MISS UNIVERSE 1962
saturday, july 14, 1962
Convention Hall, Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
91 contestants (51 international - 40 miss usa)
total international contestants (including miss usa): 52
PRESENTER: GENE RAYBURN
commentators: DAVE GARROWAY, ARLENE FRANCIS.
entertainment: -
Results
1 ARGENTINA Norma Beatriz Nolan Figueredo
2 ICELAND Anna Geirsdóttir
3 FINLAND Anja Aulikki Järvinen
4 REPUBLIC OF CHINA Helen Liu Shiu-Man
5 BRAZIL Maria Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti
Top 15
AUSTRIA Christa Linder
CANADA Marilyn McFatridge
COLOMBIA Olga Lucia Botero Orozco (United Nations '63)
ENGLAND Kim Carlton (Europe '62)
HAITI Evelyne Miot
ISRAEL Jehudit Mazor
KOREA Bum-joo Seo
LEBANON Nouhad Cabbabe (United Nations '63)
NEW ZEALAND Lesley Margaret Nichols
USA Macel Patricia Leilani Wilson
Awards
Miss Amity (tied) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & WALES
Miss Photogenic ENGLAND
Best National Costume ENGLAND
Costume honourable mentions GREECE, ISRAEL, JAPAN, KOREA
Remainder
BELGIUM Christine Delit (5th RU World '62)
BOLIVIA Gabriela "Gaby" Roca Díaz
CEYLON Yvonne D'Rozario
COSTA RICA Helvetia Albónico
CUBA (Free) Aurora Prieto
DAHOMEY Gilette Hazoume
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Sarah Olimpia Frómeta de González
ECUADOR Elaine Ortega Hougen (International '61, World '62)
FRANCE Sabine Surget (2nd RU United Nations '63, Europe '63)
GERMANY Gisela Karschuck (Europe '63)
GREECE Christina Apostolou
HOLLAND Marjan van der Heijden
HONG KONG Shirley Pon Pik-Kong
IRELAND Josie Dwyer
ITALY Isa Stoppi
JAPAN Kasuko Hirano
LUXEMBOURG Fernande Kodesch (Europe '62)
MALAYSIA Sarah Alhabshee Abdullah
MOROCCO Ginette Buenaventes
NORWAY Julie Ege
PARAGUAY Corina Rolón Escuariza
PERU Silvia Ruth Dedeking
PHILIPPINES Josephine Brown Estrada
PORTUGAL Maria José Santos Trindade Defolloy (Europe '63)
PUERTO RICO Ana Celia Sosa
SCOTLAND Vera Parker
SINGAPORE Julie Koh Moot-Lei
SOUTH AFRICA Lynette Gamble
SPAIN Conchita Roig Urpi (World '62, United Nations '63)
SWEDEN Monica Rågby (winner United Nations '63, 1st RU Scandinavia '63)
SWITZERLAND Francine Delouille (Europe '62)
TAHITI Catherine "Cathy" Banner
TURKEY Behad Gulay Sezer
URUGUAY Nelly Pettersen Vasigaluz
VENEZUELA Virginia Elisabeth Bailey Lazzari
VIRGIN ISLANDS Juanita Monell
WALES Hazel Williams
NO SHOWS:
BAHAMAS Brenda Major
BALI
CURACAO Peggy Van Riet
DENMARK Birgitte Heiberg
GHANA Mary J. (Miss Ghana 1961). It was announced she was going to compete in late 1961
GUADELOUPE
INDIA Veronica Leonora Torcato
INDONESIA Suharni Rahman
JAMAICA Marlene Murray
JORDAN Aida Anis Saba
MACAU Yun Hiu Ying
RHODESIA Philda Ragland
SURINAME Kitty Essed
THAILAND Jittra Waitanomsat
DEBUTS: Dahomey, Haiti, Malaya, Tahiti
WITHDRAWALS: Burma, Chile, Denmark, Guatemala, Jamaica, Madagascar, Rhodesia
RETURNS: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore
JUDGES:
01- Key-young Chang - Korea Times publisher and director of the Korean Cultural Motion Pictures Association and Broadcasting Corporation.
02- Edilson Cid Varela - Brazilian newspaper publisher and director of TV Brasilia.
03- Russell Patterson - Artist and illustrator.
04- Serge Mendjisky - French painter.
05- Yoshio Hayakowa - Japanese artist and lecturer.
06- Abraham Elias Issa - British West Indies industrialist who is president of the Jamaica Tourist Board.
07- Earl Wilson - Syndicated columnist for the New York Post.