Miss World 1965

Miss World 1965
Date	19 November 1965
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	48
Placements	16
Debuts	Costa Rica, Gambia, Malta, Syria
Withdrawals	Aruba, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Spain, Turkey
Returns	Australia, Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Peru, Rhodesia, Tahiti
Winner	Lesley Langley [1][2]  United Kingdom

Miss World 1965, the 15th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 November 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom.^[1][2] She was crowned by Miss World 1964, Ann Sidney of United Kingdom. The UK became the second country to win the contest two years in succession. The first country to achieve this was Sweden when winning in 1951 and 1952.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1965	United Kingdom – Lesley Langley [1][2]
1st runner-up	United States – Dianna Lynn Batts [1]
2nd runner-up	Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller [1]
3rd runner-up	Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky [1]
4th runner-up	Tahiti – Marie Tapare [1]
Top 7 Finalists	Canada –Carol Ann Tidey [1]  Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting [1]
Top 16 Semifinalists	Costa Rica –Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández [1]  Denmark –Yvonne Hanne Ekman [1]  Finland –Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen [1]  France –Christiane Sibellin [1]  Germany –Karin Schütze [1]  Japan –Yuko Oguchi [1]  Korea –Lee Eun-ah [1]  New Zealand –Gay Lorraine Phelps [1]  Sweden –Britt-Marie Lindblad [1]

Contestants

Argentina – Lidia Alcira Díaz  Australia – Jan Rennison  Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky [1]tapare  Belgium – Lucy Emilie Nossent  Bolivia – Gabriela Cornel Kempff  Brazil – Berenice Lunardi  Canada – Carol Ann Tidey [1]  Ceylon – Shirlene Minerva de Silva  Colombia – Nubia Angelina Bustillo Gallo  Costa Rica – Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández  Cyprus – Krystalia Psara  Denmark – Yvonne Hanne Ekman  Ecuador – Corine Mirguett Corral  Finland – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen  France – Christiane Sibellin  Gambia – Ndey Jagne  Germany – Karin Schütze  Gibraltar – Rosemarie Viňales  Greece- Maria Geka  Holland – Janny de Knegt  Honduras – Edda Inés Mungula  Iceland – Sigrún Vignisdóttir  Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller [1]  Israel – Shlomit Gat

Italy – Guya Libraro  Jamaica – Carol Joan McFarlane  Japan – Yuko Oguchi  Jordan – Nyla Munir Haddad  Korea – Lee Eun-ah  Lebanon – Yolla George Harb  Liberia – Melvilla Mardea Harris  Luxembourg – Marie-Anne Geisen  Malaysia – Clara Eunice de Run  Malta – Wilhelmina Mallia  Morocco – Lucette Garcia  New Zealand – Gay Lorraine Phelps  Peru – Lourdes Cárdenas Gilardi  Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting [1]  South Africa – Carrol Adele Davis  Suriname – Anita van Eyck  Sweden – Britt Marie Lindblad  Syria – Raymonde Doucco  Tahiti – Marie Tapare [1]  Tunisia – Zeineb Ben Lamine  United Kingdom – Lesley Langley [1][2]  United States – Dianna Lynn Batts [1]  Uruguay – Raquel Luz Delgado  Venezuela – Nancy Elizabeth González Aceituno

Judges

Miss World 1965 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, among whom included Martine Carol, a French actress.^[1]

Debuts

• Costa Rica, Gambia, Indonesia, Malta, and Syria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Australia and Tahiti last competed in 1960.
• Rhodesia last competed in 1961.
• Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, and Peru last competed in 1963.

Nations not competing

•  Chile
•  Mexico
•  Nicaragua – Flora Sánchez Argüello
•  Paraguay
•  Philippines
•  Turkey – Zerrin Arbaş

References

1. Ottawa Citizen
2. The Sydney Morning Herald

External links

• Miss World official website