Miss World 1962
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| Miss World 1962 | |
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.jpg) Catharina Lodders, Miss World 1962 | |
| Date | 8 November 1962 |
| Presenters | Michael Aspel |
| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 33 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Catharina Lodders Netherlands |
Miss World 1962 was the 12th Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom, on 8 November 1962. Rosemarie Frankland of the United Kingdom crowned Catharina Lodders of the Netherlands at the conclusion of the event.[1] Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959.[1][2]
Selection of participants
Returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked the return of Canada, Jamaica, Jordan, and Portugal. Jamaica and Portugal last competed in 1959, Canada and Jordan last completed in 1960. Bolivia, Ceylon, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Suriname withdrew from the competition due to their national organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Miss Turkey 1962, Zeynep Ziyal, withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.[3]
Results
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1962 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 8 |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
Thirty-three contestants competed for the title.
| Country | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
María Amalia Ramírez[6] | 17 | Santa Fe |
 Austria |
Inge Jaklin[7] | 21 | Vienna |
 Belgium |
Christine Delit[8] | 22 | Liège |
 Brazil |
Vera Lúzia Saba[9] | 18 | Guanabara |
 Canada |
Marlene Leeson[10] | 19 | Nova Scotia |
 Cyprus |
Magda Michailides | 18 | Nicosia |
 Denmark |
Rikki Stisager[9] | 19 | Aalborg |
 Ecuador |
Elaine Ortega | – | Pichincha |
 Finland |
Kaarina Leskinen[11] | 17 | Helsinki |
 France |
Monique Lemaire[12] | 20 | Paris |
 Greece |
Glasmine Moraitou[13] | 23 | Athens |
 Iceland |
Rannveig Ólafsdóttir[14] | 18 | Reykjavík |
 India |
Ferial Karim[15] | 23 | Bombay |
 Ireland |
Muriel O'Hanlon | 19 | Dublin |
 Israel |
Ilana Porat | 19 | Tel Aviv |
 Italy |
Raffaella da Carolis[16] | 20 | Umbria |
 Jamaica |
Chriss Leon[17] | 20 | Kingston |
 Japan |
Teruko Ikeda[18] | 19 | Himeji |
 Jordan |
Leila Emile Khadder | 18 | Amman |
 Luxembourg |
Brita Gerson | 18 | Luxembourg City |
| Netherlands[b] | Conny Harteveld[19] | 22 | Leiden |
 New Zealand |
Maureen Kingi[20] | 20 | Rotorua |
 Portugal |
Palmira Ferreira | 18 | Lisbon |
 Republic of China |
Roxsana L.S. Chiang[21] | 19 | Taipei |
 South Africa |
Yvonne Ficker[22] | 18 | Johannesburg |
 South Korea[c] |
Chung Tae-ja[23] | 23 | Seoul |
 Spain |
Conchita Roig | 27 | Barcelona |
 Sweden |
Margareth Melin | 21 | Stockholm |
 United Kingdom |
Jackie White[24] | 20 | Derbyshire |
 United States |
Amadee Chabot[25] | 17 | Northridge |
 Uruguay |
María Noel Genovese[26] | 18 | Montevideo |
 Venezuela |
Betzabeth Franco[26] | 20 | Caracas |
 West Germany |
Anita Steffen[27] | 20 | – |
Judges
The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, are:[1]
- Lord John Jacob Astor — Anglo-American journalist and owner of The Times of London
- Grace Fields — British actress, singer and comedian
- Leslie McDonnell — Scottish writer (who replaced businessman Billy Butlin at the last minute)
- Bob Hope — American actor and comedian
- Charles Eade — journalist and member of the Council of the Commonwealth Press Union
- Lady Margaret Simons-Kimberley, of the British High Society.
- Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby — British conservative politician
- Jenifer Unite-Armstrong-Jones — wife of Mayor Ronald Armstrong-Jones
- Richard Todd — Irish-born British film actor
