Miss World 1966

Miss World 1966
Date	17 November 1966
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	51
Debuts	Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Yugoslavia
Withdrawals	Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Liberia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Rhodesia, Tunisia, Uruguay
Returns	Aruba, Chile, India, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey
Winner	Reita Faria  India

Miss World 1966, the 16th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1966 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Reita Faria of India, first Asian delegate to win Miss World title.^[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1966	India – Reita Faria
1st runner-up	Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinović
2nd runner-up	Greece – Efi Fontini Plumbi
3rd runner-up	Brazil – Marlucci Rocha
4th runner-up	Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
5th runner-up	Norway – Birgit Andersen
6th runner-up	United States – Denice Estelle Blair
Semi-finalists	Argentina – Graciela Guardone  Canada – Diane Coulter  Dominican Republic – Jeanette Montes  France – Michèle Boulé  Germany – Jutta Danske  Guyana – Umblita Sluytman  South Africa – Johanna Carter  United Kingdom – Jennifer Summers

Contestants

Argentina – Graciela Guardone  Aruba – Reina Patricia Hernandez  Bahamas – Dorothy Cooper  Belgium – Mireille de Man  Brazil – Marlucci Manvailler Rocha  Canada – Diane Coulter  Ceylon – Priscilla Martensyn  Chile – Amelia Galaz  Costa Rica – Sonia Mora  Cyprus – Annoula Alvaliotou  Denmark – Irene Poller Hansen  Dominican Republic – Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca  Ecuador – Alejandra Vallejo Klaere  Finland – Marita Gellman  France – Michèle Boulé  Gambia – Oumie Barry  Germany – Jutta Danske  Gibraltar – Grace Valverde  Greece – Efi Fontini Ploumbi  Guyana – Umblita van Sluytman  Holland – Anneke Geerts  Honduras – Danira Miralda Buines  Iceland – Auður Harðardóttir  India – Reita Faria  Ireland – Helen McMahon  Israel – Segula Gohr

Italy – Gigliola Carbonara  Jamaica – Yvonne Walter  Japan – Harumi Kobayashi  Jordan – Vera Jalil Khamis  Korea – Chung Eul-sun  Lebanon – Marlene Talih  Luxembourg – Mariette Sophie Stephano  Malaysia – Merlyn Therese McKelvie  Malta – Monica Sunnura  Mexico – María Cecilia González DuPree  Morocco – Naima Naim  New Zealand – Heather Gettings  Norway – Birgit Andersen  Philippines – Vivien Lee Austria  South Africa – Johanna Maud Carter  Suriname – Linda Haselhoef  Sweden – Ingrid Anna Andersson   Switzerland – Janine Solliner  Syria – Feryelle Jalal  Trinidad and Tobago – Diane DeFreitas  Turkey – Inci Asena  United Kingdom – Jennifer Lowe Summers  United States – Denice Estelle Blair  Venezuela – Jeannette Kopp Arenas  Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinovic

Notes

Debuts

• Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Yugoslavia competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Switzerland last competed in 1956.
• Norway last competed in 1960.
• India last competed in 1962.
• Chile and Mexico last competed in 1963.
• Aruba and Turkey last competed in 1964.

Nations not competing

•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Colombia – María Estela Sáenz Calero
•  Nicaragua
•  Paraguay
•  Spain – Paquita Torres Pérez (withdrew because Miss Gibraltar was in pageant)
•  Uruguay – Susana Regeden

Disqualified

•  Nigeria – Uzor Okafor (married to a Briton, was not nationally crowned)

References

1. "History: 1966". Miss World. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1966