Miss Universe 1967
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Miss Universe 1967, the 16th 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 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
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.

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1967
  •  United States - 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...

1st runner-up
  •  Venezuela - Mariela Pérez
    Mariela Pérez
    Mariela 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...

  • 2nd runner-up
  •  Kingdom of England - Jennifer Lynn Lewis
  • 3rd runner-up
  •  Finland - Ritva Helena Lehto
  • 4th runner-up
  •  Israel - Batya Kabiri
  • Top 15
  •  Brazil - Carmen Sílvia de Barros Ramasco
  •  Denmark - Margrethe Rhein Knudsen
  •  Greece - Elia Kalogeraki
  • ' - Irene van Campenhout
  •  Hong Kong - Laura Arminda da Costa Roque
  •  Republic of Ireland - Patricia Armstrong
  •  Italy - Paola Rossi
  •  Spain - Paquita Delgado Sánchez
  •  Sweden - Eva Lisa Svensson
  •  Wales - Denise Elizabeth Page

  • Special awards

    Award Contestant
    Miss Congeniality
    Miss Photogenic
  •  Greece - Elia Kalogeraki
  • Best National Costume
  •  Brazil - Carmen Silva De Barros Ramasco

  • Contestants


    •  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 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...

    •  Venezuela - Mariela Pérez Branger
      Mariela Pérez
      Mariela 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
      Virgin Islands
      The 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...

      - Gail Garrison
    •  Wales - Denise Elizabeth Page


    Trivia

    • Venezuela
      Miss Venezuela
      The 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 Philippines
      Binibining Pilipinas
      Binibining 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.

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