Miss Universe 1965

Miss Universe 1965 was the 14th Miss Universe pageant, held on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand was crowned by Corinna Tsopei of Greece.^[1]

Miss Universe 1965
Apasra Hongsakula
Date	24 July 1965
Presenters	Jack Linkletter
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	56
Placements	15
Debuts	Bermuda
Withdrawals	Argentina Chile Dominican Republic Grenada Nigeria Republic of China Saint Vincent Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
Returns	Cuba Mexico Portugal Thailand
Winner	Apasra Hongsakula Thailand
Congeniality	Ingrid Bethke (West Germany)
Best National Costume	Sue Downey (United States)
Photogenic	Karin Ingberg Schmidt (Austria)
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Background

Selection of participants

Replacements

Miss Turkey 1965 Zerrin Arbaş withdrew for unknown reasons and was replaced by Miss Turkey 1960 Nebahat Çehre.^[2]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1965	Thailand – Apasra Hongsakula[1][3]
1st runner-up	Finland – Virpi Liisa Miettinen[1]
2nd runner-up	United States – Sue Downey[1]
3rd runner-up	Sweden – Ingrid Norman[1]
4th runner-up	Holland – Anja Schuit[1]
Top 15	Australia – Pauline Verey[4]  Brazil – Maria Andrade[4]  Canada – Carol Ann Tidey[4]  Colombia – María Victoria Ocampo[4]  Denmark – Jeannette Christjansen[4]  Greece – Aspa Theologitou[4]  Israel — Aliza Sedeh[4]  Peru – Frieda Holler[4]  Philippines – Louise Aurelio Vail[4]  South Africa – Veronika Prigge[4]

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Austria – Karin Schmidt
Miss Congeniality	West Germany – Ingrid Bethke
Best National Costume	United States – Sue Downey[5]

Contestants

Miss Universe 1965 participating countries and territorires.

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Aruba	Dorinda Croes[6]	24	Oranjestad
Australia	Pauline Verey[7]	19	Dandenong
Austria	Karin Schmidt	22	Linz
Bahamas	Janet Thompson[8]	21	Nassau
Belgium	Lucy Nossent[9]	21	Brussels
Bermuda	Elaine Simons[10]	18	Hamilton
Bolivia	Patricia Estensoro[11]	19	Tarija
Brazil	Maria Raquel de Andrade[12]	20	Rio de Janeiro
British Guiana	Cheryl Cheeng[13]	–	Georgetown
Canada	Carol Ann Tidey[14]	18	Ancaster
Ceylon	Shirlene De Silva[15]	19	Colombo
Colombia	María Victoria Ocampo[16]	18	Cartagena
Costa Rica	Mercedes Pinagal	–	Guanacaste
Cuba	Alina De Varona[17]	18	Miami, Florida
Curaçao	Ninfa Palm[18]	–	Willemstad
Denmark	Jeannette Christjansen[19]	18	Copenhagen
Ecuador	Patricia Ballesteros[20]	19	Quito
England	Jennifer Gurley	20	Cheshire
Finland	Virpi Miettinen[21]	19	Helsinki
France	Marie-Thérèse Tullio[22]	24	Paris
Greece	Aspa Theologitou[23]	21	Athens
Holland	Anja Schuit[24]	21	Amsterdam
Hong Kong	Joy Drake[25]	21	Kowloon
Iceland	Bára Magnúsdóttir[26]	18	Reykjavík
India	Persis Khambatta[27]	18	Bombay
Ireland	Anne Elizabeth Neill	18	Belfast
Israel	Aliza Sadeh[28]	18	Tel Aviv
Italy	Erika Jorger[29]	23	Milan
Jamaica	Virginia Redpath	–	Kingston
Japan	Mari Katayama	24	Tokyo
Luxembourg	Marie-Anne Geisen	18	Luxembourg City
Malaysia	Patricia Augustus[30]	19	George Town
Mexico	Jeanine Acosta[31]	18	Mexico City
New Zealand	Gay Lorraine Phelps	20	Auckland
Norway	Britt Aaberg	20	Oslo
Okinawa	Leiko Arakaki	18	Okinawa
Panama	Sonia Inés Ríos[32]	18	Colón
Paraguay	Stella Castell[33]	–	Asunción
Peru	Frieda Holler[34]	20	Lima
Philippines	Louise Aurelio Vail[35]	18	Iloilo City
Portugal	Maria Do Como Paraiso Sancho[36]	20	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Gloria Cobían	19	Caguas
Scotland	Mary Young	23	Bankend
South Africa	Veronika Prigge[37]	23	Transvaal
South Korea	Kim Eun-ji	22	Seoul
Spain	Alicia Borras[38]	20	Barcelona
Sweden	Ingrid Norman[39]	22	Tranås
Switzerland	Yvette Revelly	18	Glarus
Thailand	Apasra Hongsakula[40]	18	Phra Nakhon
Tunisia	Dolly Allouche	19	Tunis
Turkey	Nebahat Çehre[2]	21	Samsun
United States	Sue Downey[41]	20	Columbus
Uruguay	Sonia Gorbarán[42]	–	Montevideo
Venezuela	María Auxiliadora de las Casas[43]	22	Caracas
Wales	Joan Boull	18	Cardiff
West Germany	Ingrid Bethke[44]	23	Berlin

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant