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Miss Universe 1967
Encyclopedia
Miss Universe 1967, the 16th Miss Universe
pageant, was won by 21-year-old Sylvia Hitchcock
of USA
. It took place on 15 July 1967 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 21-year-old Sylvia Hitchcock
Sylvia Hitchcock
Sylvia Louise Hitchcock-Carson is a pageant titleholder who held the Miss USA 1967 and Miss Universe 1967 titles.Hitchcock was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and grew up on a chicken farm in Miami, Florida. She attended Palmetto High School, Miami-Dade Junior College and studied art at the...
of USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
. It took place on 15 July 1967 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 1967 |
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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 - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi
Aruba - Ivonne Maduro
Austria - Christl Bartu
The Bahamas - Elizabeth Knowles
Belgium - Mauricette Sironval
Bermuda - Cheryl Michele Smith
Bolivia - Marcela Montoya Garcia
Bonaire - Cristina Landwier
Brazil - Carmen Silva De Barros Ramasco
Canada - Donna Marie Barker
Chile - Ingrid Vila Riveros
Colombia - Elsa Maria Garrido Cajiao
Costa Rica - Rosa Maria Fernandez
Cuba - Elina Salavarria
- - Imelda Thome
Denmark - Gitte Rhein Knudsen
Dominican Republic - Jeannette Rey Garcia
Kingdom of England - Jennifer Lynn Lewis
Finland - Ritva Helena Lehto
Early Modern France - Anne Vernier
Germany - Fee Von Zitzewitz
Greece - Elia Kalogeraki
Guam - Hope Marie Navarro Alvarez
- ' - Irene Van Campenhout
Honduras - Denia Maria Alvorado Medina
Hong Kong - Laura Arminda Da Costa Roque
Iceland - Gudrun Petursdottir
India - Nayyara Mirza
Republic of Ireland - Patricia Armstrong
Israel - Batia Kabiri
Italy - Paola Rossi
Japan - Kayoko Fujikawa
- ' - Hong Jung-ae
Luxembourg - Marie-Jossee Mathgen
Malaysia - Monkam Anne Lowe Siprasome
Mexico - Valentina Vales Duarte
New Zealand - Pamela McLeod
Norway - Gro Goskor
Okinawa Prefecture - Etsuko Okuhira
Panama - Mirna Norma Castillero
Paraguay - Maria Eugenia Torres
Peru - Mirtha Calvo Sommaruga †
Philippines - Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil
Puerto Rico - Yvonne Coll
Kingdom of Scotland - Lena MacGarvie
Singapore - Mei-Lee Ong
South Africa - Windley Ballenden
Spain - Francisca Delgado Sanchez
Sweden - Eva-Lisa Svensson
Switzerland - Elsbeth Ruegger
Turkey - Ayse Yelda Gurani
Uruguay - Mayela Berton Martinez
United States - Sylvia Louise Hitchcock
Sylvia HitchcockSylvia Louise Hitchcock-Carson is a pageant titleholder who held the Miss USA 1967 and Miss Universe 1967 titles.Hitchcock was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and grew up on a chicken farm in Miami, Florida. She attended Palmetto High School, Miami-Dade Junior College and studied art at the...Venezuela - Mariela Pérez Branger
Mariela PérezMariela Pérez Branger is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on February 14, 1946. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1967, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1967 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on July 15, 1967, when she won...Virgin Islands
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Trivia
- VenezuelaMiss VenezuelaThe Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...
made into the top 5 for the first time. - Miss PhilippinesBinibining PilipinasBinibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:...
, Pilar Pilapil became a successful actress. - Miss Puerto Rico, Yvonne Coll became a singer and actress. She ran her own variety show in 1971.