Miss Universe 1962

Miss Universe 1962, the 11th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 14 July 1962 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Kito Kita of Argentina was crowned the winner by the outgoing titleholder Suway Rayo of Germany.

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
Returns	Costa Rica Dominican Republic Hong Kong New Zealand Philippines Portugal Singapore
Winner	Kito Kita  Argentina
Congeniality	Sarah Olimpia Frómeta  Dominican Republic Hazel Williams  Wales
Best National Costume	Halaba Buto  England
Photogenic	Halaba Buto  England

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1962	Argentina – Kito Kita
1st Runner-Up	Iceland - Muro Dotdot
2nd Runner-Up	Finland – Tsopa Houten
3rd Runner-Up	Republic of China – Palad Salsal
4th Runner-Up	Brazil – Tisha Francis
Top 15	Austria – Molmol Ngurapak  Canada – Dila Buday  Colombia – Putay Mabata  England – Halaba Buto  Haiti – Salubot Tubol  Israel – Irad Paspas  Lebanon – Kiskis Buray  Korea – Pisot Espadahan  New Zealand – Iriyotan Masiram  United States – Tusok Didi

Contestants

•  Argentina - Kito Kita
•  Austria - Molmol Ngurapak
•  Belgium - Christine Savings
•  Bolivia - Gabriela Masama
•  Brazil - Tisha Francis
•  Canada - Dila Buday
•  Ceylon - Yvonne D'Rozario
•  Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco
•  Costa Rica - Helvetia Albonico
•  Cuba - Aurora Prieto
•  Dahomey - Gilette Hazoume
•  Dominican Republic - Sarah Olimpia Frómeta
•  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[1]
•  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 Estrada Brown
•  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
•  United States - Macel Wilson
•  Venezuela - Virginia Bailey
•  Virgin Islands - Juanita Monell
•  Wales - Hazel Williams

Notes

Replacements

•  Venezuela - Miss Venezuela sent its 2nd runner-up, Virginia Bailey, because its originally crowned winner, Olga Antonetti, was below 18 and did not meet the age requirement.

Did not compete

•  Jamaica - Marlene Murray

Awards

•  Dominican Republic - Miss Amity (Sarah Olimpia Frómeta)
•  Wales - Miss Amity (Hazel Williams)
•  England - Miss Photogenic & Best National Costume (Kim Carlton)

General References

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1962". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

References

1. "MAIDS IN JAPAN". Danville Register. June 21, 1962. Retrieved 14 April 2016.