thecrowncompetitors

Carole Joan Crawford won the 1963 Miss World contest, representing Jamaica. The 5'2" (1.59 m) beauty - short by Miss World standards - made history by becoming the first delegate from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.

1st Runner-up New Zealand - Elaine Miscall
2nd Runner-up Finland - Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
3rd Runner-up Denmark - Aino Korwa
4th Runner-up Sweden - Grete Qviberg

Finalists

 United Kingdom - Diana Westbury
 France - Muguette Fabris

Semifinalists

 Brazil - Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
 Ceylon - Jennifer Anne Fonseka
 Colombia - Maria Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
 Korea - Choi Keum-shil
 Iceland - Maria Ragnarsdóttir
 Malaysia - Catherine Loh
 USA - Michelle Bettina Metrinko

Contestants

 Argentina - Diana Sarti
 Austria - Sonja Russ
 Belgium - Irène Godin
 Bolivia - Rosario Lopera
 Brazil - Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
 Canada - Jane Kmita
 Ceylon - Jennifer Ann Fonseka
 Chile - Maria del Pilar Aguirre
 Colombia - Maria Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
 Cyprus - Maro Zorna
 Denmark - Aino Korwa
 Finland - Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
 France - Muguette Fabris
 Germany - Susie Gruner
 Greece - Athanasia (Soula) Idromenou
 Holland - Hanny Ijsbrandts
 Iceland - Maria Ragnarsdóttir
 Ireland - Joan Power
 Israel - Sara Talmi
 Jamaica - Carole Joan Crawford
 Japan - Miyako Harada
 Jordan - Despo Drakolakis
 Korea - Choi Keum-shil
 Liberia - Ethel Zoe Norman
 Luxembourg - Catherine Paulus
 Malaysia - Catherine Loh
 Mexico - Beatriz Martínez Solórzano
 New Zealand - Elaine Miscall
 Nigeria - Gina Onyejiaka
 Peru - Lucia Buonnani
 Portugal - Maria Penedo
 South Africa - Louise Crous
 Spain - Encarnación Zalabardo
 Suriname - Virginia Blanche Hardjo
 Sweden - Grete Qviberg
 Tunisia - Claudine Younes
 Turkey - Gulseren Kocaman
 United Kingdom - Diana Westbury
 United States - Michelle Bettina Metrinko
 Venezuela - Milagros Galindez