Miss World 1963

Miss World 1963
Date	7 November 1963
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	40
Debuts	Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria
Withdrawals	India, Italy, Uruguay
Returns	Bolivia, Ceylon, Peru, Suriname, Tunisia, Turkey
Winner	Carole Crawford Jamaica

Miss World 1963, the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 November 1963 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Carole Crawford of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1962, Catharina Lodders of Holland.^[1]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1963	Jamaica – Carole Crawford
1st runner-up	New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
2nd runner-up	Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
3rd runner-up	Denmark – Aino Korwa
4th runner-up	Sweden – Grete Qviberg
5th runner-up	France – Muguette Fabris
6th runner-up	United Kingdom – Diana Westbury
Top 14	Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas Korea – Choi Keum-shil Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman Malaysia – Catherine Loh Ceylon – Jennifer Anne Fonseka United States – Michele Metrinko

Contestants

Argentina – Diana Sarti
Austria – Sonja Russ
Belgium – Irène Godin
Bolivia – Rosario Lopera
Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
Canada – Jane Kmita
Ceylon – Jennifer Ann Fonseka
Chile – María del Pilar Aguirre
Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
Cyprus – Maro Zorna
Denmark – Aino Korwa
Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
France – Muguette Fabris
Germany – Susie Gruner
Greece – Athanasia (Soula) Idromenou
Holland – Hanny Ijsbrants
Iceland – María Ragnarsdóttir
Ireland – Joan Power
Israel – Sara Talmi
Jamaica – Carole Joan Crawford

Japan – Miyako Harada
Jordan – Despo Drakolakis
Korea – Choi Keum-shil
Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman
Luxembourg – Catherine Paulus
Malaysia – Catherine Loh
Mexico – Beatriz Martínez Solórzano
New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
Nigeria – Gina Onyejiaka
Peru – Lucía Buonnani
Portugal – Maria Penedo
South Africa – Louise Crous
Spain – Encarnación Zalabardo
Suriname – Virginia Blanche Hardjo
Sweden – Grete Qviberg
Tunisia – Claudine Younes
Turkey – Gulseren Kocaman
United Kingdom – Diana Westbury ^[2]
United States – Michele Metrinko
Venezuela – Milagros Galíndez

Notes

Virginia Blanche Hardjo representing Suriname

Debuts

Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

Tunisia last competed in 1958.
Peru last competed in 1959.
Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname, and Turkey last competed in 1961.

Other notes

Denmark placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1963.
Ceylon becomes a finalist for the second time, last in 1953.

References

↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150706140410/http://www.missworld.com/History/1963/ Miss World 1963 from Miss World Official Page. Retrieved 12 October 2016
↑ "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

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