Miss Universe 1964 was the 13th Miss Universe pageant, held on at the Miami Beach Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, on 1 August 1964.
At the conclusion of the event, Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil crowned Corinna Tsopei of Greece as Miss Universe 1964. It is the first victory of Greece in the history of the pageant.
Contestants from sixty countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted by Jack Linkletter, while Arlene Francis and John Daly served as backstage correspondents.
Background Selection of participants Contestants representing sixty countries and territories were chosen to participate in the pageant. Two candidates was appointed to represent her country to replace the original dethroned winner.
Replacements Wendy Barrie was appointed to represent Scotland after the original Miss Scotland, Doreen Swan, withdrew from the competition to marry her fiancé James Alexander Do Watt Nicoll. Swan was subsequently reported missing, and the FBI suspected she had been abducted.
Miss Luxembourg 1964, Gaby Heyard, was also set to compete in the pageant, but was replaced by Miss Elegance Mariette Stephano for undisclosed reasons.
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals This edition saw the debuts of Aruba, Grenada, Nigeria, and Saint Vincent, and the returns of India, which last competed in 1952; Panama in 1954; Australia in 1958; Tunisia in 1960; Chile in 1961; and England, Hong Kong, Malaysia (as Malaya), and the Republic of China in 1962. Cuba, Morocco, and Nicaragua withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Vera Wee of Singapore as Singapore is still part of Malaysia until October 1965, and instead competed at Miss Malaysia 1964 where she finished as a runner-up to Angela Filmer. Ulla Donastorg of the United States Virgin Islands was also set to compete, but withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1964 Greece – Corinna Tsopei 1st Runner-Up – Brenda Blackler 2nd Runner-Up – Ronit Rinat 3rd Runner-Up – Siv Åberg 4th Runner-Up – Lana Yu Top 10 Argentina – María Ramírez – Sirpa Wallenius – Edith Noël Italy – Emanuela Stramana – Jorunn Nystedt Top 15 – Mónica del Carpio – Ângela Vasconcelos – Miriam Riart – Bobbi Johnson – Mercedes Revenga
Special awards Award Contestant Miss Amity – Jeanne Venables Miss Photogenic Italy – Emanuela Stramana Best National Costume – Henny Deul
Pageant Format Fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the ten finalists were eventually chosen. From the ten finalists, the runners-up and the new Miss Universe were then determined.
Contestants Sixty contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina 19 Santa Fe Aruba 25 Oranjestad Australia 22 Melbourne Austria 22 Vienna Bahamas 18 Nassau Belgium 20 Brussels Bolivia 19 La Paz Brazil 19 Paraná British Guiana 20 Georgetown Canada 21 St. John's Ceylon 19 Colombo Chile 18 Viña del Mar Colombia 18 Bogotá Costa Rica 21 San José Curaçao 21 Willemstad Denmark 19 Copenhagen Dominican Republic 16 Comenador Ecuador 18 Guayaquil England 20 Liverpool Finland 21 Helsinki France 20 Paris Greece 20 Athens Grenada 18 St. George's Holland 18 Amsterdam Hong Kong 23 Hong Kong Iceland 18 Reykjavík India 18 Bombay Ireland 19 Dublin Israel 18 Haifa Italy 22 Venice Jamaica 23 Kingston Japan 19 Fukuoka Luxembourg 18 Luxembourg City Malaysia 19 Klang New Zealand 21 Invercargill Nigeria 19 Lagos Norway 18 Oslo Okinawa 20 Okinawa Panama 19 Penonomé Paraguay 21 Asunción Peru 20 Loreto Philippines 22 Manila Puerto Rico 21 Rio Piedras Republic of China 20 Taipei Saint Vincent 18 Kingstown Scotland 19 Glasgow South Africa 20 Johannesburg South Korea 21 Seoul Spain 19 Madrid Suriname 18 Paramaribo Sweden 22 Stockholm Switzerland – Lausanne Trinidad and Tobago 18 Port of Spain Tunisia 22 Tunis Turkey 18 Istanbul United States 19 Washington D.C. Uruguay – Montevideo Venezuela 18 Caracas Wales 22 Monmouthshire West Germany 20 Berlin
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References
External links
Miss Universe official website