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Mauriziok/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	Norma Nolan Argentina
Congeniality	Sarah Olimpia Frómeta Dominican Republic Hazel Williams Wales
Best National Costume	Kim Carlton England
Photogenic	Kim Carlton England

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. 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
Top 15	Austria – Christa Linder Canada – Marilyn McFatridge Colombia – Olga Lucía Botero Orozco England – Kim Carlton Haiti – Evelyn Miot Israel – Yehudit Mazor Lebanon – Nouhad Cabbabe Korea – Seo Bum-joo 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 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
• 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

[[:Category:Miss Universe|1962]] [[:Category:1962 in Florida]] [[:Category:1962 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in the United States]] [[:Category:July 1962 events in the United States]] [[:Category:Events in Miami Beach, Florida]]