| Miss World 1963 | |
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| Date | 7 November 1963 |
| Presenters | Michael Aspel |
| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 40 |
| Placements | 14 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Carole Crawford Jamaica |
Miss World 1963 was the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom, on 7 November 1963. Catharina Lodders of Holland crowned Carole Crawford of Jamaica at the conclusion of the event.[1]
Background
Selection of participants
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the debut of Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, and Nigeria, and the return of Bolivia, Ceylon, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, Tunisia, and Turkey. Mexico, last competed in 1951, Tunisia last competed in 1957, Peru last competed in 1959 and Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname and Turkey last competed in 1961. Ecuador, India, Italy, the Republic of China, and Uruguay withdrew from the competition due to their national organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Results
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1963 | |
| 1st Runner-up |
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| 2nd Runner-up |
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| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up |
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| Top 7 |
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| Top 14 |
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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
Greece – Athanasia Idromenou
Holland – Hanny IJsebrands
Iceland – María Ragnarsdóttir
Ireland – Joan Power
Israel – Sara Talmi
Jamaica – Carole Crawford
Japan – Miyako Harada
Jordan – Despo Drakolakis
Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman
Luxembourg – Catherine Paulus
Malaysia – Catherine Loh
Mexico – Ana Martínez
New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
Nigeria – Gina Onyejiaka
Peru – Lucía Buonnani
Portugal – Maria Penedo
South Africa – Louise Crous
South Korea[a] – Choi Keum-shil
Spain – Encarnación Zalabardo
Suriname – Virginia Blanche Hardjo
Sweden – Grete Qviberg
Tunisia – Claudine Younes
Turkey – Gülseren Esen Kocaman[3]
United Kingdom – Diana Westbury[4]
United States – Michele Metrinko
Venezuela – Milagros Galíndez
West Germany – Susie Gruner
Notes
- ↑ Competed as Korea in the pageant
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 1963 Carole Joan Crawford dies at 81". Miss World. 30 December 2024. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ↑ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkmen). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
External links
Miss World 1963 national titleholders | |
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