Miss World 1962

Miss World 1962, the 12th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 November 1962 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Catharina Lodders of Holland. She was crowned by Miss World 1961,^[1] Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959.^[2]

Miss World 1962
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	Bolivia Ceylon Lebanon Madagascar Nicaragua Rhodesia and Nyasaland Suriname Turkey
Returns	Canada Jamaica Jordan Portugal
Winner	Catharina Lodders  Holland
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Results

 

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1962	Holland – Catharina Lodders^[1]
1st Runner-up	Finland – Kaarina Leskinen
2nd Runner-up	France – Monique Lemaire
3rd Runner-up	South Africa – Yvonne Ficker
4th Runner-up	Japan – Teruko Ikeda
Top 8	Belgium – Christine Delit   Denmark – Rikke Stisager   United States – Amadee Chabot
Top 15	Argentina – Amalia Ramírez   India – Ferial Karim†   Israel – Ilana Porat   Jamaica – Chriss Leon   United Kingdom – Jackie White   Uruguay – María Noel Genovese   Venezuela – Betzabeth Franco

Contestants

•   Argentina – María Amalia Ramirez
•   Austria – Inge Jaklin
•   Belgium – Christine Delit
•   Brazil – Vera Lúzia Saba
•   Canada – Marlene Leeson
•   China – Roxsana L.S. Chiang
•   Cyprus – Magda Michailides
•   Denmark – Rikki Stisager
•   Ecuador – Elaine Ortega Hougen
•   Finland – Kaarina Marita Leskinen
•   France – Monique Lemaire
•   Germany – Anita Steffen
•   Greece – Glasmine Moraitou
•   Holland – Catharina Johanna Lodders^[1]
•   Iceland – Rannveig Ólafsdóttir
•   India – Ferial Karim†
•   Ireland – Muriel O'Hanlon
•   Israel – Ilana Porat
•   Italy – Raffaella da Carolis
•   Jamaica – Chriss Leon
•   Japan – Teruko Ikeda
•   Jordan – Leila Emile Khadder
•   Korea – Chung Tae-ja
•   Luxembourg – Brita Gerson
•   New Zealand – Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi †
•   Portugal – Palmira Ferreira
•   South Africa – Yvonne Maryann Ficker
•   Spain – Conchita Roig Urpi
•   Sweden – Margareth Melin
•   United Kingdom – Jackie White
•   Uruguay – María Noel Genovese
•   United States – Amadee Chabot^[1]
•   Venezuela – Betzabeth Franco Blanco

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

Notes

Returning countries

• Jamaica and Portugal last competed in 1959.
• Canada and Jordan last competed in 1960.

Nations not competing

•   Bolivia – Rosemarie Lederer Aguilera (never arrived)
•   Dominican Republic – Carolina Nouel (dropped out the day before the finals)
•   Paraguay – María Isabel Maas Uhl (never arrived)
•   Turkey (did not appear – married instead)

References

1. Sunday Herald
2. . MissWorld. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

• Miss World official website