Miss World 1966

Miss World 1966 was the 16th edition of the Miss World pageant, 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. She was crowned by one of the judging panel, Lady Annabel Birley.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Graciela Guardone
 *  Netherlands Antilles – 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 †
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands – 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
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea – Chung Eul-sun
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Marlène 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 (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Linda Haselhoef
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Ingrid Anna Andersson
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Janine Solliner
 *  Syria – Feryelle Jalal
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago – Diane DeFreitas
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey – İnci Asena
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Jennifer Lowe Summers
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Denice Estelle Blair
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Jeannette Kopp Arenas
 *  Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinović

Debuts

 * Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines 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
 *  Rhodesia - Was barred from participating from 1966 to 1979 due to the country's political situation. Became Zimbabwe in 1980 and debuted as Zimbabwe at Miss World.
 * 🇪🇸 Spain – Paquita Torres Pérez (withdrew because Miss Gibraltar was in pageant)
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay – Susana Regeden

Disqualified

 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria – Uzor Okafor (Was not nationally crowned; married with children)