miss world 1963
thursDAY, november 7, 1963
Lyceum Ballroom, London, england
40 participants
PRESENTER: peter west
commentator: Brian Johnston
entertainment: Joe Loss orchestra
Results
1 JAMAICA Carol Joan Crawford
2 NEW ZEALAND Elaine Miscall (SF International '63)
3 FINLAND Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg (4th RU Europe '63, 2nd RU Scandinavia '64, SF United Nations '64)
4 DENMARK Aino Korwa (2nd RU Europe '63, 1st RU Universe '63, 1st RU Scandinavia '64)
5 SWEDEN Grete Qviberg (3rd RU Europe '63, Scandinavia '64)
Top 7
6 UNITED KINGDOM Diana Westbury (1st RU International-England '63, 1st RU United Nations-England '64)
7 FRANCE Muguette Fabris
Top 14
BRAZIL Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
CEYLON Jennifer Anne Fonseka
COLOMBIA María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
KOREA Keum-shil Choi
LIBERIA Ethel Zoe Norman
MALAYSIA Catherine Loh
USA Michele Bettina Metrinko
Remainder
ARGENTINA Diana Sarti
AUSTRIA Sonja Russ
BELGIUM Irène Godin (Europe '63, Universe '63, United Nations '64)
BOLIVIA Rosario Lopera
CANADA Jane Kmita (International '64)
CHILE María del Pilar Aguierre Gómez
CYPRUS Maro Zorna
GERMANY Susie Gruner
GREECE Athanasia "Soula" Idromenou
HOLLAND Elsa Onstenk (Universe '63)
ICELAND Maria Ragnarsdóttir
IRELAND Joan Power (Europe '64)
ISRAEL Sara Talmi
JAPAN Miyako Harada
JORDAN Despo Drakolakis
LUXEMBOURG Catherine"Triny" Paulus (Miss Friendship at International '63)
MEXICO Ana Beatriz Martínez Solórzano
NIGERIA Therese Gina Onyejiaka
PERU Lucía Buonanni Dawson
PORTUGAL Maria Penedo
SOUTH AFRICA Louise Crous
SPAIN Encarnación Zalabardo (International '63)
SURINAM Virginia Blanche Hardjo
TUNISIA Claudine Younes
TURKEY Gulseren Kocaman
VENEZUELA Milagros Eugenia Galíndez Castillo
DISQUALIFIED:
GIBRALTAR Lydia Davis (British girl who pretend to be Miss Gibraltar but no pageant was held in Gibraltar, so she was disqualified)
NO SHOWS:
ITALY Gianna Serra
ECUADOR Tania Valle Moreno
PARAGUAY Mirta Fernández Cameron
URUGUAY Martha Vivas Velásquez
LEBANON Mona Slim
TAHITI Marie-Louise Metuarea
INDIA
REPLACED:
ITALY Franca Dall'Olio
NIGERIA Martha Bassey
DEBUTS: Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Nigeria
WITHDRAWALS: Ecuador, India, Italy, Uruguay
RETURNS: Bolivia, Ceylon, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, Tunisia, Turkey
JUDGES:
1- The British businessman of South African origin Billy Butlin, general manager of numerous camping parks.
2- John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford.
3- Janet Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven.
4- The English actor John Mills.
5- Charles Eade, journalist and member of the Council of the Press Union of the Commonwealth.
6- The English comedian, singer and actor Peter Sellers.
7- The Marchioness of Tavistock, Henrietta Joan Tiarks-Russell.
8- The High Commissioner of Trinidad for the United Kingdom, Learie Constantine.
9- The American screenwriter and film producer Carl Foreman.