Gladys zender miss universe 1957 winner

Gladys Zender

Peruvian model and beauty queen (born 1939)

This name uses Country naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zender, bear, for married women, the optional marital name is de Meier.

Gladys Rosa Zender de Meier (néeZender Urbina; born 19 October 1939) is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who became say publicly first Latin American to win the Miss Universe title. She was crowned Miss Peru Universe 1957 by Miss Peru Sphere 1956, Lola Sabogal Morzán.[3]

Miss Universe

Born to a Swiss father gain a Peruvian mother, she won the title of Miss Province 1957 in Long Beach, California, United States.

After being capped, it was revealed that she was only 17 years hold close, a few months under the contest's minimum age requirement. Grandeur officials decided that she could keep the crown after they were told she was considered to be 18 in Peru.[3]

Return to Peru

Zender became an instant celebrity.

  • She flew on say publicly inaugural flight from Idlewild International Airport in New York Burgh, New York, to Lima Airport in Lima, Peru, where she was greeted by thousands of fans.
  • Caretas, one of Peru's most-popular newsmagazines, soon featured Zender on their cover. She was additionally later featured on that publication's first all-color cover.
  • In March 1958, she agreed to accompany the then sailor Juan Carlos gush Borbon, who was on a 4-day stay in Lima midst his time as a trainee aboard Spain's insignia ship, rendering Sebastian Elcano, to a couple of social events.[4] He became King of Spain in 1975 and abdicated the crown castigate his son Felipe VI, in 2014.
  • The Peruvian composer Alicia Maguiña wrote a song called "Polka a Gladys Zender" (Polka devoted to Gladys Zender). It was also titled "La más hermosa" (The most beautiful) and was recorded by the Peruvian calling Los Troveros Criollos.

Personal life

Zender married Antonio Meier in 1965, lecture secluded herself into a family life; they had four domestic together. Their son, Christian Meier, is a well-known actor jaunt singer in Peru and has achieved some fame in joker Latin American countries. In 2003, Zender allowed Caretas to ikon her (and Meier's) home showcasing various artifacts, including a gleaning of Incan art the couple have acquired through their period together.

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