Miss Universe 1964

Miss Universe 1964
Date	August 1, 1964
Presenters	Jack Linkletter
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	59
Placements	15
Debuts	Aruba, Grenada, Nigeria, St. Vincent
Withdraws	Cuba, Morocco, Nicaragua
Returns	Australia, Chile, England, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Republic of China, Tunisia
Winner	Corinna Tsopei  Greece

Participating Nations and Results.

Miss Universe 1964, the 13th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 21-year-old Corinna Tsopei of Greece. It took place on 1 August 1964 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1964	Greece - Corinna Tsopei
1st runner-up	England - Brenda Blackler
2nd runner-up	Israel - Ronit Rechtman
3rd Runner up	Sweden - Siv Märta Åberg
4th Runner up	Republic of China - Lana Yu Yi
Top 10[1]	Argentina - Maria Amalia Ramírez  Finland - Sirpa Wallenius  France - Edith Noël  Italy - Emanuela Stramana  Norway - Jorunn Nystedt Barun
Top 15[1]	Bolivia - Olga Mónica del Carpio Oropeza  Brazil - Ângela Teresa Pereira Reis Vasconcelos  Paraguay - Miriam Riart Brugada  USA - Bobbie Johnson  Venezuela - Mercedes Revenga

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	California - Jeanne Venables[^]
Miss Photogenic	Italy - Emanuela Stramana
Best National Costume	Holland - Henny Deul

^{^} As the Miss Universe and the Miss USA pageants were held concurrently at this time, candidates from both of them were eligible for the special awards.

Judges

Jacques Bergerac Edilson Cid Varela William Dossier Seshu Hyakowa

Ingemar Johansson Syed Khan Earl Wilson Luz Marina Zuluaga

Contestants

Argentina - María Amalia Ramírez  Aruba - Lidia Lidwina Henriquez  Australia - Ria Lubyen  Austria - Gloria Mackh  Bahamas - Catherine Cartwright  Belgium - Danièle Defrere  Bolivia - Olga Mónica del Carpio Oropeza  Brazil - Ângela Teresa Pereira Reis Vasconcelos  British Guiana - Mary Rande Holl  Canada - Mary Lou Farrell  Ceylon - Annette Dona Kulatunga  Chile - Patricia Herrera Cigna  Colombia - Alba Ramírez Plaza  Costa Rica - Dora Marcela Sola  Curaçao - Iris Anette de Windt  Denmark - Yvonne Mortensen  Dominican Republic - Clara Edilia Chapuseaux Sone  Ecuador - Tanya Yela Klein Loffredo  England - Brenda Blackler  Finland - Sirpa Wallenius  France - Edith Noël  Germany - Marina Kettler  Greece - Corinna Tsopei  Grenada - Christine Hughes  Holland - Henny Deul  Hong Kong - Mary Bai  Iceland - Thelma Ingvarsdóttir  India - Meher Castelino Mistri  Ireland - Maurine Elizabeth Lecky  Israel - Ronit Rechtman

Italy - Emanuela Stramana  Jamaica - Beverly Berrie  Japan - Shizuko Matsumoto  Korea - Shin Junghyun  Luxembourg - Mariette Sophie Stephano  Malaysia - Angela Filmer  New Zealand - Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank  Nigeria - Edna Park  Norway - Jorunn Nystedt Barun  Okinawa - Toyoko Uehara  Panama - Maritza Montilla  Paraguay - Miriam Riart Brugada  Peru - Miluska Vondrak Steel  Philippines - Myrna Sese Panlilio  Puerto Rico - Yolanda Rodríguez Machin  Republic of China - Lana Yi Yu St. Vincent - Stella Hadley  Scotland - Wendy Barrie  South Africa - Gail Robinson  Spain - María José Ulloa Madronero  Suriname - Cynthia Ingrid Diester  Sweden - Siv Märta Aaberg  Switzerland - Sandra Sulser Trinidad - Julia Merlene Laurence  Tunisia - Claudine Younes  Turkey - Inci Duran  Uruguay - Delia Babiak  USA - Barbara "Bobbie" Johnson  Venezuela - Mercedes Revenga de la Rosa  Wales - Marilyn Joy Samuel

National pageant notes

•  Singapore - Vera Wee withdrew.
•  Scotland - Doreen Swan was replaced by Wendy Barrie.

Historical significance

• England achieved its highest placing in the pageant history, and Republic of China, its second highest.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Miss Universe". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. August 2, 1964. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=swsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_poEAAAAIBAJ&dq=&pg=4646%2C65878. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 

External links

• Official Miss Universe website