Miss World 1965

Miss World 1965
Date	19 November 1965
Presenters	David Jacobs† Michael Aspel [1]
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	48
Placements	16
Debuts	Costa Rica Gambia Malta Rhodesia Syria
Withdrawals	Aruba Montserrat Nicaragua Portugal Spain Republic of China Turkey
Returns	Australia Bolivia Cyprus French Polynesia Israel Jordan Malaysia Peru
Winner	Lesley Langley [2] [3] United Kingdom
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Miss World 1965 was the 15th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 19 November 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England, United Kingdom. The winner was Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom. ^{[2] [3]} She was crowned by Miss World 1964, Ann Sidney of the United Kingdom. The UK became the second country to win the contest two years in succession. The first country to achieve this was Sweden when winning in 1951 and 1952. Former British winner, Rosemarie Frankland (Miss World 1961) performed a dance routine alongside Lionel Blair as part of the show's cabaret.

Background

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked debut of Costa Rica, the Gambia, Malta, Rhodesia ^[a] and Syria. And the return of Australia and French Polynesia, ^[b] which last competed in 1960, and Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia and Peru in 1963. Aruba, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, and the Republic of China, withdrew from the competition. Zerrin Arbaş of Turkey withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons. ^[4]

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1965	United Kingdom – Lesley Langley [2] [3]
1st runner-up	United States – Dianna Lynn Batts [2]
2nd runner-up	Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller [2]
3rd runner-up	Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky [2]
4th runner-up	French Polynesia – Marie Tapare [2]
Top 7	Canada – Carol Ann Tidey [2] Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting [2]
Top 16	Costa Rica – Marta Eugenia Escalante [2] Denmark – Yvonne Hanne Ekman [2] Finland – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen [2] France – Christiane Sibellin [2] Japan – Yuko Oguchi [2] New Zealand – Gay Lorraine Phelps [2] South Korea – Lee Eun-ah [2] Sweden – Britt-Marie Lindblad [2] West Germany – Karin Schütze [2]

Judge

Miss World 1965 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, among whom included Martine Carol, a French actress. ^[2]

Contestants

• Argentina – Lidia Alcira Díaz
• Australia – Jan Rennison
• Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky ^[2]
• Belgium – Lucy Emilie Nossent
• Bolivia – Gabriela Cornel Kempff
• Brazil – Berenice Lunardi
• Canada – Carol Ann Tidey ^[2]
• Ceylon – Shirlene Minerva de Silva
• Colombia – Nubia Angelina Bustillo Gallo
• Costa Rica – Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández
• Cyprus – Krystalia Psara
• Denmark – Yvonne Hanne Ekman
• Ecuador – Corine Mirguett Corral
• Finland – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen
• France – Christiane Sibellin
• French Polynesia – Marie Tapare ^[2]
• Gambia – Ndey Jagne
• Gibraltar – Rosemarie Viňales
• Greece - Maria Geka
• Holland – Janny de Knegt
• Honduras – Edda Inés Mungula
• Iceland – Sigrún Vignisdóttir
• Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller ^[2]
• Israel – Shlomit Gat
• Italy – Guya Libraro
• Jamaica – Carol Joan McFarlane
• Japan – Yuko Oguchi
• Jordan – Nyla Munir Haddad
• Lebanon – Yolla George Harb
• Liberia – Melvilla Mardea Harris
• Luxembourg – Marie-Anne Geisen
• Malaysia – Clara Eunice de Run
• Malta – Wilhelmina Mallia
• Morocco – Lucette Garcia
• New Zealand – Gay Lorraine Phelps
• Peru – Lourdes Cárdenas Gilardi
• Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting ^[2]
• South Africa – Carrol Adele Davis
• South Korea ^[c] – Lee Eun-ah
• Suriname – Anita van Eyck
• Sweden – Britt Marie Lindblad
• Syria – Raymonde Doucco
• Tunisia – Zeineb Ben Lamine
• United Kingdom – Lesley Langley ^{[2] [3]}
• United States – Dianna Lynn Batts ^[2]
• Uruguay – Raquel Luz Delgado
• Venezuela – Nancy Elizabeth González Aceituno ^[5]
• West Germany – Karin Schütze

Notes

1. After the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1963, Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe) participated for the first time this year as an independent territory
2. Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
3. Competed as Korea in the pageant

References

1. "Miss World 1965". 19 November 1965. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
2. Ottawa Citizen
3. The Sydney Morning Herald
4. Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
5. "Miss Venezuela 1965". Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

External links

• Miss World official website