Miss World 1962

Miss World 1962
Date	8 November 1962
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	33
Withdrawals	Bolivia, Ceylon, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Suriname, Turkey
Returns	Canada, Jamaica, Jordan
Winner	Catharina Lodders  Holland

Miss World 1962, the 12th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 November 1962 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Catharina Lodders of Holland. She was crowned by Miss World 1961,^[1] Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1962	Holland – Catharina Lodders [1]
1st runner-up	Finland – Kaarina Marita Leskinen
2nd runner-up	France – Monique Lemaire
3rd runner-up	South Africa – Yvonne Maryann Ficker
4th runner-up	Japan – Teruko Ikeda
Top 8 Finalists	Belgium – Christine Delit  Denmark – Rikke Stisager  USA – Amadee Chabot
Top 15 Semi-finalists	Argentina Maria Amalia Ramírez  India – Ferial Karim  Israel – Ilana Porat  Jamaica – Chriss Leon  United Kingdom – Jackie White  Uruguay – Maria Noel Genouese  Venezuela – Betzabeth Franco Blanco

Contestants

Argentina – María Amalia Ramirez  Austria – Inge Jaklin  Belgium – Christine Delit  Brazil – Vera Lúzia Saba  Canada – Marlene Leeson  Taiwan – Roxsana L.S. Chiang  Cyprus – Magda Michailides  Denmark – Rikki Stisager  Ecuador – Elaine Ortega Hougen  Finland – Kaarina Marita Leskinen  France – Monique Lemaire  Germany – Anita Steffen  Greece – Glasmine Moraitou  Holland – Catharina Johanna Lodders [1]  Iceland – Rannveig Ólafsdóttir  India – Ferial Karim  Ireland – Muriel O'Hanlon

Israel – Ilana Porat  Italy – Raffaella da Carolis  Jamaica – Chriss Leon  Japan – Teruko Ikeda  Jordan – Leila Emile Khadder  Korea – Chung Tae-ja  Luxembourg – Brita Gerson  New Zealand – Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi  Portugal – Palmira Ferreira  South Africa – Yvonne Maryann Ficker  Spain – Conchita Roig Urpi  Sweden – Margareta Palin  United Kingdom – Jackie White  Uruguay – María Noel Genovese  United States – Amadee Chabot [1]  Venezuela – Betzabeth Franco Blanco

Judges

The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges.^[1] Bob Hope and Jennifer Armstrong-Jones were among the judges for the event.^[1]

Notes

Returning countries

• Jamaica last competed in 1959.
• Canada and Jordan last competed in 1960.

Nations not competing

•  Bolivia – Rosemarie Lederer Aguilera (never arrived)
•  Dominican Republic – Carolina Nouel (dropped out the day before the finals)
•  Paraguay – María Isabel Maas Uhl (never arrived)
•  Turkey (did not appear – got married instead)

References

1. Sunday Herald

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1962