Miss World 1965

Miss World 1965, the 15th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 November 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom.^[2][3] She was crowned by Miss World 1964, Ann Sidney of United Kingdom. The UK became the second country to win the contest two years in succession. The first country to achieve this was Sweden when winning in 1951 and 1952. Former British winner, Rosemarie Frankland (Miss World 1961) performed a dance routine alongside Lionel Blair as part of the show's cabaret.

Miss World 1965
Date	19 November 1965
Presenters	David Jacobs, Michael Aspel^[1]
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	48
Placements	16
Debuts	Costa Rica, Gambia, Malta, Syria
Withdrawals	Aruba, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Spain, Turkey
Returns	Australia, Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Peru, Rhodesia, Tahiti
Winner	Lesley Langley ^[2]^[3]  United Kingdom
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Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1965	United Kingdom – Lesley Langley^[2]^[3]
1st Runner-up	United States – Dianna Lynn Batts^[2]
2nd Runner-up	Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller^[2]
3rd Runner-up	Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky^[2]
4th Runner-up	Tahiti – Marie Tapare^[2]
Top 7	Canada –Carol Ann Tidey^[2]   Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting^[2]
Top 16	Costa Rica –Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández^[2]   Denmark –Yvonne Hanne Ekman^[2]   Finland –Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen^[2]   France –Christiane Sibellin^[2]   Germany –Karin Schütze^[2]   Japan –Yuko Oguchi^[2]   Korea –Lee Eun-ah^[2]   New Zealand –Gay Lorraine Phelps^[2]   Sweden –Britt-Marie Lindblad^[2]

Contestants

•   Argentina – Lidia Alcira Díaz
•   Australia – Jan Rennison
•   Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky^[2]
•   Belgium – Lucy Emilie Nossent
•   Bolivia – Gabriela Cornel Kempff
•   Brazil – Berenice Lunardi
•   Canada – Carol Ann Tidey^[2]
•   Ceylon – Shirlene Minerva de Silva
•   Colombia – Nubia Angelina Bustillo Gallo
•   Costa Rica – Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández
•   Cyprus – Krystalia Psara
•   Denmark – Yvonne Hanne Ekman
•   Ecuador – Corine Mirguett Corral
•   Finland – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen
•   France – Christiane Sibellin
•   Gambia – Ndey Jagne
•   Germany – Karin Schütze
•   Gibraltar – Rosemarie Viňales
•   Greece- Maria Geka
•   Holland – Janny de Knegt
•   Honduras – Edda Inés Mungula
•   Iceland – Sigrún Vignisdóttir
•   Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller^[2]
•   Israel – Shlomit Gat
•   Italy – Guya Libraro
•   Jamaica – Carol Joan McFarlane
•   Japan – Yuko Oguchi
•   Jordan – Nyla Munir Haddad
•   Korea – Lee Eun-ah
•   Lebanon – Yolla George Harb
•   Liberia – Melvilla Mardea Harris
•   Luxembourg – Marie-Anne Geisen
•   Malaysia – Clara Eunice de Run
•   Malta – Wilhelmina Mallia
•   Morocco – Lucette Garcia
•   New Zealand – Gay Lorraine Phelps
•   Peru – Lourdes Cárdenas Gilardi
•   Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting^[2]
•   South Africa – Carrol Adele Davis
•   Suriname – Anita van Eyck
•   Sweden – Britt Marie Lindblad
•   Syria – Raymonde Doucco
•   Tahiti – Marie Tapare^[2]
•   Tunisia – Zeineb Ben Lamine
•   United Kingdom – Lesley Langley^[2][3]
•   United States – Dianna Lynn Batts^[2]
•   Uruguay – Raquel Luz Delgado
•   Venezuela – Nancy Elizabeth González Aceituno

Judges

Miss World 1965 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, among whom included Martine Carol, a French actress.^[2]

Notes

Debuts

• Costa Rica, Gambia, Indonesia, Malta, and Syria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Australia and Tahiti last competed in 1960.
• Rhodesia last competed in 1961.
• Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, and Peru last competed in 1963.

Nations not competing

•   Chile
•   Nicaragua – Flora Sánchez Argüello
•   Paraguay
•   Philippines
•   Turkey – Zerrin Arbaş

References

1. "Miss World 1965"". BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
2. Ottawa Citizen
3. The Sydney Morning Herald

External links

• Miss World official website