Miss Universe 1967

Miss Universe 1967
Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Universe 1967
Date15 July 1967
PresentersBob Barker[1]
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants56
Placements15
DebutsBonaire
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner† Sylvia Hitchcock
United States[1]
CongenialityLena MacGarvie (Scotland)[1]
Best National CostumeCarmen Ramasco (Brazil)
PhotogenicElia Kalogeraki (Greece)

Miss Universe 1967 was the 16th Miss Universe pageant, held on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Sylvia Hitchcock of United States was crowned by Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event, This was Bob Barker's first Miss Universe pageant as host.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1967
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
Argentina Amalia Yolanda Scuffi[2] 24 Buenos Aires
Aruba Ivonne Maduro[3] – Oranjestad
Austria Christl Bartu[4] 22 Bludenz
Bahamas Elizabeth Knowles 18 Nassau
Belgium Mauricette Sironval[5] 18 Brussels
Bermuda Cheryl Smith[6] 20 Hamilton
Bolivia Marcela Montoya[7] 18 Oruro
Bonaire Cristina Landwier 19 Kralendijk
Brazil Carmen Ramasco 21 Campinas
Canada Donna Marie Barker 20 Ontario
Chile Ingrid Vila 19 Antofagasta
Colombia Elsa María Garrido[8] 18 Popayán
Costa Rica Rosa María Fernández 18 Guanacaste
Cuba Elina Salavarría 19 Havana
Curaçao Imelda Thodé 20 Willemstad
Denmark Gitte Knudsen 20 Copenhagen
Dominican Republic Jeannette Rey 18 San Francisco de Macorís
England Jennifer Lynn Lewis 20 Leicester
Finland Ritva Lehto 21 Kangasala
France Anne Vernier 18 Paris
Greece Elia Kalogeraki 19 Athens
Guam Hope Marie Alvarez 18 Sinajana
Holland Irene Van Campenhout[9] 22 The Hague
Honduras Denia Alvorado Medina 18 Cortés
Hong Kong Laura Roque 20 Hong Kong
Iceland Guðrún Pétursdóttir – Garðabær
India Nayyara Mirza 18 Lucknow
Ireland Patricia Armstrong 19 Dublin
Israel Batia Kabiri 19 Tel Aviv
Italy Paola Rossi 21 Veneto
Japan Kayoko Fujikawa 18 Osaka
Luxembourg Marie-Jossee Mathgen 18 Luxembourg City
Malaysia Monkam Siprasome 24 Kedah
Mexico Valentina Duarte 19 Yucatán
New Zealand Pamela McLeod 18 Christchurch
Norway Gro Goskor 21 Oslo
Okinawa Etsuko Okuhira 18 Okinawa
Panama Mirna Norma Castillero 18 Herrera
Paraguay María Eugenia Torres 18 Presidente Hayes
Peru Mirtha Calvo 19 Callao
Philippines Pilar Pilapil[10] 18 Camiling
Puerto Rico Ivonne Coll[11] 18 Fajardo
Scotland Lena MacGarvie 19 Glasgow
Singapore Bridget Ong 19 Singapore
South Africa Windley Ballenden 20 Cape Town
South Korea Hong Jung-ae 20 Seoul
Spain Francisca Delgado[5] 19 Córdoba
Sweden Eva-Lisa Svensson 21 Gothenburg
Switzerland Elsbeth Ruegger – Basel-Landschaft
Turkey Yelda Gürani Saner[12] – Istanbul
United States Sylvia Hitchcock[13] 21 Tuscaloosa
United States Virgin Islands Gail Garrison – Charlotte Amalie
Uruguay Mayela Berton – Montevideo
Venezuela Mariela Pérez 21 Caracas
Wales Denise Page 19 Pontypool
West Germany Fee Von Zitzewitz[14] 23 Kolberg

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

Miss Ecuador and Miss Thailand were disqualified upon arrival because they were only 17 years old and sent back to their countries,Herbert Landon, Executive Director of the contest, whose president at that time was Harold Glasser, said that the contestants must have a minimum 18 years and a maximum of 28 by the date of the final.

Withdrawals

Did not compete

Awards

  • Scotland - Miss Amity (Lena MacGarvie)[1]
  • Greece - Miss Photogenic (Elia Kalogeraki)
  • Brazil - Best National Costume (Carmen Ramasco)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Florida Tomato Reforms". Press and Sun-Bulletin. Associated Press. 16 Jul 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ^ Braillard, Miguel (1 October 2021). "Fue Miss Argentina, inspiró una canción emblemática y por un escándalo no logró ser Miss Mundo". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Ivonne Maduro elected Miss Aruba 1967". Aruba Esso News. 30 June 1967. pp. 1–5. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
  4. ^ "Making a splash in Washington". St. Petersburg Times. 6 July 1967. pp. 4-B. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ a b "Beauties believe in mod". The Miami News. 15 July 1967. p. 28. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Nurse's aid is crowned Miss Bermuda 1967". The Bermuda Recorder. 9 June 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Bermuda National Library.
  7. ^ ""Miss Brasil" lucio el "Mejor Vestido Nacional"" ["Miss Brazil" wore the "Best National Dress"]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 July 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archives.
  8. ^ "Elsa, reina" [Elsa, queen]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 13 November 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ "Miss Holland thuis..." De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 29 April 1967. p. 31. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Delpher.
  10. ^ Lato-Ruffolo, Cris Evert (14 December 2019). "Pilar Pilapil on beauty: 'It can be a curse'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  11. ^ Monell, Ray (12 June 2015). "Ivonne Coll, 'Jane the Virgin' star, to receive Puerto Rican Day Parade Lifetime Achievement Award". New York Daily News. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  12. ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Miss Alabama: Miss USA". Tampa Bay Times. 21 May 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Wahlessenerin gewinnt Miss-Wahl". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 22 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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