Miss Universe 1964

Miss Universe 1964 was the 13th Miss Universe pageant, held on 1 August 1964 at the Miami Beach Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Corinna Tsopei of Greece was crowned by Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil making her the first and so far only Miss Universe from Greece.

Contestants
Sixty contestants competed for the title.

Debuts

 *  Netherlands Antilles
 * 🇬🇩 Grenada
 * 🇻🇨 VCT
 * 🇻🇨 VCT

Name changes

 *  Malaya began competing as Malaysia.

Returns
Last competed in 1952: Last competed in 1954: Last competed in 1958: Last competed in 1960: Last competed in 1961: Last competed in 1962:
 *  British Hong Kong
 *  British Hong Kong

Replacements

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - Doreen Swan was replaced by Wendy Barrie. After running away to marry one of the judges. At this point Doreen was underaged so she and (judge) James Alexander Do Watt Nicoll travelled across America followed by the FBI as they believed she had been kidnapped. Then moved across state lines where it was legal to marry at her age and stayed married for many years.

Withdrawals

 * 🇳🇮 - Sandra Correa
 * 🇳🇮 - Sandra Correa
 * 🇳🇮 - Sandra Correa

Did not compete

 * 🇸🇬 - Vera Wee (Singapore was a part of Malaysia until separated in October 1965.)

Awards

 *  California - Miss Amity (Jeanne Venables)
 * 🇮🇹 - Miss Photogenic (Emanuela Stramana)
 *  Holland - Best National Costume (Henny Deul)