Maureen Hingert represented Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, at the 1955 Miss Universe pageant in California and then ...

Maureen Hingert, who represented Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the 1955 Miss Universe pageant and went on to become an actor in ...

Maureen Nelia Ballardney Hingert, Sri Lanka’s first beauty queen to break into Hollywood, has passed away at the age of 88.

The actress and dancer secured a contract with Universal after placing second runner-up in the 1955 televised beauty pageant.

Maureen Hingert, a former Miss Universe contestant and actress known for her role in The King and I, has passed away at the ...

Maureen Hingert, who represented Ceylon in the 1955 Miss Universe pageant and went on to act in a string of films and TV shows, died June 30.

The news was announced by former Miss Sri Lanka and actress Angela Seneviratne via Facebook. Maureen made history by winning the Miss Ceylon title in 1955 and went on to represent the country at the ...

Hingert's death was first announced on Facebook by another Sri Lankan actress and former pageant contestant, Angela Seneviratne, on Tuesday, July 1. As Seneviratne wrote in her post, Hingert won the ...