Miss Universe 1963

Miss Universe 1963
Date	July 20, 1963
Presenters	Gene Rayburn
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Entrants	50
Placements	15
Debuts	Bahamas, Curaçao, Okinawa, Trinidad
Withdraws	Benin, England, Haiti, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Malaysia, Republic of China, Tahiti, Virgin Islands
Returns	British Guiana, Denmark, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Suriname
Winner	Iêda Maria Vargas Brazil
Congeniality	Grace Taylor  Scotland
Best National Costume	Sherin Ibrahim  Israel
Photogenic	Marlene McKeown  Ireland

Participating Nations and Results.

Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil. It took place on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1963	Brazil - Iêda Maria Vargas
1st runner-up	Denmark - Aino Korva
2nd runner-up	Ireland - Marlene McKeown
3rd runner-up	Philippines - Lalaine Betia Bennett
4th runner-up	Korea - Kim Myoung-Ja
Top 15	Argentina - Olga Galuzzi  Austria - Gertrude Bergner  Colombia - María Cristina Álvarez González  Finland - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen  France - Monique Lemaire  Germany - Helga Carla Ziesemer  Italy - Gianna Serra  Japan - Noriko Ando  South Africa - Ellen Liebenberg  USA - Marite Ozers

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Scotland - Grace Taylor
Miss Photogenic	Ireland - Marlene McKeown
Best National Costume	Israel - Sherin Ibrahim

Contestants

Argentina - Olga Galuzzi  Austria - Gertrude Bergner  Bahamas - Sandra Louise Young  Belgium - Irene Godin  Bolivia - Ana Maria Velasco Gutierrez  Brazil - Ieda Maria Vargas  British Guiana - Gloria Flackman  Canada - Jane Kmita  Ceylon - Manel De Silva  Colombia - Maria Cristina Alvarez Gonzalez  Costa Rica - Sandra Chrysopulos Morua  Cuba - Alicia Margit Chia  Curaçao - Philomena Zielinski  Denmark - Aino Korva  Dominican Republic - Carmen Benicia Abinader De Benito  Ecuador - Patricia Cordova  Finland - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen  France - Monique Lemaire  Germany - Helga Carla Ziesemer  Greece - Despina Orgeta  Holland - Else Onstenk  Iceland - Theodora Thordardottir  Ireland - Marlene McKeown  Israel - Sherin Ibrahim  Italy - Gianna Serra

Jamaica - June Maxine Brown  Japan - Noriko Ando  Korea - Kim Myoung-Ja  Luxembourg - Mia Dahm  Morocco - Selma Rahal  New Zealand - Regina Ellen Scandrett  Nicaragua - Leda Sanchez  Norway - Eva Carlberg  Okinawa - Reiko Uehara  Paraguay - Amelia Benitez  Peru - Dora Toledano Godier  Philippines - Lalaine Betia Bennett  Puerto Rico - Jeanette Blascoechea  Scotland - Grace Calder W.Taylor  South Africa - Ellen Liebenberg  Spain - Maria Rosa Perez Gomez  Suriname - Brigitta Hougen  Sweden - Kerstin Margareta Jonsson  Switzerland - Diane Tanner Trinidad - Jean Stoddart  Turkey - Guler Samuray  Uruguay - Graciela Pintos  USA - Marite Ozers  Venezuela - Irene Morales Machado  Wales - Maureen Thomas

Panel of Judges

Edilson Cid Varela Cesare Danova Kiyoshi Hara

Russell Patterson Peter Sellers Earl Wilson

External links

• Judges