MISS UNIVERSE 1966
saturday, july 16, 1966
Convention Hall, Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
58 contestants
PRESENTER: JACK LINKLETTER
commentators: pat boone & june lockhart
entertainment: PAT BOONE & RANDY SPARK'S SOCIETY.
Results
1 SWEDEN Margareta Ingrid Arvidsson
2 FINLAND Satu Charlotta Östring (4th RU Europe '66, winner Scandinavia '67, Maja '69, 1st RU International '69, SF Charming Int'l '72)
3 THAILAND Jeeranun Savettanun
4 INDIA Yasmin Daji
5 ISRAEL Aviva Israeli
Top 15
COLOMBIA Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena
DENMARK Gitte Fleinert (Europe '66)
ENGLAND Janice Carol Whiteman (Europe '66)
GERMANY Marion Heinrich
HOLLAND Margo Isabelle Domen (Europe '66)
NORWAY Siri Gro Nilsen (Europe '66, 1st RU Scandinavia '67)
PERU Madeline Hartog-Bel Houghton (winner World '67)
PHILIPPINES Maria Clarinda Garces Soriano
SPAIN Paquita Torres Pérez (winner Europe '67)
USA Maria Judith Remenyi
Awards
Miss Amity (tied) CURACAO & SPAIN
Miss Photogenic SWEDEN
Best National Costume ISRAEL
Remainder
ARGENTINA Elba Beatriz Basso
ARUBA Sandra Fang
AUSTRIA Renate Polacek
BAHAMAS Sandra Zoe Jarrett
BELGIUM Mireille De Man (World '66, Europe '66)
BERMUDA Marie Clarissa Trott
BOLIVIA Maria Elena Borda
BRAZIL Ana Cristina Ridzi
CANADA Marjorie Anne Schofield (International '67)
CEYLON Lorraine Roosmalecocq
CHILE Stella del Rosario Dunnage Roberts
COSTA RICA María Virginia Oreamuno Aguilar
CUBA (Free) Lesbia Murrieta
CURACAO Elizabeth Sanchez
ECUADOR Martha Cecilia Andrade Alominia
FRANCE Michèle Boulé (SF World '66)
GREECE Katia Balafouta
GUAM Barbara Jean Perez
GUYANA Umblita Van Sluytman (SF World '66)
ICELAND Erla Traustadóttir
IRELAND Gladys Anne Waller (2nd RU World '65, Europe '66)
ITALY Paola Bassolino
JAMAICA Beverly Savory
JAPAN Atsumi Ikeno (2nd RU Asia '68)
KOREA Gui-young Yoon
LEBANON Yolla George Harb (World '65)
LUXEMBOURG Gigi Antinori (Europe '66)
MALAYSIA Helen Lee Siew Lien
MOROCCO Joelle Lesage
NEW ZEALAND Heather Gettings (World '66, Queen of the Pacific '67)
OKINAWA Yoneko Kiyan
PANAMA Dionisia Broce
PARAGUAY Mirtha Martínez Sarubbi
PUERTO RICO Carol Bajandas
SCOTLAND Linda Ann Lees
SINGAPORE Margaret van Meel
SOUTH AFRICA Lynn Carol De Jager
SURINAM Joyce Magda Leysner
SWITZERLAND Hedy Frick
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Kathleen Hares
TURKEY Nilgün Arslaner
VENEZUELA Magally Beatriz Castro Egui
WALES Christine Heller
NO SHOWS:
ANTIGUA Hyacinth Barrow
AUSTRALIA Erica McMillan (died in a car crash weeks after her crowning)
BONAIRE Cristina Landwier
DOMINICA Deidre Bellot
HONDURAS Danira Miralda
HONG KONG Lily Chiu
ST LUCIA Jessica Lloyd
ST VINCENT Anna Ellis
TUNISIA Zeineb Bent Lamine
URUGUAY Susana Regeden
VIRGIN ISLANDS Sonia Martinez
GRENADA
GUATEMALA
DEBUTS: Guam
WITHDRAWALS: Australia, Hong Kong, Mexico, Portugal, Tunisia, Uruguay
RETURNS: Argentina, Chile, Lebanon, Morocco, Singapore, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago
JUDGES:
1- Edilson Cid Varela - Brazilian newspaper publisher and director of TV Brasilia.
2- Dong Kingman - Chinese-American artist.
3- Anthony Delano - US foreign editor of the London Daily Mirror.
4- Count Sigvard Bernadotte - Son of the King of Sweden.
5- Philippe Halsman - Latvian photographer.
6- Sukich Nimmanheminda - The Thailand ambassador to the U.S.A.
7- Earl Wilson - International syndicated columnist.
8- Armi Kuusela Hilario - Miss Universe 1952 from Finland.
9- Akira Takarada - Japanese movie star and husband of Miss Universe 1959, Akiko Kojima.
10- Eartha Kitt - American singer.
11- Count Jean de Beaumont - Famed art critic from France.