Miss Universe 1962
Norma Nolan, Miss Universe 1962
Date14 July 1962
PresentersGene Rayburn
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants52
Placements15
Debuts
  • Dahomey
  • Haiti
  • Malaya
  • Tahiti
Withdrawals
  • Burma
  • Chile
  • Denmark
  • Guatemala
  • Jamaica
  • Madagascar
  • Rhodesia
Returns
  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Hong Kong
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Portugal
  • Singapore
WinnerNorma Nolan
 Argentina
CongenialitySarah Olimpia Frómeta
 Dominican Republic
Hazel Williams
 Wales
Best National CostumeKim Carlton
 England
PhotogenicKim Carlton
 England

Miss Universe 1962 was the 11th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on 14 July 1962.

At the end of the event, Marlene Schmidt of Germany crowned Norma Nolan of Argentina as Miss Universe 1962. Nolan was the first representative of Argentina to win the contest.

Contestants from fifty-two countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Gene Rayburn.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1962
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  •  Finland – Anja Aulikki Järvinen
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
  •  Brazil – Maria Olívia Rebouças
Top 15

Contestants

Fifty-two contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown
 Argentina Norma Nolan 24 Buenos Aires
 Austria Christa Linder 19 Berchtesgaden
 Belgium Christine Delit 22 Liège
 Bolivia Gabriela Roca Díaz – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 Brazil Olívia Rebouças 22 Itabuna
 Canada Marilyn McFatridge 19 Preston
 Ceylon Yvonne D'Rozario 18 Colombo
 Colombia Olga Lucía Botero 20 Ibagué
 Costa Rica Helvetia Albonico 19 Heredia
 Cuba Aurora Prieto 20 Sancti Spíritus
 Dahomey Gilette Hazoume 19 Ouémé
 Dominican Republic Sarah Olimpia Frómeta 18 Santo Domingo
 Ecuador Elaine Ortega 22 Pichincha
 England Kim Carlton 23 London
 Finland Anja Järvinen 18 Tampere
 France Sabine Surget 21 Paris
 Germany Gisela Karschuck 21 Wiesbaden
 Greece Kristina Apostolou 18 Athens
 Haiti Evelyn Miot 19 Port-au-Prince
 Holland Marianne van der Hayden 24 Amsterdam
 Hong Kong Shirley Pon 20 Hong Kong
 Iceland Anna Geirsdóttir 19 Reykjavík
 Ireland Josie Dwyer 21 Dublin
 Israel Yehudit Mazor 18 Tel Aviv
 Italy Isa Stoppi 20 Emilia-Romagna
 Japan Kazuko Hirano[2] 19 Kyoto
 Lebanon Nouhad Cabbabe 23 Beirut
 Luxembourg Fernande Kodesch – Luxembourg
 Malaya Sarah Alhabshee Abdullah 18 Kuala Lumpur.
 Morocco Ginette Buenaventes 18 Rabat
 New Zealand Lesley Margaret Nichols 18 Wellington
 Norway Julie Ege 18 Sandnes
 Paraguay Corina Rolón – Alto Paraguay
 Peru Silvia Dedeking 20 Lima
 Philippines Josephine Estrada Brown 19 Manila
 Portugal Maria Jose Santos Trindade Defolloy – Lisbon
 Puerto Rico Ana Celia Sosa 24 San Juan
 Republic of China Helen Liu Shiu Man 19 Taipei
 Scotland Vera Parker 21 Ayr
 Singapore Julie Koh 20 Singapore
 South Africa Lynette Gamble 18 Johannesburg
 South Korea Seo Bum-joo 21 Seoul
 Spain Conchita Roig 24 Barcelona
 Sweden Monica Rågby 20 Stockholm
  Switzerland Francine Delouille 20 Ticino
 Tahiti Katy Bauner 23 Papeete
 Turkey Gülay Sezer – Istanbul
 United States Macel Wilson[3] 19 Honolulu
 United States Virgin Islands Juanita Monell – Charlotte Amalie
 Uruguay Nelly Pettersen 23 Montevideo
 Venezuela Virginia Bailey 18 Caracas
 Wales Hazel Williams 22 Cardiff

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "15 Beauties In Miss Universe Spotlight". The Spokesman-Review. 15 July 1962. p. 41. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ↑ "MAIDS IN JAPAN". Danville Register. June 21, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Honolulu Girl, 18, Chosen Miss U.S.A." The Honolulu Advertiser. UPI. July 13, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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