Miss Universe 1962, the 11th Miss Universe

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

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, USA

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Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1962	Argentina - 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...
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	- Maria Olívia Rebouças
Top 15	Austria - Christa Linder  Canada - Marilyn McFatridge  Colombia - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco  Kingdom of England - Kim Carlton  Haiti - Evelyn Miot 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:...  Israel - Yehudit Mazor Rounik ' - Seo-Bum-Joo  Lebanon - Nouhad Cabbabe  New Zealand - Lesley Margaret Nichols  United States - Macel Wilson 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
Miss Congeniality	Dominican Republic - Sara Olimpia Fórmeta  Wales - Hazel Williams
Miss Photogenic	Kingdom of England - Kim Carlton
Best National Costume	Kingdom of England - Kim Carlton

Historical Significance

(Evelyn Miot

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:...

) 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 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...
  
  
•  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 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:...
  
  
•  Venezuela - Virginia Bailey Lazzari
•   Virgin Islands
  Virgin Islands
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   - Juanita Morell
•  Wales - Hazel Williams

Panel of Judges

• Edilson Cid Varela
• Gloria Haven
• Abe Issa
• Jyun Kawachi
• Chang Key-Young

• Serge Mendjisky
• Russell Patterson
  Russell Patterson
  Russell 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 Wilson
  Earl Wilson
  Robert 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...