Miss Universe 1964

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Miss Universe 1964
Corinna Tsopei Miss Universe 1964 (cropped).jpg
Corinna Tsopei
Date1 August 1964
Presenters
Venue Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants60
Placements15
Debuts
  • Aruba
  • Grenada
  • Nigeria
  • Saint Vincent
Withdrawals
  • Cuba
  • Morocco
  • Nicaragua
Returns
  • Australia
  • Chile
  • England
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Malaysia
  • Panama
  • Republic of China
  • Tunisia
Winner Corinna Tsopei
Greece
CongenialityJeanne Venables (California)
Best National CostumeHenny Deul (Holland)
PhotogenicEmanuela Stramana (Italy)
←  1963
1965  →

Miss Universe 1964 was the 13th Miss Universe pageant, held on at the Miami Beach Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, United States 1 August 1964.

Contents

At the conclusion of the event, Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil crowned Corinna Tsopei of Greece as Miss Universe 1964. It is the first victory of Greece in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from fifty countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted by Jack Linkletter, while Arlene Francis and John Charles Daly served as backstage correspondents. [1] [2]

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from sixty countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One candidate was appointed to represent her country to replace the original dethroned winner.

Replacements

Wendy Barrie was appointed to represent Scotland after the original Miss Scotland, Doreen Swan, withdrew from the competition to marry her fiancé James Alexander Do Watt Nicoll. Swan was subsequently reported missing, and the FBI suspected she had been abducted. [3]

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition saw the debuts of Aruba, Grenada, Nigeria, and Saint Vincent, and the returns of India who last competed in 1952; Panama who last competed in 1954; Australia who last competed in 1958; Tunisia who last competed in 1960; Chile who last competed in 1961; and England, Hong Kong, Malaysia (as Malaya), and the Republic of China who last competed in 1962. Cuba, Morocco, and Nicaragua withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Vera Wee of Singapore as Singapore is still part of Malaysia until October 1965, and instead competed at Miss Malaysia 1964 where she finished as a runner-up to Angela Filmer. [4] [5] Ulla Donastorg of the United States Virgin Islands was also set to compete, but withdrew for undisclosed reasons. [6]

Results

Miss Universe 1964 participating countries and territories Miss Universe 1964 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 1964 participating countries and territories

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1964
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10
Top 15

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Amity
Miss Photogenic
  • Flag of Italy.svg Italy – Emanuela Stramana
Best National Costume

Pageant

Format

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. [9] Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the ten finalists were eventually chosen. From the ten finalists, the runners-up and the new Miss Universe were then determined. [1]

Contestants

Sixty contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina María Amelia Ramírez [10] 19 Santa Fe
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg Aruba Lidia Henriquez [11] – Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Ria Lubyen [12] 22 Melbourne
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Gloria Mackh [13] 22 Vienna
Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg Bahamas Catherine Cartwright [14] 18 Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Danièle Defrere [15] 20 Brussels
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Olga Mónica del Carpio [16] 19 La Paz
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Brazil Ângela Vasconcelos [17] 19 Paraná
Flag of British Guiana (1955-1966).svg British Guiana Mary Rande Holl [18] – Georgetown
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Canada Mary Lou Farrell [19] 21 St. John's
Flag of Ceylon 1951-1972.svg Ceylon Annette Dona Kulatunga19 Colombo
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Patricia Herrera18 Viña del Mar
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Alba Ramírez [20] 18 Bogotá
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Dora Marcela Sola [21] 21 San José
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Curaçao Iris de Windt [22] 21 Willemstad
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Yvonne Mortensen19 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Clara Chapuseaux [23] – Comenador
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg Ecuador Tanya Klein [24] 18 Guayaquil
Flag of England.svg England Brenda Blackler [25] 20 Liverpool
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Sirpa Wallenius [26] 21 Helsinki
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Edith Noël [27] 20 Paris
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece Corinna Tsopei [28] 20 Athens
Flag of Grenada (1903-1967).svg Grenada Christine Hughes [14] – St. George's
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland Henny Deul [29] 18 Amsterdam
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg Hong Kong Mary Bai23Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Thelma Ingvarsdóttir [30] 18 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg India Meher Castelino [31] 18 Bombay
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Maurine Lecky19 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Ronit Rinat [32] 18 Haifa
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Emanuela Stramana22 Venice
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Beverly Rerrie [33] – Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan Chizuko Matsumoto19 Fukuoka
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Mariette Stephano– Luxembourg City
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Angela Filmer [34] 19 Klang
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank [35] 21 Auckland
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Edna Park [36] 19 Lagos
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Jorunn Barun18 Oslo
USCAR flag of the Ryukyu Islands, 1954 (unofficial).svg OkinawaToyoko Uehara20 Okinawa
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Maritza Montilla [37] – Coclé
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay Miriam Riart Brugada [38] 21 Asunción
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Miluska Vondrak [39] 20 Loreto
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines Myrna Panlilio [40] 22 Manila
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico Yolanda Rodríguez [41] 21 Rio Piedras
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Lana Yu Yi [42] 20 Taipei
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1907-1979).svg Saint Vincent Stella Hadley [43] 18 Kingstown
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Wendy Barrie [44] 19 Glasgow
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa Gail Robinson [45] 20 Johannesburg
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg South Korea Shin Jung-hyun21 Seoul
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain Maria José Ulla Madronero [46] 19 Madrid
Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg Suriname Cynthia Dijkstra [47] 18 Paramaribo
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Siv Märta Åberg [48] 22 Stockholm
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Sandra Sulser [49] – Lausanne
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Julia Merlene Laurence [14] – Port of Spain
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Claudine Younes22 Tunis
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Inçi Duran18 Istanbul
Flag of the United States.svg United States Bobbi Johnson [50] 19 Washington D.C.
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Delia Babiak– Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela Mercedes Revenga 18 Caracas
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales Marilyn Joy Samuel22 Monmouthsire
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Marina Kettler [51] 20 Berlin

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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