Maureen Hingert (Miss Ceylon ) 1955
Maureen Neliya Hingert (born January 9, 1937) is a Sri Lankan model, dancer and actress. She is a Miss Universe pageant titleholder.
She was heralded a favorite for the world beauty crown together with “Miss Sweden ,” “Miss USA ,” “Miss England ,” and “Miss El Salvador .” The Judges stated, “she is the most beautiful entrant we have ever had”.
Miss Universe 1955 Results:
1st runner-up Maribel Arrieta EL SALVADOR
2nd runner-up Maureen Hingert CEYLON
3rd runner-up Margut Nunke GERMANY
4th runner-up Keiko Takahashi JAPAN
Due to her win in the Miss Universe Pageant, she has long been revered as “putting Sri Lanka on the map” and being an ambassador to her country, Sri Lanka .
Hingert was born on January 9, 1937 in Colombo , Sri Lanka to Lionel Hingert and Lorna Mabel De Run. Her father, of Dutch people Dutch ancestry. He was the President of the Bank of Ceylon and he had extensive tea estates. The family lived in a large mansion in Ceylon
Hingert attended school at the Holy Family Convent in Colombo until she was eighteen. She studied world history, languages (English, French, Spanish, Hindustani, and Tamil), nursing and dancing.
In 1954, Hingert was crowned Miss Ceylon in her country and subsequently selected as a contestant in the 1955 Miss Universe pagent.
Following her victory in the contest, Hingert was put under contract to Universal International Studios and 20th Century Fox.
Some of the movies she appeared in include: The King and I, Fort Bowie , Gun Fever, The Adventures of Hiram Holiday, Moroccan Halk Moth, Pillars of the Sky,
Maureen Hingert is an actress.
As an actress, Maureen Hingert has performed in movies such as "Gunmen from Laredo", released in 1959, in which she portrayed Rosita, "Gun Fever"(1958), and "Fort Bowie"(1958).
This is history we did not know as we all were not even born
Maureen Neliya Hingert (born January 9, 1937) is a Sri Lankan model, dancer and actress. She is a Miss Universe pageant titleholder.
She was heralded a favorite for the world beauty crown together with “Miss Sweden ,” “Miss USA ,” “Miss England ,” and “Miss El Salvador .” The Judges stated, “she is the most beautiful entrant we have ever had”.
Miss Universe 1955 Results:
1st runner-up Maribel Arrieta EL SALVADOR
2nd runner-up Maureen Hingert CEYLON
3rd runner-up Margut Nunke GERMANY
4th runner-up Keiko Takahashi JAPAN
Due to her win in the Miss Universe Pageant, she has long been revered as “putting Sri Lanka on the map” and being an ambassador to her country, Sri Lanka .
Hingert was born on January 9, 1937 in Colombo , Sri Lanka to Lionel Hingert and Lorna Mabel De Run. Her father, of Dutch people Dutch ancestry. He was the President of the Bank of Ceylon and he had extensive tea estates. The family lived in a large mansion in Ceylon
Hingert attended school at the Holy Family Convent in Colombo until she was eighteen. She studied world history, languages (English, French, Spanish, Hindustani, and Tamil), nursing and dancing.
In 1954, Hingert was crowned Miss Ceylon in her country and subsequently selected as a contestant in the 1955 Miss Universe pagent.
Following her victory in the contest, Hingert was put under contract to Universal International Studios and 20th Century Fox.
Some of the movies she appeared in include: The King and I, Fort Bowie , Gun Fever, The Adventures of Hiram Holiday, Moroccan Halk Moth, Pillars of the Sky,
Maureen Hingert is an actress.
As an actress, Maureen Hingert has performed in movies such as "Gunmen from Laredo", released in 1959, in which she portrayed Rosita, "Gun Fever"(1958), and "Fort Bowie"(1958).
This is history we did not know as we all were not even born
