Miss World 1962 | |
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![]() Catharina Lodders, Miss World 1962 | |
Date | 8 November 1962 |
Presenters | Michael Aspel |
Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom |
Broadcaster | BBC |
Entrants | 33 |
Placements | 15 |
Withdrawals |
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Returns |
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Winner | Catharina Lodders ![]() |
Miss World 1962 was the 12th edition Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom on 8 November 1962. The winner was Catharina Lodders of Holland. She was crowned by Miss World 1961, [1] Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959. [2] [1]
This edition marked the return of Canada, Jamaica, Jordan, and Portugal. Jamaica and Portugal, which last competed in 1959, Canada and Jordan last completed in 1960. And the withdrawal of Bolivia, Ceylon, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Suriname and Turkey, withdrew from the competition after their respective organizations failed to appoint a delegate, hold a national competition.
Miss Turkey 1962, Zeynep Ziyal withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons. [3]
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss World 1962 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up | |
Top 8 |
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Top 15 |
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Thirty-three contestants competed for the title.
Country | Contestant | Age [a] | Hometown |
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![]() | María Amalia Ramírez [6] | 17 | Santa Fe |
![]() | Inge Jaklin [7] | 21 | Vienna |
![]() | Christine Delit [8] | 22 | Liège |
![]() | Vera Lúzia Saba [9] | 18 | Guanabara |
![]() | Marlene Leeson [10] | 19 | Nova Scotia |
![]() | Magda Michailides | 18 | Nicosia |
![]() | Rikki Stisager [9] | 19 | Aalborg |
![]() | Elaine Ortega | – | Pichincha |
![]() | Kaarina Leskinen [11] | 17 | Helsinki |
![]() | Monique Lemaire [12] | 20 | Paris |
![]() | Glasmine Moraitou [13] | 23 | Athens |
![]() | Catharina Lodders [14] | 20 | Haarlem |
![]() | Rannveig Ólafsdóttir [15] | 18 | Reykjavík |
![]() | Ferial Karim [16] | 23 | Bombay |
![]() | Muriel O'Hanlon | 19 | Dublin |
![]() | Ilana Porat | 19 | Tel Aviv |
![]() | Raffaella da Carolis [17] | 20 | Umbria |
![]() | Chriss Leon [18] | 20 | Kingston |
![]() | Teruko Ikeda [19] | 19 | Himeji |
![]() | Leila Emile Khadder | 18 | Amman |
![]() | Brita Gerson | 18 | Luxembourg City |
![]() | Maureen Waaka [20] | 20 | Rotorua |
![]() | Palmira Ferreira | 18 | Lisbon |
![]() | Roxsana L.S. Chiang [21] | 19 | Taipei |
![]() | Yvonne Ficker [22] | 18 | Johannesburg |
![]() | Chung Tae-ja [23] | 23 | Seoul |
![]() | Conchita Roig | 27 | Barcelona |
![]() | Margareth Melin | 21 | Stockholm |
![]() | Jackie White [24] | 20 | Derbyshire |
![]() | Amadee Chabot [25] | 17 | Northridge |
![]() | María Noel Genovese [26] | 18 | Montevideo |
![]() | Betzabeth Franco [26] | 20 | Caracas |
![]() | Anita Steffen [27] | 20 | – |
The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, are: [1]
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