Miss International 1962

Miss International 1962
Date	August 18, 1962
Venue	Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants	50
Placements	15
Debuts	Dominican Republic, Liberia, Nicaragua, West Indies
Withdrawals	Burma, Denmark, France, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Madagascar, Spain
Returns	Jordan, Singapore
Winner	Tania Verstak  Australia
Congeniality	Sue Burgess  England
Photogenic	Tania Verstak  Australia

Miss International 1962, the 3rd Miss International pageant, was held on August 18, 1962 in Long Beach, California, USA. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Tania Verstak from Australia was crowned as Miss International 1962 by outgoing titleholder, Stam van Baer from Holland.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1962	Australia - Tania Verstak
1st runner-up	Argentina - Maria Bueno
2nd runner-up	Panama - Ana Maruri
3rd runner-up	Holland - Catharina Lodders
4th runner-up	USA - Carolyn Joyner
Semi-finalists	Ecuador - Margarita Arosemena Gómez  England - Sue Burgess  Finland - Eeva Malinen  Germany - Erni Jung  Iceland - Maria Gudmundsdóttir  Ireland - Mona Burrows  Israel - Nurit Newman  Japan - Kaoru Maki[1]  Taiwan - Anne Yui Fang  Venezuela - Olga Antonetti Nunez

Contestants

Argentina - Maria Bueno  Australia - Tania Verstak  Austria - Inge Jaklin  Belgium - Danièle Defrère  Bolivia - Olga Pantoja Antelo  Brazil - Julieta Strauss  British Guiana - Ave Henriques  Canada - Susan Peters  Ceylon - Jennifer Labrooy  Colombia - Sonia Heidman Gómez  Dominican Republic - Milagros García Duval  Ecuador - Margarita Arosemena Gómez  England - Sue Burgess  Finland - Eeva Malinen  Germany - Erni Jung  Greece - Ioanna Delakou  Holland - Catharina Johanna Lodders  Iceland - Maria Gudmundsdóttir  India - Sheila Chonkar  Ireland - Mona Burrows  Israel - Nurit Newman  Italy - Maria Vianello  Japan - Kaoru Maki[1]  Jordan - Vivian Nazzal  Korea - Sohn Yang-ja

Lebanon - Mona Slim  Liberia - Agnes Anderson  Luxembourg - Brita Gerson  Malaysia - Brenda Alvisse  Morocco - Therese Gonzalez  New Zealand - Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi  Nicaragua - María Hasbani  Norway - Beate Brevik Johansen  Panama - Ana Cecilia Maruri  Paraguay - Gloria Alderete Irala  Philippines - Cynthia Lucero Ugalde  Puerto Rico - Agnes Toro  Scotland - Elizabeth Burns  Singapore - Nancy Liew  South Africa - Aletta Strydom  Sweden - Karin Hyldgaard Jensen   Switzerland - Rosemarie Loeliger  Tahiti - Tatiana Flohr  Taiwan - Anne Yui Fang  Turkey - Güler Samuray  Uruguay - Silvia Romero  USA - Carolyn Joyner  Venezuela - Olga Antonetti Nunez  Wales - Diane Thomas  West Indies - Anne Marie Sutherland (Port of Spain, Trinidad)

Notes

Withdrawals

•  Borneo - Jane Lim (due to illness)
•  France - Michèle Wargnier (fainted during the preliminaries)
•  Haiti - Mireille Hollant
•  Spain - Acidalia Medina

References

1. "MAIDS IN JAPAN". Danville Register. June 21, 1962. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1962