Miss International 1962

Miss International 1962, the 3rd Miss International pageant, was held on August 18, 1962 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Tania Verstak from Australia was crowned as Miss International 1962 by outgoing titleholder, Stam van Baer from Holland.

Miss International 1962
Date	August 18, 1962
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Entrants	50
Placements	15
Debuts	Dominican Republic Liberia Nicaragua West Indies
Withdrawals	Burma Denmark France Guatemala Hong Kong Madagascar Peru Spain
Returns	Jordan Singapore
Winner	Tania Verstak  Australia
Congeniality	Sue Burgess  England
Photogenic	Tania Verstak  Australia

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1962	Australia – Tania Verstak
1st Runner-up	Argentina – Maria Bueno
2nd Runner-up	Panama – Ana Maruri
3rd Runner-up	Holland – Catharina Lodders
4th Runner-up	United States – Carolyn Joyner
Top 15	Ecuador – Margarita Arosemena Gómez  England – Sue Burgess  Finland – Eeva Malinen  Germany – Erni Jung  Iceland – Maria Gudmundsdóttir  Ireland – Mona Burrows  Israel – Nurit Newman  Japan – Kaoru Maki[1]  Taiwan – Anne Yui Fang  Venezuela – Olga Antonetti

Contestants

•  Argentina - Maria Bueno
•  Australia - Tania Verstak
•  Austria - Inge Jaklin
•  Belgium - Danièle Defrère
•  Bolivia - Olga Pantoja Antelo
•  Brazil - Julieta Strauss
•  British Guiana - Ave Henriques
•  Canada - Susan Peters
•  Ceylon - Jennifer Labrooy
•  Colombia - Sonia Heidman Gómez
•  Dominican Republic - Milagros García Duval
•  Ecuador - Margarita Arosemena Gómez
•  England - Sue Burgess
•  Finland - Eeva Malinen
•  Germany - Erni Jung
•  Greece - Ioanna Delakou
•  Holland - Catharina Johanna Lodders
•  Iceland - Maria Gudmundsdóttir
•  India - Sheila Chonkar
•  Ireland - Mona Burrows
•  Israel - Nurit Newman
•  Italy - Maria Vianello
•  Japan - Kaoru Maki[1]
•  Jordan - Vivian Nazzal
•  Korea - Sohn Yang-ja
•  Lebanon - Mona Slim
•  Liberia - Agnes Anderson
•  Luxembourg - Brita Gerson
•  Malaya - Brenda Maureen Alvisse
•  Morocco - Therese Gonzalez
•  New Zealand - Maureen Waaka
•  Nicaragua - María Hasbani
•  Norway - Beate Brevik Johansen
•  Panama - Ana Cecilia Maruri
•  Paraguay - Gloria Alderete Irala
•  Philippines - Cynthia Lucero Ugalde
•  Puerto Rico - Agnes Toro
•  Scotland - Elizabeth Burns
•  Singapore - Nancy Liew
•  South Africa - Aletta Strydom
•  Sweden - Karin Hyldgaard Jensen
•   Switzerland - Rosemarie Loeliger
•  Tahiti - Tatiana Flohr
•  Taiwan - Anne Yui Fang
•  Turkey - Güler Samuray
•  Uruguay - Silvia Romero
•  United States - Carolyn Joyner
•  Venezuela - Olga Antonetti Nuñez
•  Wales - Diane Thomas
•  West Indies - Anne Marie Sutherland (Port of Spain, Trinidad)

Notes

Withdrawals

•  Borneo - Jane Lim (due to illness)
•  France - Michèle Wargnier (fainted during the preliminaries)
•  Haiti - Mireille Hollant
•  Spain - Acidalia Medina

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1962

References

1. "MAIDS IN JAPAN". Danville Register. June 21, 1962. Retrieved 13 April 2016.