| entrants = 34
| placements = 15
| debuts = {{Hlist|Bolivia|Burma|Luxembourg}}
| withdraws = {{Hlist|Alaska|Australia|British Guiana|Chile|Paraguay|Singapore|Surinam|Venezuela|West Indies}}
| returns = {{Hlist|Austria|Iceland|Thailand|Turkey}}
| congeniality = Sodsai Vanijvadhana
{{flag|Thailand}}
| photogenic = Pamela Anne Searle
{{flag|England}}
| before = 1958
| next = 1960
}}Miss Universe 1959, the 8th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 July 1959 in Long Beach, California, United States. 34 contestants competed and in the end Akiko Kojima of Japan won the competition, becoming the first Asian woman to win the title. She was crowned by Luz Marina Zuluaga from Colombia.[1] This was the last year that the pageant was held in Long Beach before it moved to Miami Beach, Florida in 1960, before the establishment of the Miss International pageant. ResultsPlacements| Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1959- {{flag|Japan|1870}} - Akiko Kojima
| 1st runner-up- {{flag|Norway}} - Jorunn Kristjansen
| 2nd runner-up- {{flag|United States|1959}} - Terry Lynn Huntingdon
| 3rd runner-up- {{flag|England}} - Pamela Anne Searle
| 4th runner-up- {{flag|Brazil|1889}} - Vera Regina Ribeiro
| Semi-finalists- {{flag|Belgium}} - Hélène Savigny
- {{flag|Colombia}} - Olga Pumarejo Korkor
- {{flag|France}} - Françoise Saint-Laurent
- {{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}} - Carmela Künzel
- {{flag|Kingdom of Greece|name=Greece}} - Zoitsa Kouroukli
- {{flag|Iceland}} - Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir
- {{flag|Israel}} - Rina Issacov
- {{flag|South Korea|name=Korea}} - Oh Hyun-joo
- {{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}} - Zuzanna Cembrowska
- {{flag|Sweden}} - Marie Louise Ekström
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Contestants{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}- {{flag|Argentina}} - Liana Cortijo
- {{flag|Austria}} - Christine Spatzier
- {{flag|Belgium}} - Hélène Savigny
- {{flag|Bolivia}} - Corina Taborga
- {{flag|Brazil|1889}} - Vera Regina Ribeiro
- {{flag|Burma|1948}} - Than Than Aye
- {{flag|Canada|1957}} - Eileen Butter
- {{flag|Colombia}} - Olga Pumajero Korkor
- {{flag|Costa Rica}} - Zianne Monturiol
- {{flag|Cuba}} - Irma Buesa Mas
- {{flag|Denmark}} - Lisa Stolberg
- {{flag|Ecuador}} - Carlota Elena Ayala
- {{flag|England}} - Pamela Anne Searle
- {{flag|France}} - Françoise Saint-Laurent
- {{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}} - Carmela Künzel
- {{flag|Kingdom of Greece|name=Greece}} - Zoidsa Kouroukli
- {{flag|Guatemala}} - Rogelia Cruz Martínez
- {{flagicon|Hawaii}} Hawaii - Patricia Visser
- {{flag|Holland}} - Peggy Erwich
- {{flag|Iceland}} - Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir
- {{flag|Israel}} - Rina Issacov
- {{flag|Italy}} - Maria Grazia Buccella
- {{flag|Japan|1870}} - Akiko Kojima
- {{flag|South Korea|name=Korea|1949}} - Oh Hyun-joo
- {{flag|Luxembourg}} - Josée Pundel
- {{flag|Mexico|1934}} - Mirna García Dávila
- {{flag|Norway}} - Jorunn Kristjansen
- {{flag|Peru}} - Guadalupe Mariátegui Hawkins
- {{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}} - Zuzanna Cembrzowska
- {{flag|Sweden}} - Marie Louise Ekström
- {{flag|Thailand}} - Sodsai Vanijvadhana
- {{flag|Turkey}} - Ecel Olcay
- {{flag|Uruguay}} - Claudia Bernat
- {{flag|USA|1959}} - Terry Lynn Huntingdon
{{colend}}NotesDid not compete- {{flag|New Zealand}} - Arlenne Nesgitt
- {{flag|Philippines|1936}} - Christine Matias
- {{flag|United Arab Republic}} - Nawal Ramli
Awards- {{flag|Thailand}} - Miss Friendship (Sodsai Vanijvadhana)
- {{flag|England}} - Miss Photogenic (Pamela Anne Searle)
- {{flag|South Korea|name=Korea|1949}} - Most Popular Girl (Oh Hyun-joo)
General References- {{cite web |title=Miss Universe 1959 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207054659/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1959.htm |editor-last=West |editor-first=Donald |website=pageantopolis.com |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= |accessdate=November 19, 2018}}
References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CfljAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AuUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4637,1222532&dq=akiko+kojima&hl=en|title=Japanese Girl Beauty Queen|date=July 26, 1959|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=5 January 2011}}
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