Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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
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