Miss World 1962
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Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
pageant, was won by Catharina Lodders
Catharina Lodders
Catharina Johanna Lodders won the 1962 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. She became the second woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London...
of Holland
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It took place on November 8, 1962 at the Lyceum Theatre in London
London
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, UK.
Results
| Final Results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1962 |
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| 1st Runner-up |
 Finland - Kaarina Marita Leskinen |
| 2nd Runner-up |
 Early Modern France - Monique Lemaire |
| 3rd Runner-up |
 South Africa - Yvonne Maryann Ficker |
| 4th Runner-up |
 Japan - Teruko Ikeda |
| Finalists |
 Belgium - Christine Delit United States - Amadee Chabot Denmark - Rikke Stisager |
| Semifinalists |
 Argentina - Maria Amalia Ramírez India - Ferial Karim Israel - Ilana Porat Jamaica - Chriss Leon United Kingdom - Jackie White Uruguay - Maria Noel Genouese Venezuela - Betzabeth Franco Blanco |
Contestants
- Argentina - Maria Amalia Ramirez
Austria - Inge Jaklin- Belgium - Christine Delit
Brazil - Vera Lúzia Saba
Canada - Marlene Leeson- ' - Roxsana L.S. Chiang
Cyprus - Magda Michailides- Denmark - Rikki Stisager
Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen- Finland - Kaarina Marita Leskinen
- Early Modern France - Monique Lemaire
Germany - Anita Steffen
Greece - Glasmine Moraitou- ' - Catharina Johanna LoddersCatharina LoddersCatharina Johanna Lodders won the 1962 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. She became the second woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London...
Iceland - Rannveig Ólafsdóttir- India - Ferial Karim
Republic of Ireland - Muriel O'Hanlon
- Israel - Ilana Porat
Italy - Raffaella da Carolis- Jamaica - Chriss Leon
- Japan - Teruko Ikeda
Jordan - Leila Emile Khadder- ' - Chung Tae-ja
Luxembourg - Brita Gerson
New Zealand - Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi
Portugal - Palmira Ferreira- South Africa - Yvonne Maryann Ficker
Spain - Conchita Roig Urpi
Sweden - Margaretha Palin- United Kingdom - Jackie White
- United States - Amadee Chabot
- Uruguay - Maria Noel Genouese
- Venezuela - Betzabeth Franco Blanco
Returning countries and Debuts
- Jamaica last competed in 1959Miss World 1959Miss World 1959, the ninth annual Miss World pageant, was held on November 10, 1959 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom and was the first to be televised by the BBC. 37 contestants competed for the Miss World...
. - Canada, and Jordan last competed in 1960Miss World 1960Miss World 1960, the 10th annual Miss World pageant, was held on November 8, 1960 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom. 39 contestants competed for the Miss World...
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Nations not competing
Bolivia - Rosemarie Lederer Aguilera (never arrived)
Dominican Republic - Carolina Nouel (dropped out the day before the finals)
Paraguay - Maria Isabel Maas Uhl (never arrived)
Turkey (did not appear - got married instead)