| Miss World 1966 | |
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| Date | 17 November 1966 |
| Presenters | Peter West†, Michael Aspel[1] |
| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 51 |
| Placements | 15 |
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| Winner | Reita Faria India |
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.
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1966 | |
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| Top 7 |
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| Top 15 |
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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
