Miss World 1963

Miss World 1963
Date	7 November 1963
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	40
Debuts	Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria
Withdrawals	India, Italy, Uruguay
Returns	Bolivia, Ceylon, Peru, Suriname, Tunisia, Turkey
Winner	Carole Crawford Jamaica

Miss World 1963, the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 November 1963 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Carole Crawford of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1962, Catharina Lodders of Holland.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1963	Jamaica – Carole Crawford
1st runner-up	New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
2nd runner-up	Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
3rd runner-up	Denmark – Aino Korwa
4th runner-up	Sweden – Grete Qviberg
5th runner-up	France – Muguette Fabris
6th runner-up	United Kingdom – Diana Westbury
Top 14	Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas Korea – Choi Keum-shil Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman Malaysia – Catherine Loh Ceylon – Jennifer Anne Fonseka United States – Michele Metrinko

Contestants

• Argentina – Diana Sarti
• Austria – Sonja Russ
• Belgium – Irène Godin
• Bolivia – Rosario Lopera
• Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
• Canada – Jane Kmita
• Ceylon – Jennifer Ann Fonseka
• Chile – María del Pilar Aguirre
• Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
• Cyprus – Maro Zorna
• Denmark – Aino Korwa
• Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
• France – Muguette Fabris
• Germany – Susie Gruner
• Greece – Athanasia (Soula) Idromenou
• Holland – Hanny Ijsbrants
• Iceland – María Ragnarsdóttir
• Ireland – Joan Power
• Israel – Sara Talmi
• Jamaica – Carole Joan Crawford

• Japan – Miyako Harada
• Jordan – Despo Drakolakis
• Korea – Choi Keum-shil
• Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman
• Luxembourg – Catherine Paulus
• Malaysia – Catherine Loh
• Mexico – Beatriz Martínez Solórzano
• New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
• Nigeria – Gina Onyejiaka
• Peru – Lucía Buonnani
• Portugal – Maria Penedo
• South Africa – Louise Crous
• Spain – Encarnación Zalabardo
• Suriname – Virginia Blanche Hardjo
• Sweden – Grete Qviberg
• Tunisia – Claudine Younes
• Turkey – Gulseren Kocaman
• United Kingdom – Diana Westbury
• United States – Michele Metrinko
• Venezuela – Milagros Galíndez

Notes

Virginia Blanche Hardjo representing Suriname

Debuts

• Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Tunisia last competed in 1958.
• Peru last competed in 1959.
• Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname, and Turkey last competed in 1961.

Other notes

• Denmark placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1963.
• Ceylon becomes a finalist for the second time, last in 1953.

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1963