miss INTERNATIONAL 1963
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1963
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
46 ENTRANTS
Results
1 ICELAND Gudrun Bjarnadóttir (Europe '62)
2 ENGLAND Diane Westbury (6th RU World '63)
3 AUSTRIA Xenia Doppler
4 USA Joyce Bryan
5 KOREA Yoo-mi Choi
Top 15
AUSTRALIA Tricia Maralyn Reschke
BRAZIL Tânia Mara Franco da Souza
COLOMBIA Martha Ligia Restrepo González
GERMANY Marion Sibylle Zota (2nd RU Nations '63, 1st RU Europe '64)
IRELAND Olive Ursula White (SF World '61)
NEW ZEALAND Elaine Miscall (1st RU World '63)
PHILIPPINES Monina Medinilla Yllana
PUERTO RICO Aida Mercado Cordero
SWEDEN Riina Krusvik
TURKEY Gulseren Kocaman
Awards
Friendship LUXEMBOURG
Photogenic AUSTRIA
Most Popular Girl AUSTRIA (voted by parade viewers)
NOTE Preliminary competitions in playsuit, evening gown & national costumes were discontinued
Remainder
ARGENTINA Susana Beatriz Cukar Cuhan
BELGIUM Monique Bourgeois
BOLIVIA Maria Ruth Lozada
CANADA Marlene Leeson (World '62)
CEYLON Christina Selvanayagam
DENMARK Birgitte Heiberg (1st RU Europe '62)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Norma Guzmán Simó
ECUADOR Tania Valle Moreno
FINLAND Anneli Rautala
FRANCE Marie-Josée LeCocq
GREECE Emi Zanou
HOLLAND Hannie Ysenbrands
ISRAEL Ester Kfir
ITALY Anna Luisa Rispoli
JAPAN Shizuko Shimizu
JORDAN Doris Haj
LUXEMBOURG Catherine Paulus
MOROCCO Andrée Picard
NICARAGUA Claudia Díaz
NORWAY Martha Tunge
PANAMA Mariela Aguirre
PARAGUAY Maria Elena Quesada
PERU Esperanza Moy Ramírez
SCOTLAND Wendy Barrie (Universe '64)
SOUTH AFRICA Martie Claassen
SPAIN Encarnación Zalabardo (World '63)
TAHITI Mareta Tuihaa
URUGUAY Susana Casañas Méndez
VENEZUELA Norah Luisa Duarte
WALES Christina Fryer
WEST INDIES Joan Martin (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
Guest
MISS LONG BEACH Carol Soroka
NOTE In 1963 the title of MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH was changed to MISS LONG BEACH
DEBUTS: -
WITHDRAWALS: British Guiana, India, Liberia, Lebanon, Malaya, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan (Republic of China)
RETURNS: Denmark, France, Peru, Spain