Miss Universe 1962

Miss Universe 1962
Miss Universe 1962 participating nations and results
Date	14 July 1962
Presenters	Gene Rayburn
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Debuts	Dahomey, Haiti, Malaya, Tahiti
Withdrawals	Burma, Chile, Denmark, Guatemala, Jamaica, Madagascar, Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Returns	Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Portugal, Philippines, Singapore
Winner	Norma Nolan Argentina

Miss Universe 1962, the 11th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 14 July 1962 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Norma Nolan of Argentina was crowned the winner by the outgoing titleholder Marlene Schmidt of Germany.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1962	Argentina - Norma Nolan
1st runner-up	Iceland - Anna Geirsdóttir
2nd runner-up	Finland - Anja Aulikki Järvinen
3rd runner-up	Republic of China - Helen Liu Shiu-Man
4th runner-up	Brazil - Maria Olívia Rebouças
Semi-finalists	Austria - Christa Linder Canada - Marilyn McFatridge Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco England - Kim Carlton Haiti - Evelyn Miot Israel - Yehudit Mazor Korea - Seo Bum-joo Lebanon - Nouhad Cabbabe New Zealand - Lesley Margaret Nichols USA - Macel Wilson

Contestants

• Argentina - Norma Nolan
• Austria - Christa Linder
• Belgium - Christine Delit
• Bolivia - Gabriela Roca Díaz
• Brazil - Maria Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti
• Canada - Marilyn McFatridge
• Ceylon - Yvonne D'Rozario
• Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco
• Costa Rica - Helvetia Albonico
• Cuba - Aurora Prieto
• Dahomey - Gilette Hazoume
• Dominican Republic - Sarah Olimpia Fórmeta
• Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen
• England - Kim Carlton
• Finland - Anja Aulikki Järvinen
• France - Sabine Surget
• Germany - Gisela Karschuck
• Greece - Kristina Apostolou
• Holland - Marianne van der Hayden
• Haiti - Evelyn Miot
• Hong Kong - Shirley Pon
• Iceland - Anna Geirsdóttir
• Ireland - Josie Dwyer
• Israel - Yehudit Mazor Rounik
• Italy - Isa Stoppi
• Japan - Kazuko Hirano

• Korea - Seo Bum-joo
• Lebanon - Nouhad Cabbabe
• Luxembourg - Fernande Kodesch
• Malaya - Sarah Alhabshee Abdullah
• Morocco - Ginette Buenaventes
• New Zealand - Leslie Margaret Nichols
• Norway - Julie Ege †
• Paraguay - Corina Rolón Escuariza
• Peru - Silvia Ruth Dedeking
• Philippines - Josephine Brown Estrada
• Portugal - Maria Jose Santos Trindade Defolloy
• Puerto Rico - Ana Celia Sosa
• Republic of China - Helen Liu Shiu Man
• Scotland - Vera Parker
• Singapore - Julie Koh Moot-Lei
• South Africa - Lynette Gamble
• Spain - Conchita Roig Urpi
• Sweden - Monica Rågby
• Switzerland - Francine Delouille
• Tahiti - Katy Bauner
• Turkey - Behad Gulay Sezer
• Uruguay - Nelly Pettersen Vasigaluz
• USA - Macel Wilson
• Venezuela - Virginia Bailey Lazzari
• Virgin Islands - Juanita Morell
• Wales - Hazel Williams

Notes

Replacements

• Venezuela - Miss Venezuela sent its 1st runner-up, Virginia Bailey, because its originally crowned winner, Olga Antonetti, was below 18 and did not meet the age requirement.