
Miss Universe 1962
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Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant, was won by 24-year-old Norma Nolan
Norma Nolan
Norma Nolan , is an Argentine who became, in 1962, the first woman from that country to obtain the Miss Universe title. She won the title in Miami Beach, Florida. Nolan is of Irish and Italian descent...
of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It took place on 14 July 1962 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1962 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 15 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Evelyn Miot Evelyn Miot, Miss Haiti Universe, was the first black woman to reach the top fifteen finalists position in the Miss Universe pageant. Miot was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe 1962 pageant, won by Argentine Norma Nolan-References:... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Macel Leilani Wilson Macel Leilani Wilson, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was the first Asian American to win the Miss USA beauty pageant, and a film editor for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.-Miss USA 1962:... |
Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Best National Costume |
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Historical Significance
(Evelyn MiotEvelyn Miot
Evelyn Miot, Miss Haiti Universe, was the first black woman to reach the top fifteen finalists position in the Miss Universe pageant. Miot was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe 1962 pageant, won by Argentine Norma Nolan-References:...
) was the first woman to represent her country. She also became the first delegate of African
African people
African people refers to natives, inhabitants, or citizen of Africa and to people of African descent.-Etymology:Many etymological hypotheses that have been postulated for the ancient name "Africa":...
descent to advance to the semifinals. (Kim Carlton) won the Miss Photogenic and Best National Costume awards, the first time a country accomplished this feat.
Contestants
Argentina - Norma Nolan
Norma NolanNorma Nolan , is an Argentine who became, in 1962, the first woman from that country to obtain the Miss Universe title. She won the title in Miami Beach, Florida. Nolan is of Irish and Italian descent...Austria - Christa Linder
Belgium - Christine Delit
Benin - Gilette Hazoume
Bolivia - Gabriela Roca Diaz
Brazil - Maria Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti
Canada - Marilyn McFatridge
- ' - Yvonne D'Rozario
Republic of China - Helen Liu Shiu Man
Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco
Costa Rica - Helvetia Albonico
Cuba - Aurora Prieto
Dominican Republic - Sara Olimpia Fórmeta
Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen
Kingdom of England - Kim Carlton
Finland - Anja Aulikki Järvinen
Early Modern France - Sabine Surget
Germany - Gisela Karschuck
Greece - Kristina Apostolou
- ' - Marianne van der Hayden
- ' - Evelyn Miot
- ' - Shirley Pon
Iceland - Anna Geirsdóttir
Republic of Ireland - Josie Dwyer
Israel - Yehudit Mazor Rounik
Italy - Isa Stoppi
Japan - Kasuko Hirano
- ' - Seo Bun-joo
Lebanon - Nouhad Cabbabe
Luxembourg - Fernande Kodesch
Malaysia - Sarah Alhabshee Abdullah
Morocco- Ginette Buenaventes
New Zealand - Leslie Margaret Nichols
Norway - Julie Ege
Paraguay - Corina Rolon Escuariza
Peru - Silvia Ruth Dedeking
Philippines - Josephine Brown Estrada
Puerto Rico - Ana Celia Sosa
Kingdom of Scotland - Vera Parker
South Africa - Lynette Gamble
Spain - Conchita Roig Urpi
Sweden - Monica Rågby
Switzerland - Francine Delouille
French Polynesia - Katy Bauner
Turkey - Behad Gulay Sezer
Uruguay - Nelly Pettersen Vasigaluz
United States - Macel Leilani Wilson
Macel Leilani WilsonMacel Leilani Wilson, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was the first Asian American to win the Miss USA beauty pageant, and a film editor for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.-Miss USA 1962:...Venezuela - Virginia Bailey Lazzari
Virgin Islands
Virgin IslandsThe Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
- Juanita MorellWales - Hazel Williams
Panel of Judges
- Edilson Cid Varela
- Gloria Haven
- Abe Issa
- Jyun Kawachi
- Chang Key-Young
- Serge Mendjisky
- Russell PattersonRussell PattersonRussell Patterson was a celebrated and prolific American cartoonist, illustrator and scenic designer. Patterson’s art deco magazine illustrations helped promote the idea of the 1920s and 1930s fashion style known as the flapper.Patterson was born in Omaha, Nebraska...
- Fernando Restrepo Suárez
- Earl WilsonEarl WilsonRobert Earl Wilson was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres . Wilson batted and threw right-handed...