Miss universo gladys zender biography

Peruvian model and beauty queen (born 1939)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zender, and, 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 the first Latin American to win the Miss Universe title.

Miss universo gladys zender biography

She was crowned Miss Peru Universe 1957 by Miss Peru Universe 1956, Lola Sabogal Morzán.^[3]

Miss Universe

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

After being crowned, it was revealed that she was only 17 years old, a few months under the contest's minimum age requirement. Pageant 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 the inaugural flight from