User:Mauriziok/Miss World 1963

Miss World 1963, the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 November 1963 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Carole Crawford of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1962, Catharina Lodders of Holland.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Diana Sarti
 * 🇦🇹 Austria – Sonja Russ
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Irène Godin
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Rosario Lopera
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
 * 🇨🇦 Canada – Jane Kmita
 *  Ceylon – Jennifer Ann Fonseka
 * 🇨🇱 Chile – María del Pilar Aguirre
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Maro Zorna
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark – Aino Korwa
 * 🇫🇮 Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
 * 🇫🇷 France – Muguette Fabris
 * 🇩🇪 Germany – Susie Gruner
 * 🇬🇷 Greece – Athanasia (Soula) Idromenou
 *  Holland – Hanny Ijsbrants
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland – María Ragnarsdóttir
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland – Joan Power
 * 🇮🇱 Israel – Sara Talmi
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica – Carole Joan Crawford
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Miyako Harada
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan – Despo Drakolakis
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea – Choi Keum-shil
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Catherine Paulus
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia – Catherine Loh
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico – Beatriz Martínez Solórzano
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria – Gina Onyejiaka
 * 🇵🇪 Peru – Lucía Buonnani
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal – Maria Penedo
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Louise Crous
 * 🇪🇸 Spain – Encarnación Zalabardo
 *  Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Virginia Blanche Hardjo
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Grete Qviberg
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia – Claudine Younes
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey – Gulseren Kocaman
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Diana Westbury
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Michele Metrinko
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Milagros Galíndez

Debuts

 * Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

 * Tunisia last competed in 1958.
 * Peru last competed in 1959.
 * Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname, and Turkey last competed in 1961.

Other notes

 * Denmark placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1963.
 * Ceylon becomes a finalist for the second time, last in 1953.
 * United Kingdom placed as 1st runner-up in Miss International 1963