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16th Miss Universe pageant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss Universe 1967 was the 16th Miss Universe pageant, held on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Sylvia Hitchcock of United States was crowned by Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event, This was Bob Barker's first Miss Universe pageant as host.
Miss Universe 1967 | |
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Date | 15 July 1967 |
Presenters | Bob Barker[1] |
Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
Broadcaster | CBS |
Entrants | 56 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | Bonaire |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Sylvia Hitchcock United States[1] |
Congeniality | Lena MacGarvie (Scotland)[1] |
Best National Costume | Carmen Ramasco (Brazil) |
Photogenic | Elia Kalogeraki (Greece) |
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1967 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up | |
4th runner-up | |
Top 15 |
Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[lower-alpha 1] | Hometown |
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Argentina | Amalia Yolanda Scuffi | 24 | Buenos Aires |
Aruba | Ivonne Maduro | – | Oranjestad |
Austria | Christl Bartu | 22 | Bludenz |
Bahamas | Elizabeth Knowles | 18 | Nassau |
Belgium | Mauricette Sironval[2] | 18 | Brussels |
Bermuda | Cheryl Smith | 20 | Hamilton |
Bolivia | Marcela Montoya[3] | 18 | Oruro |
Bonaire | Cristina Landwier | 19 | Kralendijk |
Brazil | Carmen Ramasco | 21 | Campinas |
Canada | Donna Marie Barker | 20 | Ontario |
Chile | Ingrid Vila | 19 | Antofagasta |
Colombia | Elsa María Garrido[4] | 18 | Popayán |
Costa Rica | Rosa María Fernández | 18 | Guanacaste |
Cuba | Elina Salavarría | 19 | Havana |
Curaçao | Imelda Thodé | 20 | Willemstad |
Denmark | Gitte Knudsen | 20 | Copenhagen |
Dominican Republic | Jeannette Rey | 18 | San Francisco de Macorís |
England | Jennifer Lynn Lewis | 20 | Leicester |
Finland | Ritva Lehto | 21 | Kangasala |
France | Anne Vernier | 18 | Paris |
West Germany | Fee Von Zitzewitz | 23 | Kolberg |
Greece | Elia Kalogeraki | 19 | Athens |
Guam | Hope Marie Alvarez | 18 | Sinajana |
Holland | Irene Van Campenhout | 22 | The Hague |
Honduras | Denia Alvorado Medina | 18 | Cortés |
Hong Kong | Laura Roque | 20 | Hong Kong |
Iceland | Guðrún Pétursdóttir | – | Garðabær |
India | Nayyara Mirza | 18 | Lucknow |
Ireland | Patricia Armstrong | 19 | Dublin |
Israel | Batia Kabiri | 19 | Tel Aviv |
Italy | Paola Rossi | 21 | Veneto |
Japan | Kayoko Fujikawa | 18 | Osaka |
Luxembourg | Marie-Jossee Mathgen | 18 | Luxembourg City |
Malaysia | Monkam Siprasome | 24 | Kedah |
Mexico | Valentina Duarte | 19 | Yucatán |
New Zealand | Pamela McLeod | 18 | Christchurch |
Norway | Gro Goskor | 21 | Oslo |
Okinawa | Etsuko Okuhira | 18 | Okinawa |
Panama | Mirna Norma Castillero | 18 | Herrera |
Paraguay | María Eugenia Torres | 18 | Presidente Hayes |
Peru | Mirtha Calvo | 19 | Callao |
Philippines | Pilar Pilapil[5] | 18 | Camiling |
Puerto Rico | Ivonne Coll | 18 | Fajardo |
Scotland | Lena MacGarvie | 19 | Glasgow |
Singapore | Bridget Ong | 19 | Singapore |
South Africa | Windley Ballenden | 20 | Cape Town |
South Korea | Hong Jung-ae | 20 | Seoul |
Spain | Francisca Delgado Sánchez | 19 | Córdoba |
Sweden | Eva-Lisa Svensson | 21 | Gothenburg |
Switzerland | Elsbeth Ruegger | – | Basel-Landschaft |
Turkey | Yelda Gürani | – | Istanbul |
United States | Sylvia Hitchcock[6] | 21 | Tuscaloosa |
United States Virgin Islands | Gail Garrison | – | Charlotte Amalie |
Uruguay | Mayela Berton | – | Montevideo |
Venezuela | Mariela Pérez | 21 | Caracas |
Wales | Denise Page | 19 | Pontypool |
Miss Ecuador and Miss Thailand were disqualified upon arrival because they were only 17 years old and sent back to their countries,Herbert Landon, Executive Director of the contest, whose president at that time was Harold Glasser, said that the contestants must have a minimum 18 years and a maximum of 28 by the date of the final.
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