Miss Universe 1963

Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Norma Nolan of Argentina. This marks the first time that a Miss Universe titleholder marks the same placement as the 1962 World Cup champion. Fifty countries and territories participated.

Miss Universe 1963
Miss Universe 1963 opening titles
Date	20 July 1963
Hosts	John Charles Daly Arlene Francis Gene Rayburn
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS, WTVJ
Entrants	50
Placements	15
Debuts	Bahamas Curaçao Okinawa Trinidad and Tobago
Withdrawals	Dahomey England Haiti Hong Kong Lebanon Malaya Portugal Republic of China Singapore Tahiti Virgin Islands
Returns	British Guiana Denmark Jamaica Nicaragua Surinam
Winner	Iêda Maria Vargas  Brazil
Congeniality	Grace Taylor  Scotland
Best National Costume	Sherin Ibrahim  Israel
Photogenic	Marlene McKeown  Ireland

Results

Miss Universe 1963 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1963	Brazil – Iêda Maria Vargas
1st Runner-up	Denmark – Aino Korva
2nd Runner-up	Ireland – Marlene McKeown
3rd Runner-up	Philippines – Lalaine Bennett
4th Runner-up	Korea – Kim Myoung-ja
Top 15	Argentina – Olga Galuzzi  Austria – Gertrude Bergner  Colombia – María Álvarez  Finland – Riitta Kautiainen  France – Monique Lemaire  Germany – Helga Carla Ziesemer  Italy – Gianna Serra  Japan – Noriko Ando  South Africa – Ellen Liebenberg  USA – Marite Ozers

Contestants

•  Argentina - Olga Galuzzi
•  Austria - Gertrude Bergner
•  Bahamas - Sandra Louise Young
•  Belgium - Irene Godin
•  Bolivia - Ana María Velasco Gutiérrez
•  Brazil - Iêda Maria Vargas
•  British Guiana - Gloria Blackman-Miller
•  Canada - Jane Kmita
•  Ceylon - Manel De Silva
•  Colombia - María Cristina Álvarez González
•  Costa Rica - Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa
•  Cuba - Alicia Margit Chia
•  Curaçao - Philomena Zielinski
•  Denmark - Aino Korva
•  Dominican Republic - Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito
•  Ecuador - Patricia Córdova
•  Finland - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen
•  France - Monique Lemaire
•  Germany - Helga Carla Ziesemer
•  Greece - Despina Orgeta
•  Holland - Else Onstenk
•  Iceland - Theódóra Þórðardóttir
•  Ireland - Marlene McKeown
•  Israel - Sherin Ibrahim
•  Italy - Gianna Serra
•  Jamaica - June Maxine Bowman
•  Japan - Noriko Ando
•  Korea - Kim Myoung-ja
•  Luxembourg - Mia Dahm
•  Morocco - Selma Rahal
•  New Zealand - Regina Ellen Scandrett
•  Nicaragua - Leda Sánchez
•  Norway - Eva Carlberg
• Okinawa - Reiko Uehara
•  Paraguay - Amelia Benítez
•  Peru - Dora Toledano Godier
•  Philippines - Lalaine Marlotte Betia Bennett
•  Puerto Rico - Jeanette Blascoechea
•  Scotland - Grace Calder W.Taylor
•  South Africa - Ellen Liebenberg
•  Spain - María Rosa Pérez Gómez
•  Surinam - Brigida Hagens
•  Sweden - Kerstin Margareta Jonsson
•   Switzerland - Diane Tanner
•  Trinidad - Jean Stoddart
•  Turkey - Guler Samuray
•  United States - Marite Ozers
•  Uruguay - Graciela Pintos
•  Venezuela - Irene Morales Machado
•  Wales - Maureen Thomas

Notes

Did not compete

•  Dahomey - Francine Marcos
•  England - Susan Pratt
•  Malaya - Nik Azizah Yahya
•  Mexico - Beatriz Martinez Solorzano
•  Tahiti - Noela Bernardino

Awards

•  Scotland - Miss Amity (Grace Taylor)
•  Ireland - Miss Photogenic (Marlene McKeown)
•  Israel - Best National Costume (Sherin Ibrahim)

General References

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1963". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2018.