Miss Universe 1966

Miss Universe 1966, the 15th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 16 July 1966 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand crowned her successor Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event.

Miss Universe 1966
Date	16 July 1966
Presenters	Pat Boone June Lockhart Jack Linkletter
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	58
Placements	15
Debuts	Guam Guyana
Withdrawals	Australia British Guiana Dominican Republic Hong Kong Mexico Portugal Tunisia Uruguay
Returns	Argentina Chile Lebanon Morocco Singapore Surinam Trinidad and Tobago
Winner	Margareta Arvidsson  Sweden
Congeniality	Elizabeth Sanchez  Curaçao Paquita Torres  Spain
Best National Costume	Aviva Israeli  Israel
Photogenic	Margareta Arvidsson  Sweden

Results

Miss Universe 1966 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1966	Sweden – Margareta Arvidsson
1st Runner-up	Finland – Satu Charlotta Östring
2nd Runner-up	Thailand – Cheranand Savetanand
3rd Runner-up	India – Yasmin Daji
4th Runner-up	Israel – Aviva Israeli
Top 15	Colombia – Edna Rudd Lucena  Denmark – Gitte Fleinert  England – Janice Whiteman  Germany – Marion Heinrich  Holland – Margo Domen  Norway – Siri Gro Nilsson  Peru – Madeline Hartog-Bel  Philippines – Maria Clarinda Soriano  Spain – Paquita Torres  USA – Maria Remenyi

Contestants

•  Argentina - Elba Beatriz Baso
•  Aruba - Sandra Fang
•  Austria - Renate Polacek
•  Bahamas - Sandra Zoe Jarrett
•  Belgium - Mireille De Man
•  Bermuda - Marie Clarissa Trott
•  Bolivia - María Elena Borda
•  Brazil - Ana Cristina Ridzi †
•  Canada - Marjorie Anne Schofield
•  Ceylon - Lorraine Roosmalecocq
•  Chile - Stella Dunnage Roberts
•  Colombia - Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena
•  Costa Rica - María Virginia Oreamuno
•  Cuba - Lesbia Murrieta
•  Curaçao - Elizabeth Sanchez
•  Denmark - Gitte Fleinert
•  Ecuador - Martha Cecilia Andrade Alominia
•  England - Janice Carol Whiteman
•  Finland - Satu Charlotta Ostring
•  France - Michele Boule
•  Germany - Marion Heinrich
•  Greece - Katia Balafouta
•  Guam - Barbara Jean Perez
•  Guyana - Umblita Van Sluytman †
•  Holland - Margo Isabelle Domen
•  Iceland - Erla Traustadóttir
•  India - Yasmin Daji
•  Ireland - Gladys Waller
•  Israel - Aviva Israeli
•  Italy - Paola Bossalino
•  Jamaica - Beverly Savory
•  Japan - Atsumi Ikeno
•  Lebanon - Yolla Georges Harb
•  Luxembourg - Gigi Antinori
•  Malaysia - Helen Lee
•  Morocco - Joelle Lesage
•  New Zealand - Heather Gettings
•  Norway - Siri Gro Nilsen
• Okinawa - Yoneko Kiyan
•  Panama - Dionisia Broce
•  Paraguay - Mirtha Martínez Sarubbi
•  Peru - Madeline Hartog-Bel Houghton
•  Philippines - Maria Clarinda Garces Soriano
•  Puerto Rico - Carol Barajadas
•  Scotland - Linda Ann Lees
•  Singapore - Margaret Van Meel
•  South Africa - Lynn Carol De Jager
•  South Korea - Yoon Gui-young
•  Spain - Paquita Torres Pérez
•  Surinam - Joyce Magda Leysner
•  Sweden - Margareta Arvidsson
•   Switzerland - Hedy Frick
•  Thailand - Jeeranun Savettanun
•  Trinidad and Tobago - Kathleen Hares
•  Turkey - Nilgun Arslaner
•  United States - Maria Judith Remenyi
•  Venezuela - Magally Beatriz Castro Egui
•  Wales - Christine Heller

Notes

Awards

•  Curaçao - Miss Amity (Elizabeth Sanchez)
•  Spain - Miss Amity (Paquita Torres)
•  Sweden - Miss Photogenic (Margareta Arvidsson)
•  Israel - Best National Costume (Aviva Israeli)

General References

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1966". pageantopolis.com. Retrieved November 27, 2018.

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