Miss World 1962

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Miss World 1962
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Catharina Lodders, Miss World 1962
Date8 November 1962
Presenters Michael Aspel
Venue Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster BBC
Entrants33
Placements15
Withdrawals
  • Bolivia
  • Ceylon
  • Lebanon
  • Madagascar
  • Nicaragua
  • Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  • Suriname
  • Turkey
Returns
  • Canada
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Portugal
Winner Catharina Lodders
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland
  1961
1963  

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]

Contents

Background

Selection of participants

Returns, and, withdrawals

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]

Results

Miss World 1962 participating countries and territories. Miss World 1962 Map.PNG
Miss World 1962 participating countries and territories.
PlacementContestant
Miss World 1962
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 8
Top 15

Contestants

Thirty-three contestants competed for the title.

CountryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg  Argentina María Amalia Ramírez [6] 17 Santa Fe
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Inge Jaklin [7] 21 Vienna
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Christine Delit [8] 22 Liège
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil Vera Lúzia Saba [9] 18 Guanabara
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada Marlene Leeson [10] 19 Nova Scotia
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Magda Michailides18 Nicosia
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Rikki Stisager [9] 19 Aalborg
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Elaine Ortega Pichincha
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kaarina Leskinen [11] 17 Helsinki
Flag of France.svg  France Monique Lemaire [12] 20 Paris
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Glasmine Moraitou [13] 23 Athens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Catharina Lodders [14] 20 Haarlem
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Rannveig Ólafsdóttir [15] 18 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg  India Ferial Karim [16] 23 Bombay
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Muriel O'Hanlon19 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Ilana Porat19 Tel Aviv
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Raffaella da Carolis [17] 20 Umbria
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Chriss Leon [18] 20 Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Teruko Ikeda [19] 19 Himeji
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Leila Emile Khadder18 Amman
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Brita Gerson18 Luxembourg City
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Maureen Waaka [20] 20 Rotorua
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Palmira Ferreira18 Lisbon
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Roxsana L.S. Chiang [21] 19 Taipei
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Yvonne Ficker [22] 18 Johannesburg
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea [b] Chung Tae-ja [23] 23 Seoul
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Conchita Roig27 Barcelona
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Margareth Melin21 Stockholm
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Jackie White [24] 20 Derbyshire
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Amadee Chabot [25] 17 Northridge
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay María Noel Genovese [26] 18 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Betzabeth Franco [26] 20 Caracas
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Anita Steffen [27] 20

Judges

The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, are: [1]

Notes

  1. Age at the time of the pageant
  2. Competed as Korea in the pageant

References

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