Miss World 1963

Miss World 1963
Date	7 November 1963
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	40
Placements	14
Debuts	Chile Colombia Liberia Malaysia Nigeria
Withdrawals	Ecuador India Italy Republic of China Uruguay
Returns	Bolivia Ceylon Mexico Peru Suriname Tunisia Turkey
Winner	Carole Crawford Jamaica
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Miss World 1963 was the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom, on 7 November 1963. Catharina Lodders of Holland crowned Carole Crawford of Jamaica at the conclusion of the event. ^[1]

Background

Selection of participants

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, and Nigeria, and the return of Bolivia, Ceylon, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, Tunisia, and Turkey. Mexico, last competed in 1951, Tunisia last competed in 1957, Peru last competed in 1959 and Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname and Turkey last competed in 1961. Ecuador, India, Italy, the Republic of China, and Uruguay withdrew from the competition due to their national organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1963	Jamaica – Carole Crawford [2]
1st Runner-up	New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
2nd Runner-up	Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
3rd Runner-up	Denmark – Aino Korwa
4th Runner-up	Sweden – Grete Qviberg
Top 7	France – Muguette Fabris United Kingdom – Diana Westbury
Top 14	Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia Ceylon – Jennifer Anne Fonseka Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman Malaysia – Catherine Loh South Korea – Choi Keum-shil United States – Michele Metrinko

Contestants

Virginia Blanche Hardjo representing Suriname

• Argentina – Diana Sarti
• Austria – Sonja Russ
• Belgium – Irène Godin
• Bolivia – Rosario Lopera
• Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
• Canada – Jane Kmita
• Ceylon – Jennifer Ann Fonseka
• Chile – María del Pilar Aguirre
• Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
• Cyprus – Maro Zorna
• Denmark – Aino Korwa
• Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
• France – Muguette Fabris
• Greece – Athanasia Idromenou
• Holland – Hanny IJsebrands
• Iceland – María Ragnarsdóttir
• Ireland – Joan Power
• Israel – Sara Talmi
• Jamaica – Carole Crawford
• Japan – Miyako Harada
• Jordan – Despo Drakolakis
• Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman
• Luxembourg – Catherine Paulus
• Malaysia – Catherine Loh
• Mexico – Ana Martínez
• New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
• Nigeria – Gina Onyejiaka
• Peru – Lucía Buonnani
• Portugal – Maria Penedo
• South Africa – Louise Crous
• South Korea ^[a] – Choi Keum-shil
• Spain – Encarnación Zalabardo
• Suriname – Virginia Blanche Hardjo
• Sweden – Grete Qviberg
• Tunisia – Claudine Younes
• Turkey – Gülseren Esen Kocaman ^[3]
• United Kingdom – Diana Westbury ^[4]
• United States – Michele Metrinko
• Venezuela – Milagros Galíndez
• West Germany – Susie Gruner

Notes

1. Competed as Korea in the pageant

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706140410/http://www.missworld.com/History/1963/ Miss World 1963 from Miss World Official Page. Retrieved 12 October 2016
2. "Miss World 1963 Carole Joan Crawford dies at 81". Miss World . 30 December 2024. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
3. Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkmen). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
4. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E! . 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1963