User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1963

Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Norma Nolan of Argentina. This marks the first time that a Miss Universe titleholder marks the same placement as the 1962 World Cup champion. Fifty countries and territories participated.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina - Olga Galuzzi
 * 🇦🇹 Austria - Gertrude Bergner
 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas - Sandra Louise Young
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium - Irene Godin
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia  - Ana María Velasco Gutiérrez
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil - Iêda Maria Vargas
 *  British Guiana - Gloria Blackman-Miller
 * 🇨🇦 Canada - Jane Kmita
 *  Dominion of Ceylon - Manel De Silva
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia - María Cristina Álvarez González
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba - Alicia Margit Chia
 *  Netherlands Antilles - Philomena Zielinski
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Aino Korva
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic - Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador - Patricia Córdova
 * 🇫🇮 Finland - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen
 * 🇫🇷 France - Monique Lemaire
 *  West Germany - Helga Carla Ziesemer
 *  Kingdom of Greece - Despina Orgeta
 *  Holland - Else Onstenk
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland - Theódóra Þórðardóttir
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Marlene McKeown
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - Sherin Ibrahim
 * 🇮🇹 Italy - Gianna Serra
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica - June Maxine Bowman
 * 🇯🇵 Japan - Noriko Ando
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea - Kim Myoung-ja
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Mia Dahm
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco - Selma Rahal
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand - Regina Ellen Scandrett
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua - Leda Sánchez
 * 🇳🇴 Norway - Eva Carlberg
 * 🇺🇸 Okinawa - Reiko Uehara
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay - Amelia Benítez
 * 🇵🇪 Peru - Dora Toledano Godier
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines - Lalaine Marlotte Betia Bennett
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - Jeanette Blascoechea
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland - Grace Calder W.Taylor
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa - Ellen Liebenberg
 * 🇪🇸 Spain - María Rosa Pérez Gómez
 *  Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) - Brigida Hagens
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden - Kerstin Margareta Jonsson
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Diane Tanner
 *  Trinidad - Jean Stoddart
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey - Guler Samuray
 * 🇺🇸 United States - Marite Ozers
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay - Graciela Pintos
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela - Irene Morales Machado
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales - Maureen Thomas

Did not compete

 *  Dahomey - Francine Marcos
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - Susan Pratt
 *  Malaya - Nik Azizah Yahya
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico - Beatriz Martinez Solorzano
 *  Tahiti - Noela Bernardino

Awards

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland - Miss Amity (Grace Taylor)
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland - Miss Photogenic (Marlene McKeown)
 * 🇮🇱 Israel - Best National Costume (Sherin Ibrahim)

General References


1963 Category:1963 in Florida Category:1963 beauty pageants Category:Beauty pageants in the United States Category:Events in Miami Beach, Florida Category:July 1963 events in the United States