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Miss Universe 1963

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Miss Universe 1963
Iêda Maria Vargas
Date20 July 1963
Hosts
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster
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 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, on 20 July 1963.

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, which last competed in 1955; the British Guiana in 1958; Suriname in 1960; and Denmark and Suriname 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 Malaya withdrew after not reaching the minimum age requirement.[7] Yen-Ping Cheung 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 Martínez of Mexico was supposed to compete but withdrew after not reaching the minimum age requirement.[8] Enid Marugg of Aruba, Hazel Eastmond of Barbados, Yun-Hiu Ying of Macau, Ana Cecilia Maruri of Panama, and Ruby Thelma Bacot of the Panama Canal Zone were all set to compete, but withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[9][10]

Results

Miss Universe 1963 participating countries and territories

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1963
1st Runner-Up
  •  Denmark – Aino Korva[11]
2nd Runner-Up
  •  Ireland – Marlene McKeown[11]
3rd Runner-Up
  •  Philippines – Lalaine Bennett[11]
4th Runner-Up
  •  South Korea – Myoung-ja Kim[11]
Top 15[12]
  • Argentina – Olga Galuzzi
  •  Austria – Gertrude Bergner
  •  Colombia – María Cristina Álvarez
  •  Finland – Riitta Kautiainen
  •  France – Monique Lemaire
  • Italy – Gianna Serra
  •  Japan – Noriko Ando
  •  South Africa – Ellen Liebenberg
  •  United States – Marite Ozers
  •  West Germany – Helga Ziesemer

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Amity
  •  Scotland – Grace Taylor[11]
Miss Photogenic
  •  Ireland – Marlene McKeown[13]
Best National Costume
  •  Israel – Sherin Ibrahim[14]

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/TerritoryContestantAge[a]Hometown
ArgentinaOlga Galuzzi[15]23Buenos Aires
AustriaGertrude Bergner[16]19Vienna
BahamasSandra Young[17]19Nassau
BelgiumIrene Godin[18]19Liège
BoliviaAna María Velasco[19]21Santa Cruz de la Sierra
BrazilIêda Maria Vargas[15]18Porto Alegre
British GuianaDesiree Blackman[17]19Georgetown
CanadaJane Kmita24Regina
CeylonManel de Silva[20]24Kandy
ColombiaMaría Cristina Álvarez[21]18Bogotá
Costa RicaSandra Morúa18San José
CubaAlicia Chía19Havana
CuraçaoPhilomena Zielinski18Willemstad
DenmarkAino Korva[22]20Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicCarmen Abinader19Santiago de los Caballeros
EcuadorPatricia Córdova[23]19Quito
FinlandRiitta Kautiainen[24]18Helsinki
FranceMonique Lemaire[25]18Paris
GreeceDespina Orgeta20Athens
HollandElse Onstenk[26]21Arnhem
IcelandTheódóra Þórðardóttir[27]18Reykjanesbær
IrelandMarlene McKeown18Belfast
IsraelSherin Ibrahim[28]19Tel Aviv
ItalyGianna Serra[29]19Rome
JamaicaJune Maxine Bowman20Kingston
JapanNoriko Ando[30]23Tokyo
LuxembourgMia Dahm[31]23Mertert
MoroccoSelma Rahal[32]20Casablanca
New ZealandRegina Scandrett[33]18Christchurch
NicaraguaLeda Sánchez[34]20Carazo
NorwayEva Carlberg[35]20Oslo
OkinawaReiko Uehara25Okinawa
ParaguayAmelia Benítez[36]18Asunción
PeruDora Toledano[37]18Iquitos
PhilippinesLalaine Bennett[38]19Quezon City
Puerto RicoJeanette Biascoechea[39]18San Juan
ScotlandGrace Taylor[40]20Motherwell
South AfricaEllen Liebenberg[41]20Cape Town
South KoreaMyoung-ja Kim[33]20Seoul
SpainMaría Rosa Pérez[42]18Santa Cruz de Tenerife
SurinameBrigida Hagens18Paramaribo
SwedenKerstin Jonsson[43]21Stockholm
SwitzerlandDiane Tanner25Geneva
Trinidad and TobagoJean Stoddart[44]18San Fernando
TurkeyGüler Samuray[3]22Istanbul
United StatesMarite Ozers[45]19Chicago
UruguayGraciela Pintos–Montevideo
VenezuelaIrene Morales[46]18Achaguas
WalesMaureen Thomas[2]22Pontypool
West GermanyHelga Ziesemer19Nuremberg

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. ↑ "Universe Pageant will be "a beauty"". The Miami News. 23 June 1963. p. 45. Retrieved 4 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "'Miss Wales' No. 2 in mix-up over rules". The People. 9 June 1963. p. 9. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Brazilian girl wins title of Miss Universe". Chicago Tribune. 21 July 1963. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Miss Brazil wins title". The Daily News Leader. 21 July 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Miss England". The Minneapolis Star. 12 July 1963. p. 19. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Yeung, Yeu-Gynn (22 December 2020). "Miss Plus World Malaysia uncertain after sponsors bail under religious uproar". Coconuts KL. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Yahoo! News.
  8. ↑ "Ana Martín sorprende con inéditas fotografías de su juventud: "Así nací"". La Republica (in Spanish). 9 January 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Carnaval 1963 ta pertenece na pasado". Observador (in Spanish). 27 February 1963. p. 6. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  10. ↑ ""Miss Universe"– How judges will pick her". The Progress-Index. 10 July 1963. p. 15. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Miss Brazil Is Miss Universe Contest Winner". The Troy Messenger * เนื้อหารายการสัญลักษณ์. United Press International. 21 Jul 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Miss Universe beauties". The Tampa Tribune. 21 July 1963. p. 15. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Miss Illinois, who fled reds, new Miss U.S.A." The Los Angeles Times. 18 July 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Miss Israel wins Best Costume award". Youngstown Vindicator. 21 July 1963. pp. 12–A. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  15. 1 2 "Aspiro a triunfar pero no me hago muchas illusiones". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 20 July 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  16. ↑ "Poise and porpoise". The Tuscaloosa News. 14 July 1963. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
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  18. ↑ "Universe contestants at pool table". The High Point Enterprise. 13 July 1963. p. 10. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean". El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  20. ↑ "34-25-34 teacher is Miss Ceylon". The Straits Times. 15 May 1963. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via National Library Board.
  21. ↑ "María Cristina Álvarez". Semana (in Spanish). 7 August 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  22. ↑ "Frægar stulkúr" [Famous girls' watches]. Tíminn (in Icelandic). 1 August 1963. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Tímarit.is.
  23. ↑ "Mañana escogen las finalistas para el titulo de Miss Universo". La Nacion (in Spanish). 17 July 1963. p. 33. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  24. ↑ "Helsinkiläinen pankkivirkailija valittiin Miss Suomeksi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 8 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  25. ↑ Alcaraz, Mathias (14 December 2018). "VIDEO Miss France 2019 : le concours en chiffres". Voici (in French). Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  26. ↑ "Laatste Nieuws". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 1 May 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  27. ↑ "Thelma Ingvarsdottir: Miss Iceland of 1963". The White Falcon. 1 June 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Tímarit.is.
  28. ↑ "Moslem girl honored as Miss Israel of 1963 by Miami Zionists". The American Jewish World. 19 July 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via National Library of Israel.
  29. ↑ "A dog's life's not so bad". The Tuscaloosa News. 16 July 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  30. ↑ "Marite picked Miss Universe semi-finalist". Chicago Tribune. 19 July 1963. p. 19. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ↑ "Beauties in Miami, seek title". The Tampa Times. 11 July 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ↑ "Le Maroc sera représenté au concours Miss Univers prévu en Israël". Article19 (in French). 28 October 1961. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  33. 1 2 "Will one of them be Miss Universe?". The Evening Independent. 9 July 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 12 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  34. ↑ "Escogidas anoche las 15 finalistas para Miss Universo". La Nacion (in Spanish). 19 July 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  35. ↑ Hansen, Camilla Berg (24 May 2010). "1963 versus 2010: To misser fra dalen". Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  36. ↑ Coronel, Raul (15 October 2021). "Te presentamos a todas nuestras representantes en Miss Universe". Epa! (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  37. ↑ "Miss Perú: las peruanas más bellas de las últimas décadas". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  38. ↑ Dolor, Danny (19 September 2015). "Lalaine B. Bennett: Miss U '63 finalist". Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  39. ↑ "Intercambia la fama por los estudios". Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular (in Spanish). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  40. ↑ "Miss Universe beauties can't compete with heat". The Evening Independent. 15 July 1963. pp. 3–A. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  41. ↑ Maughan, Karyn (27 May 2004). "Ex-Bok in ugly family row over trust". Independent Online. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  42. ↑ Medina, Esther R. (16 October 2016). "Una Miss España cede a La Cosmológica el dossier de prensa de su 'reinado'". El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  43. ↑ "Fairest of all". The Journal Times. 13 May 1963. p. 26. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. ↑ Blood, Peter Ray (19 April 2012). "Fifty years of Carnival - Back to the Future". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  45. ↑ "Miss Illinois Wins Miss U.S.A. Title". Tri-City Herald. Associated Press. July 18, 1963. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  46. ↑ "El calor principal problema de las candidatas a Miss Universo". La Nacion (in Spanish). 16 July 1963. p. 22. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
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