MISS UNIVERSE 1965

Miss Universe 1965

1965 July 24

Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA  

57 participants

Results

1  THAILAND  Apassara Hongsakula

2  FINLAND  Virpi Liisa Miettinen (1st RU Europe '65, 2nd RU Scandinavia '66)

3  USA  Sue Ann Downey

4  SWEDEN  Ingrid Norrman (2nd RU Europe '65, Scandinavia '66)

5  HOLLAND  Anja Christina Maria Schuit (Europe '65)

Top 15

• AUSTRALIA  Pauline Verey
• BRAZIL  Maria Raquel Helena de Andrade
• CANADA  Carol Ann Tidey (5th RU World '65)
• COLOMBIA  Maria Victoria Ocampo Gómez
• DENMARK  Jeannette Christjansen (winner Maja '66)
• GREECE  Aspa Theologitou
• ISRAEL  Aliza Sadeh (real name: Aliza Panfil)
• PERU  Freida Rosario Holler Figallo
• PHILIPPINES  Louise Aurelio Vail
• SOUTH AFRICA  Veronika Edelgarda Hilda Prigge

Awards

Miss Amity  GERMANY

Miss Photogenic  AUSTRIA

Best National Costume  USA

Remainder

• ARGENTINA  Nelida Jukna (replaced Mabel Azucena Caffarone who went home ill, but she arrived too late.  She participated on the stage without points being awarded)
• ARUBA  Dorinda Croes
• AUSTRIA  Karin Ingberg Schmidt (Europe '65)
• BAHAMAS  Janet Thompson
• BELGIUM  Lucy Emilie Nossent (Europe '65, World '65)
• BERMUDA  Elaine Elaine Simons
• BOLIVIA  Patricia Estensoro Terazas
• BRITISH GUIANA  Cheryl Viola Cheeng
• CEYLON  Shirlene Minerva de Silva
• COSTA RICA  Mercedes Pinagal
• CUBA (FREE)  Alina De Varona
• CURACAO  Ninfa Elveria Palm
• ECUADOR  Patricia Susana Ballesteros
• ENGLAND  Jennifer Warren Gurley (Europe '65)
• FRANCE  Marie-Thérèse Tullio
• GERMANY  Ingrid Bethke
• HONG KONG  Joy Drake
• ICELAND  Bara Magnusdóttir
• INDIA  Persis Khambatta
• IRELAND  Anne Elizabeth Neill
• ITALY  Erika Jorger
• JAMAICA  Virginia Hope Redpath
• JAPAN  Mari Katayama
• KOREA  Kim Eun-ji
• LUXEMBOURG  Marie-Anne Geisen (Europe '65, World '65)
• MALAYSIA  Patricia Augustus
• MEXICO  Jeanine Salome Acosta Cohen
• NEW ZEALAND  Gay Lorraine Phelps (World '65)
• NORWAY  Britt Aaberg (Europe '65)
• OKINAWA  Leiko Arakaki
• PANAMA  Sonia Inés Ríos
• PARAGUAY  Stella Castell Vallet
• PORTUGAL  Maria do Carmo Paraíso Sancho
• PUERTO RICO  Gloria Mercedes Cobain Díaz
• SCOTLAND  Mary Young
• SPAIN  Alicia Borrás
• SWITZERLAND  Yvette Revelly (Europe '65)
• TUNISIA  Dolly Allouche (World '64)
• TURKEY  Nebahat Cehre (World '60)
• URUGUAY   Sonia Raquel Gorbarán Barsante
• VENEZUELA  Maria Auxiliadora de Las Casas Mc Gill
• WALES  Joan Boull

Did not compete

• ANTIGUA  Hyacinth Barrow
• BARBADOS
• BONAIRE
• REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)  no pageant
• DOMINICA  Evadney Charles
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Clara Andrea Herrera Vallamon
• GRENADA  
• GUADELOUPE
• GUAM  Bennett Ann Crisostomo
• GUATEMALA
• HAITI
• NICARAGUA  Flora Sanchez Arguello
• SABA
• ST. LUCIA  Brenda James
• ST. KITTS
• ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES  Betty Boyea
• SURINAME  Anita van Eyck
• TRINIDAD
• VIRGIN ISLANDS

Won national titles but did not go to the Miss Universe pageant:

• LEBANON  Nana Barakat
• MOROCCO  Lucette Garcia
• NIGERIA  Anna Eboweime
• SINGAPORE  Alice Woon Yoke Kwee