Miss Universe 1962

Miss Universe 1962
Norma Nolan
Date	14 July 1962
Presenters	Gene Rayburn
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Debuts	Dahomey Haiti Malaya Tahiti
Withdrawals	Burma Chile Denmark Guatemala Jamaica Madagascar Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Returns	Costa Rica Dominican Republic Hong Kong New Zealand Philippines Portugal Singapore
Winner	Norma Nolan Argentina
Congeniality	Sarah Olimpia Frómeta (Dominican Republic) Hazel Williams (Wales)
Best National Costume	Kim Carlton (England)
Photogenic	Kim Carlton (England)
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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

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1962	Argentina – Norma Nolan [1]
1st runner-up	Iceland – Anna Geirsdóttir [1]
2nd runner-up	Finland – Anja Aulikki Järvinen [1]
3rd runner-up	Republic of China – Helen Liu Shiu-Man [1]
4th runner-up	Brazil – Maria Olívia Rebouças [1]
Top 15	Austria – Christa Linder [2]   Canada – Marilyn McFatridge [2]   Colombia – Olga Lucía Botero [2]   England – Kim Carlton [2]   Haiti – Evelyn Miot [2]   Israel – Yehudit Mazor [2]   Lebanon – Nouhad Cabbabe [2]   South Korea – Seo Bum-joo [2]   New Zealand – Lesley Margaret Nichols [2]   United States – Macel Wilson [2]

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Dominican Republic – Sarah Olimpia Frómeta [3]   Wales – Hazel Williams [3]
Miss Photogenic	England – Kim Carlton [4]
Best National Costume

Pageant

Format

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

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 [14]	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 [15]	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 [16]	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

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References

1. "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.
2. "15 Beauties In Miss Universe Spotlight". The Spokesman-Review . 15 July 1962. p. 41. Retrieved 25 August 2023– via Google News Archive.
3. "Beauty title to Argentina". The Canberra Times. 16 July 1962. p. 7. Retrieved 7 January 2025– via Trove.
4. Tayag, Voltaire (28 January 2017). "IN PHOTOS: 11 iconic Miss Universe National Costumes". Rappler . Retrieved 7 January 2025.
5. "Christa Linder - Biografía, mejores películas, series, imágenes y noticias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "Virreinas, 2 de las finalistas". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 16 June 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
9. "Held in hospital, African misses beauty contest". Jet. 26 July 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 6 January 2025– via Google Books.
10. "Beauty queen's spurned lover suicide sleeper". The Miami News. 4 November 1962. p. 5. Retrieved 6 January 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. Schnier, Sanford (5 July 1962). "Curvy beauty straightens twist story". The Miami News. p. 31. Retrieved 6 January 2025– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Sisters reunite". The Windsor Star. 10 September 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 6 January 2025– via Newspapers.com.
13. "Maids in Japan". Danville Register . June 21, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
14. "Reinas de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2025.
15. "World's Beauty Queens vie for fame and fortune". Youngstown Vindicator. 12 July 1962. p. 23. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
16. "Honolulu Girl, 18, Chosen Miss U.S.A." The Honolulu Advertiser . UPI. July 13, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

External links

• Miss Universe official website