Winner: | Norma Nolan |
Represented: | Argentina |
Date: | 14 July 1962 |
Presenters: | Gene Rayburn |
Venue: | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
Broadcaster: | CBS |
Entrants: | 52 |
Placements: | 15 |
Congeniality: | Sarah Olimpia Frómeta (Dominican Republic) Hazel Williams (Wales) |
Photogenic: | Kim Carlton (England) |
Best National Costume: | Kim Carlton (England) |
Before: | 1961 |
Next: | 1963 |
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 West 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.
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Miss Universe 1962 | ||
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 15 |
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Fifty-two contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown | |
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Argentina | Norma Nolan | 24 | Buenos Aires | |
Austria | Christa Linder | 19 | Berchtesgaden | |
Belgium | Christine Delit | 22 | Liège | |
Gabriela Roca Díaz | – | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||
Brazil | Olívia Rebouças | 22 | Itabuna | |
Canada | Marilyn McFatridge | 19 | Preston | |
Yvonne D'Rozario | 18 | Colombo | ||
Colombia | Sonia Olga Lucía Botero | 20 | Ibagué | |
Costa Rica | Helvetia Albonico | 19 | Heredia | |
Cuba | Aurora Prieto | 20 | Sancti Spíritus | |
Gilette Hazoume | 19 | Ouémé | ||
Dominican Republic | Sarah Olimpia Frómeta | 18 | Santo Domingo | |
Ecuador | Elaine Ortega | 22 | Pichincha | |
Kim Carlton | 23 | London | ||
Finland | Anja Järvinen | 18 | Tampere | |
France | Sabine Surget | 21 | Paris | |
Gisela Karschuck | 21 | Wiesbaden | ||
Kristina Apostolou | 18 | Athens | ||
Haiti | Evelyn Miot | 19 | Port-au-Prince | |
Marianne van der Hayden | 24 | Amsterdam | ||
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 | 19 | Kyoto | |
Lebanon | Nouhad Cabbabe | 23 | Beirut | |
Luxembourg | Fernande Kodesch | – | Luxembourg | |
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 | |
Helen Liu Shiu Man | 19 | Taipei | ||
Vera Parker | 21 | Ayr | ||
Singapore | Julie Koh | 20 | Singapore | |
South Africa | Lynette Gamble | 18 | Johannesburg | |
Seo Bum-joo | 21 | Seoul | ||
Spain | Conchita Roig | 24 | Barcelona | |
Sweden | Monica Rågby | 20 | Stockholm | |
Switzerland | Francine Delouille | 20 | Ticino | |
French Polynesia | Katy Bauner | 23 | Papeete | |
Turkey | Gülay Sezer | – | Istanbul | |
United States | Macel Wilson[2] | 19 | Honolulu | |
Juanita Monell | – | Charlotte Amalie | ||
Uruguay | Nelly Pettersen | 23 | Montevideo | |
Virginia Bailey | 18 | Caracas | ||
Hazel Williams | 22 | Cardiff |