Miss Universe 1963

Miss Universe 1963
Date	20 July 1963
Presenters	Gene Rayburn
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Entrants	50
Placements	15
Debuts	Bahamas, Curaçao, Okinawa, Trinidad
Withdrawals	Benin, England, Haiti, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Malaysia, Taiwan, Tahiti, US Virgin Islands
Returns	British Guiana, Denmark, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Surinam
Winner	Iêda Maria Vargas  Brazil
Congeniality	Grace Taylor  Scotland
Best National Costume	Sherin Ibrahim  Israel
Photogenic	Marlene McKeown  Ireland

Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Norma Nolan of Argentina. This marks the first time that a Miss Universe titleholder marks the same placement as the 1962 World Cup champion. Fifty countries and territories participated, with the Bahamas, Curacao, Okinawa, and Trinidad making their debuts.

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1963	Brazil - Iêda Maria Vargas
1st runner-up	Denmark - Aino Korva
2nd runner-up	Ireland - Marlene McKeown
3rd runner-up	Philippines - Lalaine Bennett
4th runner-up	Korea - Kim Myoung-ja
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Olga Galuzzi  Austria - Gertrude Bergner  Colombia - María Álvarez  Finland - Riitta Kautiainen  France - Monique Lemaire  Germany - Helga Carla Ziesemer  Italy - Gianna Serra  Japan - Noriko Ando  South Africa - Ellen Liebenberg  USA - Marite Ozers

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Scotland - Grace Taylor
Miss Photogenic	Ireland - Marlene McKeown
Best National Costume	Israel - Sherin Ibrahim

Judges

Edilson Cid Varela Cesare Danova Kiyoshi Hara

Russell Patterson Peter Sellers Earl Wilson

Contestants

Argentina - Olga Galuzzi  Austria - Gertrude Bergner  Bahamas - Sandra Louise Young  Belgium - Irene Godin  Bolivia - Ana María Velasco Gutiérrez  Brazil - Ieda Maria Vargas  British Guiana - Gloria Blackman-Miller  Canada - Jane Kmita  Ceylon - Manel De Silva  Colombia - María Cristina Álvarez González  Costa Rica - Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa  Cuba - Alicia Margit Chia  Curaçao - Philomena Zielinski  Denmark - Aino Korva  Dominican Republic - Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito  Ecuador - Patricia Córdova  Finland - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen  France - Monique Lemaire  Germany - Helga Carla Ziesemer  Greece - Despina Orgeta  Holland - Else Onstenk  Iceland - Theódóra Þórðardóttir  Ireland - Marlene McKeown  Israel - Sherin Ibrahim  Italy - Gianna Serra

Jamaica - June Maxine Brown  Japan - Noriko Ando  Korea - Kim Myoung-ja  Luxembourg - Mia Dahm  Morocco - Selma Rahal  New Zealand - Regina Ellen Scandrett  Nicaragua - Leda Sánchez  Norway - Eva Carlberg Okinawa - Reiko Uehara  Paraguay - Amelia Benítez  Peru - Dora Toledano Godier  Philippines - Lalaine Betia Bennett  Puerto Rico - Jeanette Blascoechea  Scotland - Grace Calder W.Taylor  South Africa - Ellen Liebenberg  Spain - María Rosa Pérez Gómez  Surinam - Brigitta Hougen  Sweden - Kerstin Margareta Jonsson   Switzerland - Diane Tanner  Trinidad - Jean Stoddart  Turkey - Guler Samuray  Uruguay - Graciela Pintos  USA - Marite Ozers  Venezuela - Irene Morales Machado  Wales - Maureen Thomas

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1961:  Turkey - Güler Samuray (semi-finalist) 1962:  France - Monique Lemaire (2nd runner-up) 1963:  Denmark - Aino Korva (3rd runner-up) 1963:  Belgium - Irène Godin 1963:  Canada - Jane Kmita Miss International 1962:  Turkey - Güler Samuray 1964:  Canada - Jane Kmita Miss Europe 1963:  Denmark - Aino Korva (2nd runner-up) 1963:   Switzerland - Diane Tanner (1st runner-up) 1963:  Belgium - Irène Godin

Miss Scandinavia 1964:  Denmark - Aino Korva (1st runner-up, Miss Press) 1964:  Finland - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen 1964:  Norway - Eva Carlberg 1964:  Sweden - Kerstin Margareta Jonsson Miss United Nations 1963:   Switzerland - Diane Tanner (semi-finalist) 1963:  Turkey - Güler Samuray 1964:  Ireland - Marlene McKeown (semi-finalist) 1964:  France - Monique Lemaire (3rd runner-up) 1964:  Belgium - Irène Godin 1964:  Norway - Eva Carlberg (semi-finalist)

External links

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