Miss World 1966

Miss World 1966
Date	17 November 1966
Presenters	Peter West†, Michael Aspel [1]
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Debuts	Bahamas Dominican Republic Guyana Philippines Trinidad and Tobago Yugoslavia
Withdrawals	Australia Austria Bolivia Colombia Liberia Nicaragua Peru Rhodesia Tunisia Uruguay
Returns	Aruba Chile India Mexico Norway Switzerland Turkey
Winner	Reita Faria India
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Miss World 1966 was the 16th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 17 November 1966 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Reita Faria of India, first Asian delegate to win Miss World title. ^[2] She was crowned by one of the judging panel, Lady Annabel Birley.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1966	India – Reita Faria
1st runner-up	Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinovic
2nd runner-up	Greece – Efi Fontini Plumbi
3rd runner-up	Brazil – Marlucci Rocha
4th runner-up	Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
Top 7	Norway – Birgit Andersen United States – Denice Estelle Blair
Top 15	Argentina – Graciela Guardone Canada – Diane Coulter Dominican Republic – Jeanette Dotel France – Michèle Boulé Germany – Jutta Danske Guyana – Umblita Van Sluytman † South Africa – Johanna Carter United Kingdom – Jennifer Summers

Contestants

• Argentina – Graciela Guardone
• Aruba – Reina Patricia Hernandez
• Bahamas – Dorothy Cooper
• Belgium – Mireille de Man
• Brazil – Marlucci Manvailler Rocha
• Canada – Diane Coulter
• Ceylon – Priscilla Martensyn
• Chile – Amelia Galaz
• Costa Rica – Sonia Mora
• Cyprus – Annoula Alvaliotou
• Denmark – Irene Poller Hansen
• Dominican Republic – Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca
• Ecuador – Alejandra Vallejo Klaere
• Finland – Marita Gellman
• France – Michèle Boulé
• Gambia – Oumie Barry
• Germany – Jutta Danske
• Gibraltar – Grace Valverde
• Greece – Efi Fontini Ploumbi
• Guyana – Umblita Van Sluytman †
• Holland – Anneke Geerts
• Honduras – Danira Miralda Buines
• Iceland – Auður Harðardóttir
• India – Reita Faria
• Ireland – Helen McMahon
• Israel – Segula Gohr
• Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
• Jamaica – Yvonne Walter
• Japan – Harumi Kobayashi
• Jordan – Vera Jalil Khamis
• South Korea – Chung Eul-sun
• Lebanon – Marlène Talih
• Luxembourg – Mariette Sophie Stephano
• Malaysia – Merlyn Therese McKelvie
• Malta – Monica Sunnura
• Mexico – María Cecilia González DuPree
• Morocco – Naima Naim
• New Zealand – Heather Gettings
• Norway – Birgit Andersen
• Philippines – Vivien Lee Austria
• South Africa – Johanna Maud Carter
• Suriname – Linda Haselhoef
• Sweden – Ingrid Anna Andersson
•   Switzerland – Janine Solliner
• Syria – Feryelle Jalal
• Trinidad and Tobago – Diane DeFreitas
• Turkey – İnci Asena
• United Kingdom – Jennifer Lowe Summers
• United States – Denice Estelle Blair
• Venezuela – Jeannette Kopp Arenas
• Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinović

Notes

Debuts

• Bahamas
• Dominican Republic
• Guyana
• Philippines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Yugoslavia

Returning countries

• Switzerland last competed in 1956.
• Norway last competed in 1960.
• India last competed in 1962.
• Chile and Mexico last competed in 1963.
• Aruba and Turkey last competed in 1964.

Nations not competing

• Australia
• Austria
• Colombia – María Estela Sáenz Calero
• Nicaragua
• Paraguay
• Rhodesia - Was barred from participating from 1966 to 1979 due to the country's political situation. Became Zimbabwe in 1980 and debuted as Zimbabwe at Miss World.
• Spain – Paquita Torres Pérez (withdrew because Miss Gibraltar was in pageant)
• Uruguay – Susana Regeden

Disqualified

• Nigeria – Uzor Okafor (Was not nationally crowned; married with children)

References

1. "Miss World 1966". 17 November 1966. BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
2. "History: 1966". Miss World. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

External links

• Miss World official website