Miss Universe 1967

Miss Universe 1967
Date	July 15, 1967
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	56
Placements	15
Debuts	Bonaire
Withdraws	Ecuador, Guyana, Jamaica, Lebanon, Morocco, Ceylon, Suriname, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago
Returns	Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Mexico, Uruguay, Virgin Islands
Winner	Sylvia Hitchcock USA

Participating Nations and Results.

Miss Universe 1967, the 16th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 21-year-old Sylvia Hitchcock of USA. It took place on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1967	USA - Sylvia Hitchcock
1st runner-up	Venezuela - Mariela Pérez
2nd runner-up	England - Jennifer Lynn Lewis
3rd runner-up	Finland - Ritva Helena Lehto
4th runner-up	Israel - Batya Kabiri
Top 15	Brazil - Carmen Sílvia de Barros Ramasco  Denmark - Margrethe Rhein Knudsen  Greece - Elia Kalogeraki  Holland - Irene van Campenhout  Hong Kong - Laura Arminda da Costa Roque  Ireland - Patricia Armstrong  Italy - Paola Rossi  Spain - Paquita Delgado Sánchez  Sweden - Eva Lisa Svensson  Wales - Denise Elizabeth Page

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Scotland - Lena McGarvie
Miss Photogenic	Greece - Elia Kalogeraki
Best National Costume	Brazil - Carmen Silva De Barros Ramasco

Contestants

Argentina - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi  Aruba - Ivonne Maduro  Austria - Christl Bartu  Bahamas - Elizabeth Knowles  Belgium - Mauricette Sironval  Bermuda - Cheryl Michele Smith  Bolivia - Marcela Montoya Garcia  Bonaire - Cristina Landwier  Brazil - Carmen Silva De Barros Ramasco  Canada - Donna Marie Barker  Chile - Ingrid Vila Riveros  Colombia - Elsa Maria Garrido Cajiao  Costa Rica - Rosa Maria Fernandez  Cuba - Elina Salavarria  Curaçao - Imelda Thome  Denmark - Gitte Rhein Knudsen  Dominican Republic - Jeannette Rey Garcia  England - Jennifer Lynn Lewis  Finland - Ritva Helena Lehto  France - Anne Vernier  Germany - Fee Von Zitzewitz  Greece - Elia Kalogeraki  Guam - Hope Marie Navarro Alvarez  Holland - Irene Van Campenhout  Honduras - Denia Maria Alvorado Medina  Hong Kong - Laura Arminda Da Costa Roque  Iceland - Gudrun Petursdottir  India - Nayyara Mirza

Ireland - Patricia Armstrong  Israel - Batia Kabiri  Italy - Paola Rossi  Japan - Kayoko Fujikawa  Korea - Hong Jung-ae  Luxembourg - Marie-Jossee Mathgen  Malaysia - Monkam Anne Lowe Siprasome  Mexico - Valentina Vales Duarte  New Zealand - Pamela McLeod  Norway - Gro Goskor  Okinawa - Etsuko Okuhira  Panama - Mirna Norma Castillero  Paraguay - Maria Eugenia Torres  Peru - Mirtha Calvo Sommaruga †  Philippines - Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil  Puerto Rico - Yvonne Coll  Scotland - Lena MacGarvie  Singapore - Mei-Lee Ong  South Africa - Windley Ballenden  Spain - Francisca Delgado Sanchez  Sweden - Eva-Lisa Svensson  Switzerland - Elsbeth Ruegger  Turkey - Ayse Yelda Gurani  Uruguay - Mayela Berton Martinez  USA - Sylvia Louise Hitchcock  Venezuela - Mariela Pérez Branger Virgin Islands - Gail Garrison  Wales - Denise Elizabeth Page

Trivia

• Venezuela made into the top 5 for the first time.
• Miss Philippines, Pilar Pilapil became a successful actress.
• Miss Puerto Rico, Yvonne Coll became a singer and actress. She ran her own variety show in 1971.

Panel of Judges

• Gladys Zender

External links

• Judges