MISS UNIVERSE 1963

Miss Universe 1963

1963 July 20

Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida USA  

50 participants

Results

1  BRAZIL  Iêda Maria Brutto Vargas

2  DENMARK  Aino Korwa (2nd RU Europe '62, 1st RU Scandinavia '64, 3rd RU World '63)

3  IRELAND  Marlene Margaret McKeown (SF Nations '64)

4  PHILIPPINES  Lalaine Betia Bennett

5  KOREA  Kim Myoung-ja

Top 15

• ARGENTINA  Olga Galuzzi
• AUSTRIA  Gertraud Bergler
• COLOMBIA  Maria Cristina Alvarez González
• FINLAND  Riitta Marja Hellevi Kautiainen (Scandinavia '64)
• FRANCE  Monique Lemaire (2nd RU World '62, 3rd RU Nations '64)
• GERMANY  Helga-Karla Ziesemer
• ITALY  Gianna Serra
• JAPAN  Noriko Ando
• SOUTH AFRICA  Ellen Leibenberg
• USA  Marite Ozers

Awards

Miss Amity  SCOTLAND

Miss Photogenic  IRELAND

Best National Costume  ISRAEL

Remainder

• BAHAMAS  Sandra Louise Young
• BELGIUM  Irène Godin (Europe '63, World '63, Nations '64)
• BOLIVIA  Ana Maria Velasco Gutiérrez
• BRITISH GUIANA  Gloria Desire Blackman
• CANADA  Jane Kmita (World '63, International '64)
• CEYLON  Manel de Silva
• COSTA RICA  Sandra María Chrysopulos Morúa
• CUBA (Free)  Alicia Margit Chia
• CURACAO  Philomena Zielinski
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito
• ECUADOR  Patricia Cordova
• GREECE  Despina Orgetta
• HOLLAND  Elsa Onstenk (World '63)
• ICELAND  Theodora Thordardóttir
• ISRAEL  Sherin Ibrahim
• JAMAICA  June Maxime Bowman
• LUXEMBOURG  Mia Dahm
• MOROCCO  Selma Rahal
• NEW ZEALAND  Regina Ellen Scandrett
• NICARAGUA  Leda Sánchez
• NORWAY  Eva Carlberg (Scandinavia '64, SF Nations '64)
• OKINAWA  Reiko Uehara
• PARAGUAY  Amelia Benítez
• PERU  Dora Toledano Godier
• PUERTO RICO  Jeanette Blascoechea
• SCOTLAND  Grace Calder W. Taylor
• SPAIN  María Rosa Pérez Gómez
• SURINAM  Brigitta Hougen
• SWEDEN  Kerstin Margareta Jonsson (Scandinavia '64)
• SWITZERLAND  Diane Tanner (1st RU Europe '63, SF Nations '63)
• TRINIDAD  Jean Stoddart
• TURKEY  Güler Samuray (SF World '61, International '62, Nations '63)
• URUGUAY   Graciela Pintos
• VENEZUELA  Irene Amelia Morales Machado
• WALES  Maureen Thomas

Did not compete

• ARUBA Enid Marugg
• BARBADOS Hazel Eastmond
• DAHOMEY Francine Marcos (arrived late)
• ENGLAND Susan Pratt (arrived but had a car accident, stayed in pageant but didn't compete)
• HONG KONG Cheung Yen Ping
• LEBANON Mona Slim
• MACAU Ying Yun Hiu
• MALAYA-SINGAPORE Nik Azizah Yahya
• MEXICO Beatriz Martinez Solorzano
• PANAMA Ana Cecilia Maruri
• PANAMA CANAL ZONE Ruby Thelma Bacot
• PORTUGAL Maria Penedo
• TAHITI Noela Bernardino
• VIRGIN ISLANDS (no national pageant)