Miss Universe 1962
| Miss Universe 1962 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1962 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 15 |
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Special awards
[edit]| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic | |
| Best National Costume |
Pageant
[edit]Format
[edit]Same with 1955, fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen.[2]
Contestants
[edit]Fifty-two contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
Norma Nolan | 24 | Buenos Aires |
 Austria
|
Christa Linder[5] | 19 | Berchtesgaden |
 Belgium
|
Christine Delit | 22 | Liège |
 Bolivia
|
Gabriela Roca Díaz[6] | – | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
 Brazil
|
Olívia Rebouças | 22 | Itabuna |
 Canada
|
Marilyn McFatridge | 19 | Preston |
 Ceylon
|
Yvonne D'Rozario[7] | 18 | Colombo |
 Colombia
|
Olga Lucía Botero[8] | 20 | Ibagué |
 Costa Rica
|
Helvetia Albonico | 19 | Heredia |
 Cuba
|
Aurora Prieto | 20 | Sancti Spíritus |
 Dahomey
|
Gilette Hazoume[9] | 19 | Ouémé |
 Dominican Republic
|
Sarah Olimpia Frómeta | 18 | Santo Domingo |
 Ecuador
|
Elaine Ortega | 22 | Pichincha |
 England
|
Kim Carlton[10] | 23 | London |
 Finland
|
Anja Järvinen | 18 | Tampere |
 France
|
Sabine Surget | 21 | Paris |
 Greece
|
Kristina Apostolou | 18 | Athens |
 Haiti
|
Evelyn Miot[11] | 19 | Port-au-Prince |
 Holland
|
Marianne van der Hayden | 24 | Amsterdam |
 Hong Kong
|
Shirley Pong[12] | 20 | Hong Kong |
 Iceland
|
Anna Geirsdóttir | 19 | Reykjavík |
 Ireland
|
Josie Dwyer | 21 | Dublin |
 Israel
|
Yehudit Mazor | 18 | Tel Aviv |
 Italy
|
Isa Stoppi | 20 | Emilia-Romagna |
 Japan
|
Kazuko Hirano[13] | 19 | Kyoto |
 Lebanon
|
Nouhad Cabbabe | 23 | Beirut |
 Luxembourg
|
Fernande Kodesch | – | Luxembourg |
 Malaya
|
Sarah Alhabshee Abdullah | 18 | Kuala Lumpur. |
 Morocco
|
Ginette Buenaventes | 18 | Rabat |
 New Zealand
|
Lesley Margaret Nichols | 18 | Wellington |
 Norway
|
Julie Ege | 18 | Sandnes |
 Paraguay
|
Corina Rolón | – | Alto Paraguay |
 Peru
|
Silvia Dedeking | 20 | Lima |
 Philippines
|
Josephine Estrada Brown | 19 | Manila |
 Portugal
|
Maria Jose Santos Trindade Defolloy | – | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico
|
Ana Celia Sosa | 24 | San Juan |
 Republic of China
|
Helen Liu Shiu Man | 19 | Taipei |
 Scotland
|
Vera Parker | 21 | Ayr |
 Singapore
|
Julie Koh | 20 | Singapore |
 South Africa
|
Lynette Gamble | 18 | Johannesburg |
 South Korea
|
Seo Bum-joo | 21 | Seoul |
 Spain
|
Conchita Roig[14] | 24 | Barcelona |
 Sweden
|
Monica Rågby | 20 | Stockholm |
 Switzerland
|
Francine Delouille | 20 | Ticino |
 Tahiti
|
Katy Bauner | 23 | Papeete |
 Turkey
|
Gülay Sezer | – | Istanbul |
 United States
|
Macel Wilson[15] | 19 | Honolulu |
 United States Virgin Islands
|
Juanita Monell | – | Charlotte Amalie |
 Uruguay
|
Nelly Pettersen | 23 | Montevideo |
 Venezuela
|
Virginia Bailey | 18 | Caracas |
 Wales
|
Hazel Williams | 22 | Cardiff |
 West Germany
|
Gisela Karschuck | 21 | Wiesbaden |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Norma Nolan de Argentina, Miss Universo" [Norma Nolan of Argentina, Miss Universe]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 July 1962. pp. 1, 14. Retrieved 7 January 2025 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "15 Beauties In Miss Universe Spotlight". The Spokesman-Review. 15 July 1962. p. 41. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ a b "Beauty title to Argentina". The Canberra Times. 16 July 1962. p. 7. Retrieved 7 January 2025 – via Trove.
- ^ Tayag, Voltaire (28 January 2017). "IN PHOTOS: 11 iconic Miss Universe National Costumes". Rappler. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Christa Linder - Biografía, mejores películas, series, imágenes y noticias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). July 29, 2017. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ "Ceylon beauty finds US food not her cup of tea". The Los Angeles Times. 23 August 1962. p. 83. Retrieved 6 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virreinas, 2 de las finalistas". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 16 June 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Held in hospital, African misses beauty contest". Jet. 26 July 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 6 January 2025 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Beauty queen's spurned lover suicide sleeper". The Miami News. 4 November 1962. p. 5. Retrieved 6 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schnier, Sanford (5 July 1962). "Curvy beauty straightens twist story". The Miami News. p. 31. Retrieved 6 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sisters reunite". The Windsor Star. 10 September 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 6 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maids in Japan". Danville Register. June 21, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "World's Beauty Queens vie for fame and fortune". Youngstown Vindicator. 12 July 1962. p. 23. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Honolulu Girl, 18, Chosen Miss U.S.A." The Honolulu Advertiser. UPI. July 13, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.