Miss World 1962
Catharina Lodders, Miss World 1962
Date	8 November 1962
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	33
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Bolivia Ceylon Lebanon Madagascar Nicaragua Rhodesia and Nyasaland Suriname Turkey
Returns	Canada Jamaica Jordan Portugal
Winner	Catharina Lodders  Holland
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Miss World 1962 was the 12th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 8 November 1962 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. 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]

Results

Contestants

Judges

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

• Lord John Jacob Astor — Anglo-American journalist and owner of The Times of London
• Grace Fields — British actress, singer and comedian
• Leslie McDonnell — Scottish writer (who replaced businessman Billy Butlin at the last minute)
• Bob Hope — American actor and comedian
• Charles Eade — journalist and member of the Council of the Commonwealth Press Union
• Lady Margaret Simons-Kimberley, of the British High Society.
• Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby — British conservative politician
• Jenifer Unite-Armstrong-Jones — wife of Mayor Ronald Armstrong-Jones
• Richard Todd — Irish-born British film actor