Miss World 1963

Miss World 1963
Date	7 November 1963
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	40
Debuts	Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria
Withdrawals	India, Italy, Uruguay
Returns	Bolivia, Ceylon, Peru, Suriname, Tunisia, Turkey
Winner	Carole Crawford  Jamaica

Miss World 1963, the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 November 1963 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Carole Crawford of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1962, Catharina Lodders of Holland.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1963	Jamaica – Carole Crawford
1st runner-up	New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
2nd runner-up	Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
3rd runner-up	Denmark – Aino Korwa
4th runner-up	Sweden – Grete Qviberg
Top 5	France – Muguette Fabris
	United Kingdom – Diana Westbury
Top 10	Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia  Korea – Choi Keum-shil  Malaysia – Catherine Loh
Top 14	Ceylon – Jennifer Anne Fonseka  Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas  Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman  United States – Michele Metrinko

Contestants

Argentina – Diana Sarti  Austria – Sonja Russ  Belgium – Irène Godin  Bolivia – Rosario Lopera  Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia  Canada – Jane Kmita  Ceylon – Jennifer Ann Fonseka  Chile – María del Pilar Aguirre  Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas  Cyprus – Maro Zorna  Denmark – Aino Korwa  Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg  France – Muguette Fabris  Germany – Susie Gruner  Greece – Athanasia (Soula) Idromenou  Holland – Hanny Ijsbrants  Iceland – María Ragnarsdóttir  Ireland – Joan Power  Israel – Sara Talmi  Jamaica – Carole Joan Crawford

Japan – Miyako Harada  Jordan – Despo Drakolakis  Korea – Choi Keum-shil  Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman  Luxembourg – Catherine Paulus  Malaysia – Catherine Loh  Mexico – Beatriz Martínez Solórzano  New Zealand – Elaine Miscall  Nigeria – Gina Onyejiaka  Peru – Lucía Buonnani  Portugal – Maria Penedo  South Africa – Louise Crous  Spain – Encarnación Zalabardo  Suriname – Virginia Blanche Hardjo  Sweden – Grete Qviberg  Tunisia – Claudine Younes  Turkey – Gulseren Kocaman  United Kingdom – Diana Westbury [1]  United States – Michele Metrinko  Venezuela – Milagros Galíndez

Notes

Virginia Blanche Hardjo representing Suriname

Debuts

• Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Tunisia last competed in 1958.
• Peru last competed in 1959.
• Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname, and Turkey last competed in 1961.

Other notes

• Denmark placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1963.
• Ceylon becomes a finalist for the second time, last in 1953.

References

1. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1963