Miss World 1962
WinnerCatharina Lodders
RepresentedNetherlands
Date8 November 1962
PresentersMichael Aspel
Entrants33
Placements15
VenueLyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterBBC
ReturnsCanada · Jamaica · Jordan · Portugal
WithdrawsBolivia · Ceylon · Lebanon · Madagascar · Nicaragua · Rhodesia and Nyasaland · Suriname · Turkey
Before1961
Next1963

Miss World 1962 was the 12th Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom, on 8 November 1962. Rosemarie Frankland of the United Kingdom crowned Catharina Lodders of the Netherlands at the conclusion of the event.[1] Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959.[1][2]

Background

Selection of participants

Returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the return of Canada, Jamaica, Jordan, and Portugal. Jamaica and Portugal last competed in 1959, Canada and Jordan last completed in 1960. Bolivia, Ceylon, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Suriname withdrew from the competition due to their national organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Miss Turkey 1962, Zeynep Ziyal, withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.[3]

Results

PlacementContestant
Miss World 1962
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 8
Top 15

Contestants

Thirty-three contestants competed for the title.

CountryContestantAge[a]Hometown
ArgentinaMaría Amalia Ramírez[6]17Santa Fe
AustriaInge Jaklin[7]21Vienna
BelgiumChristine Delit[8]22Liège
BrazilVera Lúzia Saba[9]18Guanabara
CanadaMarlene Leeson[10]19Nova Scotia
CyprusMagda Michailides18Nicosia
DenmarkRikki Stisager[9]19Aalborg
EcuadorElaine Ortega–Pichincha
FinlandKaarina Leskinen[11]17Helsinki
FranceMonique Lemaire[12]20Paris
GreeceGlasmine Moraitou[13]23Athens
IcelandRannveig Ólafsdóttir[14]18Reykjavík
IndiaFerial Karim[15]23Bombay
IrelandMuriel O'Hanlon19Dublin
IsraelIlana Porat19Tel Aviv
ItalyRaffaella da Carolis[16]20Umbria
JamaicaChriss Leon[17]20Kingston
JapanTeruko Ikeda[18]19Himeji
JordanLeila Emile Khadder18Amman
LuxembourgBrita Gerson18Luxembourg City
Netherlands[b]Conny Harteveld[19]22Leiden
New ZealandMaureen Kingi[20]20Rotorua
PortugalPalmira Ferreira18Lisbon
Republic of ChinaRoxsana L.S. Chiang[21]19Taipei
South AfricaYvonne Ficker[22]18Johannesburg
South Korea[c]Chung Tae-ja[23]23Seoul
SpainConchita Roig27Barcelona
SwedenMargareth Melin21Stockholm
United KingdomJackie White[24]20Derbyshire
United StatesAmadee Chabot[25]17Northridge
UruguayMaría Noel Genovese[26]18Montevideo
VenezuelaBetzabeth Franco[26]20Caracas
West GermanyAnita Steffen[27]20–

Judges

The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, are:[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Age at the time of the pageant
  2. ^ Competed as Holland in the pageant
  3. ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant

References

  1. ^ Sunday Herald
  2. ^ "Miss World 1962". MissWorld. Archived 2 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  3. ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived 2 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Dutch model, 20, walks off with '62 Miss World title". The Deseret News. 9 November 1962. p. 7. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Google Books
  5. ^ Lo, Ricky (4 October 2010). "India, China only Asian countries with Misses World". Philippine Star. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  6. ^ "La più bella argentina" [The most beautiful Argentinean] (in Italian). La Stampa. 31 October 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Miss zoekt Miss op" [Miss is looking for Miss] (in Dutch). Nieuwe Tilburgsche courant. 3 November 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Delpher.
  8. ^ "Erelijst Miss België" (in nl-NL). De Morgen. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Finalistas por el titulo de "Miss World"" [Finalists for the title of "Miss World"] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 10 November 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Google News Archive
  10. ^ "Bypassed beauty planning to put up fight for title". The Calgary Herald. 19 September 1962. p. 35. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Tainola, Rita & Bryssel (20 October 2014). "Entisen Miss Suomen suhdekurimus: Mies petti useiden naisten kanssa - "Hälytyskellojen olisi pitänyt soida"" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  12. ^ Alcaraz, Mathias (14 December 2018). "VIDEO Miss France 2019 : le concours en chiffres" (in French). Voici. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  13. ^ "De twee op London Airport gefotografeerde charmante jongedames" [The two charming young ladies photographed at London Airport] (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant. 3 November 1962. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Delpher.
  14. ^ "Guðrún Bjarnadóttir var kjörin Ungfrú Island 1962" [Guðrún Bjarnadóttir was elected Miss Iceland 1962] (in Icelandic). Fálkinn. 13 May 1962. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Tímarit.is.
  15. ^ "U.S. entry is favored". St. Joseph Gazette. 8 November 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Google News Archive.
  16. ^ "Ricevimento per le Miss" [Reception for the Miss] (in Italian). La Stampa. 5 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  17. ^ Thomas, Marcia (7 January 2020). "Jamaica at Miss World: A 60-year success story". The Gleaner. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via PressReader.
  18. ^ "Miss World candidate". The Straits Times. 6 November 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via National Library Board.
  19. ^ "Miss Holland naar Londen" [Miss Holland to London] (in Dutch). Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant. 13 October 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 22 June 2024. – via Delpher.
  20. ^ "“MISS N.Z.”: Civic Farewell At Auckland". The Press. 3 August 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2026. – via Papers Past
  21. ^ "They shame the Moon". Taiwan Today. 1 June 1962. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  22. ^ Lambley, Gariin (8 November 2022). "Miss SA: Every winner since 1956" (in en-ZA). MSN. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  23. ^ "Stasera la più bella del mondo" [Tonight the most beautiful in the world] (in Italian). La Stampa. 8 November 1962. p. 5. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  24. ^ "Beauty queen Jackie sues". Evening Standard. 13 September 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Newspapers.com
  25. ^ "Shapely California gets Miss USA title". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. 23 September 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Newspapers.com
  26. ^ "In another world". The Billings County Pioneer. 22 November 1962. p. 6. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Google News Archive
  27. ^ "Snitselbank" (in Dutch). Nieuwe Eindhovense krant. 6 November 1962. p. 5. Retrieved 15 April 2025. – via Delpher.