
Miss Universe 1963
Encyclopedia
Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe
pageant, was won by 18-year-old Iêda Maria Vargas
of Brazil
. It took place on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
, USA
.
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 18-year-old Iêda Maria Vargas
Ieda Maria Vargas
Iêda Maria Vargas , is a Brazilian who was crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach, Florida in 1963. She was the first person from her country to win a major international beauty pageant. Vargas is a native of Rio Grande do Sul...
of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. It took place on 20 July 1963 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 1963 |
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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 |
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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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Contestants
Argentina - Olga Galuzzi
Austria - Gertrude Bergner
The Bahamas - Sandra Louise Young
Belgium - Irene Godin
Bolivia - Ana Maria Velasco Gutierrez
Brazil - Ieda Maria Vargas
British Guiana - Gloria Flackman
Canada - Jane Kmita
- ' - Manel De Silva
Colombia - Maria Cristina Alvarez Gonzalez
Costa Rica - Sandra Chrysopulos Morua
Cuba - Alicia Margit Chia
- - Philomena Zielinski
Denmark - Aino Korva
Dominican Republic - Carmen Benicia Abinader De Benito
Ecuador - Patricia Cordova
Finland - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen
Early Modern France - Monique Lemaire
Germany - Helga Carla Ziesemer
Greece - Despina Orgeta
- ' - Else Onstenk
Iceland - Theodora Thordardottir
Republic of Ireland - Marlene McKeown
Israel - Sherin Ibrahim
Italy - Gianna Serra
Jamaica - June Maxine Brown
Japan - Noriko Ando
- ' - Kim Myoung-Ja
Luxembourg - Mia Dahm
Morocco - Selma Rahal
New Zealand - Regina Ellen Scandrett
Nicaragua - Leda Sanchez
Norway - Eva Carlberg
Okinawa Prefecture - Reiko Uehara
Paraguay - Amelia Benitez
Peru - Dora Toledano Godier
Philippines - Lalaine Betia Bennett
Puerto Rico - Jeanette Blascoechea
Kingdom of Scotland - Grace Calder W.Taylor
South Africa - Ellen Liebenberg
Spain - Maria Rosa Perez Gomez
Suriname - Brigitta Hougen
Sweden - Kerstin Margareta Jonsson
Switzerland - Diane Tanner
Trinidad
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- Jean StoddartTurkey - Guler Samuray
Uruguay - Graciela Pintos
United States - Marite Ozers
Venezuela - Irene Morales Machado
Irene MoralesIrene Amelia Morales Machado is a pageant titleholder, was born in Achaguas, Apure, Venezuela in 1945. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1963, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1963 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on July 20, 1963.-External...Wales - Maureen Thomas
Panel of Judges
- Edilson Cid Varela
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- Kiyoshi Hara
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