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caption = The winner, Armi Kuusela.

winner = Armi Kuusela

represented =

date = Template:Start date

presenters = Bob Russell

venue = Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States

congeniality = Myriam Lynn Valerie Johnson Template:Flagicon Montana

entrants = 30

placements = 10

debuts = Alaska Australia Belgium Canada Chile Cuba Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hawaii Hong Kong India Israel Italy Japan Mexico Norway Panama Peru Philippines Puerto Rico South Africa Sweden Turkey Uruguay USA Venezuela

next = 1953

Miss Universe 1952, the 1st Miss Universe pageant, was held on June 28, 1952 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California. 30 contestants competed for the crown. The first winner of the pageant was 17-year-old Armi Kuusela of Finland, who was crowned by actress Piper Laurie.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1952	- Armi Kuusela
1st runner-up	- Elza Edsman
2nd runner-up	File:Flag of Kingdom of Greece.svg - Ntaizy Mavraki
3rd runner-up	1910 - Judy Dan
4th runner-up	- Renate Hoy
Semi-finalists	- Olga Llorens Pérez-Castillo File:Flag of Union of South Africa.svg - Catherine Higgins - Anne Marie Thistler - Jackie Loughery - Gladys Fajardo

Contestants

• Alaska - Shirley Burnett
• - Leah MacCartney
• - Myriam Lynn (Marianne Mullender)
• - Ruth Carrier
• - María Esther Saavedra Yoacham
• - Gladys López
• - Hanne Sørensen
• - Armi Kuusela
• - Claude Goddart
• - Renate Hoy
• - Aileen P. Chase
• File:Flag of Kingdom of Greece.svg - Ntaizy (Daisy) Mavraki
• Hawaii - Elza Kananionapua Edsman
• 1910 - Judy Dan
• - Indrani Rahman †
• - Ora Vered
• - Giovanna Mazzotti
• - Himeko Kojima
• - Olga Llorens Pérez-Castillo
• - Eva Røine
• - Elzibir Gisela Malek
• - Ada Gabriela Bueno
• - Teresita Torralba Sanchez
• - Marilia Levy Bernal
• - Anne Marie Thistler
• - Gelengul Tayforoglu
• File:Flag of Union of South Africa.svg - Catherine Edwina Higgins
• - Jacqueleen "Jackie" Loughery
• - Gladys Rubio Fajardo
• - Sofía Silva Inserri †