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Miss Universe 1963
Iêda Maria Vargas, Miss Universe 1963
Date20 July 1963
Hosts
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS, WTVJ
Entrants50
Placements15
Debuts
  • Bahamas
  • Curaçao
  • Okinawa
  • Trinidad and Tobago
Withdrawals
  • Dahomey
  • England
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong
  • Lebanon
  • Malaya
  • Portugal
  • Republic of China
  • Singapore
  • Tahiti
  • United States Virgin Islands
Returns
  • British Guiana
  • Denmark
  • Jamaica
  • Nicaragua
  • Suriname
WinnerIêda Maria Vargas
 Brazil
CongenialityGrace Taylor
 Scotland
Best National CostumeSherin Ibrahim
 Israel
PhotogenicMarlene McKeown
 Ireland
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Miss Universe 1963 was the 12th Miss Universe pageant held on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Norma Nolan of Argentina.[1] This marks the first time that a Miss Universe titleholder marks the same placement as the 1962 World Cup champion. Fifty countries and territories participated.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1963
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Amity
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume

Contestants

Miss Universe 1963 participating nations and results

Fifty contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
 Argentina Olga Galuzzi 23 Buenos Aires
 Austria Gertrude Bergner 19 Vienna
 Bahamas Sandra Louise Young 19 Nassau
 Belgium Irene Godin 19 Liège
 Bolivia Ana María Velasco – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas 18 Porto Alegre
 British Guiana Gloria Blackman-Miller – Georgetown
 Canada Jane Kmita 24 Regina
 Ceylon Manel De Silva 24 Kandy
 Colombia María Cristina Álvarez 18 Bogotá
 Costa Rica Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa 18 San José
 Cuba Alicia Margit Chia 19 Havana
 Curaçao Philomena Zielinski 18 Willemstad
 Denmark Aino Korva 20 Copenhagen
 Dominican Republic Carmen Abinader – Santiago de los Caballeros
 Ecuador Patricia Córdova 19 Quito
 Finland Riitta Kautiainen 18 Helsinki
 France Monique Lemaire 18 Paris
 Germany Helga Ziesemer 19 Nuremberg
 Greece Despina Orgeta 20 Athens
 Holland Else Onstenk 21 Arnhem
 Iceland Theódóra Þórðardóttir 18 Reykjanesbær
 Ireland Marlene McKeown 18 Belfast
 Israel Sherin Ibrahim 19 Tel Aviv
 Italy Gianna Serra 19 Rome
 Jamaica June Maxine Bowman – Kingston
 Japan Noriko Ando 23 Tokyo
 Luxembourg Mia Dahm – Luxembourg City
 Morocco Selma Rahal – Casablanca
 New Zealand Regina Scandrett 18 Christchurch
 Nicaragua Leda Sánchez 20 Carazo
 Norway Eva Carlberg 20 Oslo
Okinawa Prefecture Okinawa Reiko Uehara 25 Okinawa
 Paraguay Amelia Benítez – Asunción
 Peru Dora Toledano 18 Iquitos
 Philippines Lalaine Bennett[2] 19 Quezon City
 Puerto Rico Jeanette Blascoechea 18 San Juan
 Scotland Grace Taylor 20 Motherwell
 South Africa Ellen Liebenberg 20 Cape Town
 South Korea Kim Myoung-ja 20 Seoul
 Spain María Rosa Pérez 18 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
 Suriname Brigida Hagens 18 Paramaribo
 Sweden Kerstin Margareta Jonsson 21 Stockholm
  Switzerland Diane Tanner 25 Geneva
 Trinidad Jean Stoddart 18 San Fernando
 Turkey Guler Samuray 22 Istanbul
 United States Marite Ozers[3] 19 Chicago
 Uruguay Graciela Pintos – Montevideo
 Venezuela Irene Morales 18 Achaguas
 Wales Maureen Thomas 22 Pontypool

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

Did not compete

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Miss Brazil Is Miss Universe Contest Winner". The Troy Messenger. United Press International. 21 Jul 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ^ Dolor, Danny (19 September 2015). "Lalaine B. Bennett: Miss U '63 finalist". Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Miss Illinois Wins Miss U.S.A. Title". Tri-City Herald. Associated Press. July 18, 1963. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

External links

Miss Universe
Miss Universe 1963, national titleholders
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