Miss World 1963
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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 Carole Crawford
Carole Crawford
Carole Joan Crawford won the 1963 Miss World contest, representing Jamaica. The 5'3" beauty - short by Miss World standards - made history by becoming the first delegate from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom...
of Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
. It took place on November 7, 1963 at the Lyceum Theatre in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK.
Results
| Final Results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1963 |
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| 1st Runner-up |
 New Zealand - Elaine Miscall |
| 2nd Runner-up |
 Finland - Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg |
| 3rd Runner-up |
 Denmark - Aino Korwa |
| 4th Runner-up |
 Sweden - Grete Qviberg |
| Finalists |
 United Kingdom - Diana Westbury Early Modern France - Muguette Fabris |
| Semifinalists |
 Brazil - Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia Colombia - Maria Eugenia Cucalón Venegas Liberia - Ethel Zoe Norman Malaysia - Catherine Loh United States - Michele MetrinkoMichele Rollins Michele Rollins was a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for the United States House of Representatives election in 2010, in Delaware's At-large congressional district, a race she narrowly lost to Glen Urquhart... |
Contestants
Argentina - Diana Sarti
Austria - Sonja Russ
Belgium - Irène Godin
Bolivia - Rosario Lopera- Brazil - Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
Canada - Jane Kmita- ' - Jennifer Ann Fonseka
Chile - Maria del Pilar Aguirre- Colombia - Maria Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
Cyprus - Maro Zorna- Denmark - Aino Korwa
- Finland - Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
- Early Modern France - Muguette Fabris
Germany - Susie Gruner
Greece - Athanasia (Soula) Idromenou- ' - Hanny Ijsbrandts
Iceland - Maria Ragnarsdóttir
Republic of Ireland - Joan Power
Israel - Sara Talmi
Jamaica - Carole Joan Crawford
Japan - Miyako Harada
Jordan - Despo Drakolakis- ' - Choi Keum-shil
- Liberia - Ethel Zoe Norman
Luxembourg - Catherine Paulus- Malaysia - Catherine Loh
Mexico - Beatriz Martínez Solórzano- New Zealand - Elaine Miscall
Nigeria - Gina Onyejiaka
Peru - Lucia Buonnani
Portugal - Maria Penedo
South Africa - Louise Crous
Spain - Encarnación Zalabardo- ' - Virginia Blanche Hardjo
- Sweden - Grete Qviberg
Tunisia - Claudine Younes
Turkey - Gulseren Kocaman- United Kingdom - Diana Westbury
- United States - Michele MetrinkoMichele RollinsMichele Rollins was a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for the United States House of Representatives election in 2010, in Delaware's At-large congressional district, a race she narrowly lost to Glen Urquhart...
Venezuela - Milagros Galindez
Returning countries and Debuts
- Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria competed in Miss World for the first time.
- Tunisia last competed in 1958Miss World 1958Miss World 1958, the 8th annual Miss World pageant, was held on October 13, 1958 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom. 22 contestants competed for the Miss World...
. - Peru 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...
. - Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname, and Turkey last competed in 1961Miss World 1961Miss World 1961, the 11th Miss World pageant, was won by Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. It took place on November 9, 1961 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, UK.-Results:-Contestants:*' - Susana Julia Pardal*' - Hella Wolfsgrubej...
. - Suriname Virginia Hardjo is a half Javanese.
Others
- Denmark placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1963Miss Universe 1963Miss 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.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...
. - Ceylon becomes a finalist for the second time, last in 1953.