Miss Universe 1963

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At the end of the event, Norma Nolan of Argentina crowned Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil as Miss Universe 1963. It is the first victory of Brazil in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from fifty countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted by John Charles Daly, while Arlene Francis and Gene Rayburn served as backstage correspondents.[1]

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from fifty countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two candidates were appointed to represent their countries after being a runner-up at their respective national pageants, while one candidate was appointed to represent her country to replace the original dethroned winner.[2]

Replacements

Maureen Thomas, first runner-up of Miss Wales 1963, was appointed to represent Wales because Miss Wales 1963 Pat Finch was not "Welsh enough" according to pageant organizers.[2] Miss Turkey 1963, Gülseren Esen Kocaman, did not participate for unknown reasons, she was replaced by Miss Turkey 1961, Güler Samuray.[3]

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition saw the debuts of the Bahamas, Curaçao, Okinawa, and Trinidad and Tobago, and the returns of Nicaragua who last competed in 1955; British Guiana who last competed in 1958; Suriname who last competed in 1960; and Denmark and Suriname who last competed in 1961.

Francine Marcos of Dahomey withdrew after arriving late to the competition.[4] Susan Pratt of England on the other hand, withdrew after being involved in a car accident which left her with a broken leg.[5][6]

Nik Azizah Yahya of Malaysia withdrew after not reaching the minimum age requirement.[7] Cheung Yen Ping of Hong Kong, Mona Slim of Lebanon, Maria Penedo of Portugal, and Noela Bernardino of Tahiti withdrew for undisclosed reasons. Haiti, the Republic of China, Singapore, and the United States Virgin Islands withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Beatriz Martinez Solorzano of Mexico was supposed to compete but withdrew after not reaching the minimum age requirement.[8] Enid Marugg of Aruba, Hazel Eastmond of Barbados, Ying Yun Hiu of Macau, Ana Cecilia Maruri of Panama, and Ruby Thelma Bacot of the Panama Canal Zone were all set compete, but withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[9][10]

Results

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Miss Universe 1963 participating countries and territories

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

Pageant

Format

Same with 1955, fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen.[12]

Contestants

Fifty contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant AgeTemplate:Efn Hometown
Template:Flagicon Argentina Olga Galuzzi[15] 23 Buenos Aires
Template:Flagicon Austria Gertrude Bergner[16] 19 Vienna
Template:Flagicon Bahamas Sandra Young 19 Nassau
Template:Flagicon Belgium Irene Godin[17] 19 Liège
Template:Flagicon Bolivia Ana María Velasco[18] – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Template:Flagicon Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas[15] 18 Porto Alegre
Template:Flagicon British Guiana Gloria Blackman-Miller[19] – Georgetown
Template:Flagicon Canada Jane Kmita 24 Regina
Template:Flagicon Ceylon Manel De Silva[20] 24 Kandy
Template:Flagicon Colombia María Cristina Álvarez[21] 18 Bogotá
Template:Flagicon Costa Rica Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa 18 San José
Template:Flagicon Cuba Alicia Margit Chia 19 Havana
Template:Flagicon Curaçao Philomena Zielinski 18 Willemstad
Template:Flagicon Denmark Aino Korva[22] 20 Copenhagen
Template:Flagicon Dominican Republic Carmen Abinader – Santiago de los Caballeros
Template:Flagicon Ecuador Patricia Córdova[23] 19 Quito
Template:Flagicon Finland Riitta Kautiainen[24] 18 Helsinki
Template:Flagicon France Monique Lemaire[25] 18 Paris
Template:Flagicon Greece Despina Orgeta 20 Athens
Template:Flagicon Holland Else Onstenk[26] 21 Arnhem
Template:Flagicon Iceland Theódóra Þórðardóttir[27] 18 Reykjanesbær
Template:Flagicon Ireland Marlene McKeown 18 Belfast
Template:Flagicon Israel Sherin Ibrahim[28] 19 Tel Aviv
Template:Flagicon Italy Gianna Serra[29] 19 Rome
Template:Flagicon Jamaica June Maxine Bowman – Kingston
Template:Flagicon Japan Noriko Ando[30] 23 Tokyo
Template:Flagicon Luxembourg Mia Dahm[31] – Luxembourg City
Template:Flagicon Morocco Selma Rahal[32] – Casablanca
Template:Flagicon New Zealand Regina Scandrett[33] 18 Christchurch
Template:Flagicon Nicaragua Leda Sánchez[34] 20 Carazo
Template:Flagicon Norway Eva Carlberg[35] 20 Oslo
File:USCAR flag of the Ryukyu Islands, 1954 (unofficial).svg Okinawa Reiko Uehara 25 Okinawa
Template:Flagicon Paraguay Amelia Benítez[36] – Asunción
Template:Flagicon Peru Dora Toledano[37] 18 Iquitos
Template:Flagicon Philippines Lalaine Bennett[38] 19 Quezon City
Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico Jeanette Blascoechea[39] 18 San Juan
Template:Flagicon Scotland Grace Taylor[40] 20 Motherwell
Template:Flagicon South Africa Ellen Liebenberg[41] 20 Cape Town
Template:Flagicon South Korea Kim Myoung-ja[33] 20 Seoul
Template:Flagicon Spain María Rosa Pérez[42] 18 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Template:Flagicon Suriname Brigida Hagens 18 Paramaribo
Template:Flagicon Sweden Kerstin Margareta Jonsson[43] 21 Stockholm
Template:Flagicon Switzerland Diane Tanner 25 Geneva
Template:Flagicon Trinidad and Tobago Jean Stoddart[44] 18 San Fernando
Template:Flagicon Turkey Güler Samuray[3] 22 Istanbul
Template:Flagicon United States Marite Ozers[45] 19 Chicago
Template:Flagdeco Uruguay Graciela Pintos – Montevideo
Template:Flagicon Venezuela Irene Morales[46] 18 Achaguas
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales Maureen Thomas[2] 22 Pontypool
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Helga Ziesemer 19 Nuremberg

Notes

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External links

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