Miss Universe 1962
Miss Universe 1962 | |
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Date | 14 July 1962 |
Presenters | Gene Rayburn |
Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
Broadcaster | CBS |
Entrants | 52 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts |
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Withdrawals |
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Returns |
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Winner | Norma Nolan Argentina |
Congeniality | Sarah Olimpia Frómeta (Dominican Republic) Hazel Williams (Wales) |
Best National Costume | Kim Carlton (England) |
Photogenic | Kim Carlton (England) |
Miss Universe 1962 was the 11th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on 14 July 1962.
At the end of the event, Marlene Schmidt of West Germany crowned Norma Nolan of Argentina as Miss Universe 1962. Nolan was the first representative of Argentina to win the contest.
Contestants from fifty-two countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Gene Rayburn.
Results
[edit]Placements
[edit]Placement | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1962 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 15 |
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Contestants
[edit]Fifty-two contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
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![]() | Norma Nolan | 24 | Buenos Aires |
![]() | Christa Linder | 19 | Berchtesgaden |
![]() | Christine Delit | 22 | Liège |
![]() | Gabriela Roca Díaz | – | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
![]() | Olívia Rebouças | 22 | Itabuna |
![]() | Marilyn McFatridge | 19 | Preston |
![]() | Yvonne D'Rozario | 18 | Colombo |
![]() | Olga Lucía Botero | 20 | Ibagué |
![]() | Helvetia Albonico | 19 | Heredia |
![]() | Aurora Prieto | 20 | Sancti Spíritus |
![]() | Gilette Hazoume | 19 | Ouémé |
![]() | Sarah Olimpia Frómeta | 18 | Santo Domingo |
![]() | Elaine Ortega | 22 | Pichincha |
![]() | Kim Carlton | 23 | London |
![]() | Anja Järvinen | 18 | Tampere |
![]() | Sabine Surget | 21 | Paris |
![]() | Gisela Karschuck | 21 | Wiesbaden |
![]() | Kristina Apostolou | 18 | Athens |
![]() | Evelyn Miot | 19 | Port-au-Prince |
![]() | Marianne van der Hayden | 24 | Amsterdam |
![]() | Shirley Pon | 20 | Hong Kong |
![]() | Anna Geirsdóttir | 19 | Reykjavík |
![]() | Josie Dwyer | 21 | Dublin |
![]() | Yehudit Mazor | 18 | Tel Aviv |
![]() | Isa Stoppi | 20 | Emilia-Romagna |
![]() | Kazuko Hirano[2] | 19 | Kyoto |
![]() | Nouhad Cabbabe | 23 | Beirut |
![]() | Fernande Kodesch | – | Luxembourg |
![]() | Sarah Alhabshee Abdullah | 18 | Kuala Lumpur. |
![]() | Ginette Buenaventes | 18 | Rabat |
![]() | Lesley Margaret Nichols | 18 | Wellington |
![]() | Julie Ege | 18 | Sandnes |
![]() | Corina Rolón | – | Alto Paraguay |
![]() | Silvia Dedeking | 20 | Lima |
![]() | Josephine Estrada Brown | 19 | Manila |
![]() | Maria Jose Santos Trindade Defolloy | – | Lisbon |
![]() | Ana Celia Sosa | 24 | San Juan |
![]() | Helen Liu Shiu Man | 19 | Taipei |
![]() | Vera Parker | 21 | Ayr |
![]() | Julie Koh | 20 | Singapore |
![]() | Lynette Gamble | 18 | Johannesburg |
![]() | Seo Bum-joo | 21 | Seoul |
![]() | Conchita Roig | 24 | Barcelona |
![]() | Monica Rågby | 20 | Stockholm |
![]() | Francine Delouille | 20 | Ticino |
![]() | Katy Bauner | 23 | Papeete |
![]() | Gülay Sezer | – | Istanbul |
![]() | Macel Wilson[3] | 19 | Honolulu |
![]() | Juanita Monell | – | Charlotte Amalie |
![]() | Nelly Pettersen | 23 | Montevideo |
![]() | Virginia Bailey | 18 | Caracas |
![]() | Hazel Williams | 22 | Cardiff |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "15 Beauties In Miss Universe Spotlight". The Spokesman-Review. 15 July 1962. p. 41. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "MAIDS IN JAPAN". Danville Register. June 21, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Honolulu Girl, 18, Chosen Miss U.S.A." The Honolulu Advertiser. UPI. July 13, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.