Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1966	India - Reita Faria Reita Faria Reita Faria Powell became the first Indian to win the Miss World title, in 1966. After winning the Miss Bombay crown earlier that year, she won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest .After her one year tenure, she refused modeling and films and instead concentrated...
1st Runner-up	Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Nikica Marinovic
2nd Runner-up	Greece - Efi Fontini Plumbi
3rd Runner-up	Brazil - Marlucci Manvailler Rocha
4th Runner-up	Italy - Gigliola Carbonara
Finalists	Norway - Birgit Andersen  United States - Denice Estelle Blair
Semifinalists	Argentina - Graciela Guardone  Canada - Diane Coulter  Dominican Republic - Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca  Early Modern France - Michèle Boulé  Germany - Jutta Danske  Guyana - Umblita Van Sluytman  South Africa - Johanna Maud Carter  United Kingdom - Jennifer Lowe Summers

Contestants

•  Argentina - Graciela Guardone
• ' - Reina Patricia Hernandez
•  The Bahamas - Dorothy Cooper
•  Belgium - Mireille de Man
•  Brazil - Marlucci Manvailler Rocha
•  Canada - Diane Coulter
• ' - Priscilla Martensyn
•  Chile - Amelia Galaz
•  Costa Rica - Sonia Mora
•  Cyprus - Annoula Alvaliotou
•  Denmark - Irene Poller Hansen
•  Dominican Republic - Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca
•  Ecuador - Alejandra Vallejo Klaere
•  Finland - Marita Gellman
•  Early Modern France - Michèle Boulé
•  The Gambia - Oumie Barry
•  Germany - Jutta Danske
•  Gibraltar - Grace Valverde
•  Greece - Efi Fontini Ploumbi
•  Guyana - Umblita van Sluytman
• ' - Anneke Geerts
•  Honduras - Danira Miralda Buines
•  Iceland - Audur Hardardóttir
•  India - Reita Faria
  Reita Faria
  Reita Faria Powell became the first Indian to win the Miss World title, in 1966. After winning the Miss Bombay crown earlier that year, she won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest .After her one year tenure, she refused modeling and films and instead concentrated...
  
  
•  Republic of Ireland - Helen McMahon
•  Israel - Segula Gohr

•  Italy - Gigliola Carbonara
•  Jamaica - Yvonne Walter
•  Japan - Harumi Kobayashi
•  Jordan - Vera Jalil Khamis
• ' - Chung Eul-sun
•  Lebanon - Marlene Talih
•  Luxembourg - Mariette Sophie Stephano
•  Malaysia - Merlyn Therese McKelvie
•  Malta - Monica Sunnura
•  Mexico - Maria Cecilia González DuPress
•  Morocco - Naima Naim
•  New Zealand - Heather Gettings
•  Norway - Birgit Andersen
•  Philippines - Vivien Lee Austria
•  South Africa - Johanna Maud Carter
• ' - Linda Haselhoef
•  Sweden - Ingrid Anna Andersson
•  Switzerland - Janine Solliner
•  Syria - Feriel Jelal
• ' - Diane DeFreitas
•  Turkey - Inci Asena
•  United Kingdom - Jennifer Lowe Summers
•  United States - Denice Estelle Blair
•  Venezuela - Jeannette Kopp Arenas
•  Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Nikica Marinovic

Returning countries and Debuts

• Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Trinidad & Tobago, and Yugoslavia competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Switzerland last competed in 1956
  Miss World 1956
  Miss World 1956, the sixth annual Miss World pageant, was held on 15 October 1956 at Lyceum Theatre, London, United Kingdom. 24 contestants competed for the Miss World...
  
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• Norway last competed in 1960
  Miss World 1960
  Miss 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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• India last competed in 1962
  Miss World 1962
  Miss World 1962, the 12th Miss World pageant, was won by Catharina Lodders of Holland. It took place on November 8, 1962 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, UK.-Results:-Contestants:*' - Maria Amalia Ramirez*' - Inge Jaklin...
  
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• Chile and Mexico last competed in 1963
  Miss World 1963
  Miss World 1963, the 13th Miss World pageant, was won by Carole Crawford of Jamaica. It took place on November 7, 1963 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, UK.-Results:-Contestants:*' - Diana Sarti*' - Sonja Russ*' - Irène Godin...
  
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• Aruba and Turkey last competed in 1964
  Miss World 1964
  Miss World 1964, the 14th Miss World pageant, was won by Ann Sidney of United Kingdom. It took place on November 12, 1964 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, UK.-Results:-Contestants:*' - Ana Maria Soria*' - Regina Croes...
  
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Nations not competing

•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Colombia - Maria Estela Sáenz Calero
•  Nicaragua
•  Paraguay
•  Spain - Paquita Torres Pérez (withdrew because Miss Gibraltar was in pageant)
•  Uruguay - Susana Regeden

Disqualified

•  Nigeria - Uzor Okafor (married to a Briton, was not nationally crowned)

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis - Official results of Miss World 1966