Miss World 1966

Miss World 1966
Miss World 1966
Date	17 November 1966
Presenters	Peter West, Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	51
Debuts	Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Yugoslavia
Withdrawals	Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Liberia, Nicaragua, Peru, Rhodesia, Tunisia, Uruguay
Returns	Aruba, Chile, India, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey
Winner	Reita Faria; India
	← 1965 1967 →

Miss World 1966, the 16th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1966 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Reita Faria of India, first Asian delegate to win Miss World title.^[2] She was crowned by Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1966	India – Reita Faria
1st runner-up	Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinovic
2nd runner-up	Greece – Efi Fontini Plumbi
3rd runner-up	Brazil – Marlucci Rocha
4th runner-up	Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
5th runner-up	Norway – Birgit Andersen
6th runner-up	United States – Denice Estelle Blair
Semi-finalists	Argentina – Graciela Guardone Canada – Diane Coulter Dominican Republic – Jeanette Montes France – Michèle Boulé Germany – Jutta Danske Guyana – Umblita Sluytman South Africa – Johanna Carter United Kingdom – Jennifer Summers

Contestants

Argentina – Graciela Guardone
Aruba – Reina Patricia Hernandez
Bahamas – Dorothy Cooper
Belgium – Mireille de Man
Brazil – Marlucci Manvailler Rocha
Canada – Diane Coulter
Ceylon – Priscilla Martensyn
Chile – Amelia Galaz
Costa Rica – Sonia Mora
Cyprus – Annoula Alvaliotou
Denmark – Irene Poller Hansen
Dominican Republic – Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca
Ecuador – Alejandra Vallejo Klaere
Finland – Marita Gellman
France – Michèle Boulé
Gambia – Oumie Barry
Germany – Jutta Danske
Gibraltar – Grace Valverde
Greece – Efi Fontini Ploumbi
Guyana – Umblita van Sluytman
Holland – Anneke Geerts
Honduras – Danira Miralda Buines
Iceland – Auður Harðardóttir
India – Reita Faria
Ireland – Helen McMahon
Israel – Segula Gohr
Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
Jamaica – Yvonne Walter
Japan – Harumi Kobayashi
Jordan – Vera Jalil Khamis
Korea – Chung Eul-sun
Lebanon – Marlene Talih
Luxembourg – Mariette Sophie Stephano
Malaysia – Merlyn Therese McKelvie
Malta – Monica Sunnura
Mexico – María Cecilia González DuPree
Morocco – Naima Naim
New Zealand – Heather Gettings
Norway – Birgit Andersen
Philippines – Vivien Lee Austria
South Africa – Johanna Maud Carter
Suriname – Linda Haselhoef
Sweden – Ingrid Anna Andersson
Switzerland – Janine Solliner
Syria – Feryelle Jalal
Trinidad and Tobago – Diane DeFreitas
Turkey – Inci Asena
United Kingdom – Jennifer Lowe Summers
United States – Denice Estelle Blair
Venezuela – Jeannette Kopp Arenas
Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinović

Notes

Debuts

Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines and Yugoslavia competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

Switzerland last competed in 1956.
Norway last competed in 1960.
India last competed in 1962.
Chile and Mexico last competed in 1963.
Aruba and Turkey last competed in 1964.

Nations not competing

Australia
Austria
Colombia – María Estela Sáenz Calero
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Spain – Paquita Torres Pérez (withdrew because Miss Gibraltar was in pageant)
Uruguay – Susana Regeden

Disqualified

Nigeria – Uzor Okafor (married to a Briton, was not nationally crowned)

References

^ "Miss World 1966". BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
^ "History: 1966". Miss World. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] "Miss World 1966". BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24

[mswh1966-2] "History: 1966". Miss World. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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