Miss Universe 1962

Miss Universe 1962
Date	14 July 1962
Presenters	Gene Rayburn
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Debuts	Dahomey, Haiti, Malaysia, Tahiti
Withdrawals	Burma, Chile, Denmark, Guatemala, Jamaica, Madagascar, Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Returns	Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Portugal, Philippines, Singapore
Winner	Norma Nolan Argentina
Congeniality	Sarah Olimpia Fórmeta Dominican Republic Hazel Williams Wales
Best National Costume	Kim Carlton England
Photogenic	Kim Carlton England

Miss Universe 1962, the 11th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 14 July 1962 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Norma Nolan of Argentina was crowned the winner by the outgoing titleholder Marlene Schmidt of Germany.

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1962	Argentina - Norma Nolan
1st runner-up	Iceland - Anna Geirsdóttir
2nd runner-up	Finland - Anja Aulikki Järvinen
3rd runner-up	Republic of China - Helen Liu Shiu-Man
4th runner-up	Brazil - Maria Olívia Rebouças
Semi-finalists	Austria - Christa Linder Canada - Marilyn McFatridge Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco England - Kim Carlton Haiti - Evelyn Miot Israel - Yehudit Mazor Korea - Seo Bum-joo Lebanon - Nouhad Cabbabe New Zealand - Lesley Margaret Nichols USA - Macel Wilson

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Dominican Republic - Sara Olimpia Fórmeta Wales - Hazel Williams
Miss Photogenic	England - Kim Carlton
Best National Costume	England - Kim Carlton

Judges

Edilson Cid Varela
Gloria Haven
Abe Issa
Jyun Kawachi
Chang Key-Young

Serge Mendjisky
Russell Patterson
Fernando Restrepo Suárez
Earl Wilson

Contestants

Argentina - Norma Nolan
Austria - Christa Linder
Belgium - Christine Delit
Bolivia - Gabriela Roca Díaz
Brazil - Maria Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti
Canada - Marilyn McFatridge
Ceylon - Yvonne D'Rozario
Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco
Costa Rica - Helvetia Albonico
Cuba - Aurora Prieto
Dahomey - Gilette Hazoume
Dominican Republic - Sarah Olimpia Fórmeta
Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen
England - Kim Carlton
Finland - Anja Aulikki Järvinen
France - Sabine Surget
Germany - Gisela Karschuck
Greece - Kristina Apostolou
Holland - Marianne van der Hayden
Haiti - Evelyn Miot
Hong Kong - Shirley Pon
Iceland - Anna Geirsdóttir
Ireland - Josie Dwyer
Israel - Yehudit Mazor Rounik
Italy - Isa Stoppi
Japan - Kazuko Hirano^[1]

Korea - Seo Bum-joo
Lebanon - Nouhad Cabbabe
Luxembourg - Fernande Kodesch
Malaysia - Sarah Alhabshee Abdullah
Morocco - Ginette Buenaventes
New Zealand - Leslie Margaret Nichols
Norway - Julie Ege †
Paraguay - Corina Rolón Escuariza
Peru - Silvia Ruth Dedeking
Philippines - Josephine Brown Estrada
Portugal - Maria Jose Santos Trindade Defolloy
Puerto Rico - Ana Celia Sosa
Republic of China - Helen Liu Shiu Man
Scotland - Vera Parker
Singapore - Julie Koh Moot-Lei
South Africa - Lynette Gamble
Spain - Conchita Roig Urpi
Sweden - Monica Rågby
Switzerland - Francine Delouille
Tahiti - Katy Bauner
Turkey - Behad Gulay Sezer
Uruguay - Nelly Pettersen Vasigaluz
USA - Macel Wilson
Venezuela - Virginia Bailey Lazzari
Virgin Islands - Juanita Morell
Wales - Hazel Williams

Notes

Replacements

Venezuela - Miss Venezuela sent its 1st runner-up, Virginia Bailey, because its originally crowned winner, Olga Antonetti, was below 18 and did not meet the age requirement.

Crossovers

Miss World

1962: Belgium - Christine Delit (5th runner-up)
1962: Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen
1962: Spain - Conchita Roig Urpi

Miss International

1961: Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen

Miss United Nations

1963: Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco
1963: Lebanon - Nouhad Cabbabe
1963: Sweden - Monica Rågby (winner)
1963: France - Sabine Surget (2nd runner-up)
1963: Paraguay - Corina Rolón Escuariza
1963: Spain - Conchita Roig Urpi

Miss Europe

1962: England - Kim Carlton
1962: Luxembourg - Fernande Kodesch
1962: Switzerland - Francine Delouille
1963: France - Sabine Surget
1963: Germany - Gisela Karschuck
1963: Portugal - Maria Jose Santos Trindade Defolloy

Miss Scandinavia

1963: Sweden - Monica Rågby (1st runner-up)

Other notes

Yehudit Mazor of Israel is the wife of A. Alfred Taubman and mother in-law of Louis Dubin

References

↑ "MAIDS IN JAPAN". Danville Register. June 21, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

External links

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