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Mauriziok/Miss World 1962
Mauriziok/Miss World 1962
	Catharina Lodders, Miss World 1962
Date	8 November 1962
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	33
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Bolivia; Ceylon; Lebanon; Madagascar; Nicaragua; Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Suriname; Turkey;
Returns	Canada; Jamaica; Jordan;
Winner	Catharina Lodders; Holland
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Miss World 1962, the 12th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 8 November 1962 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Catharina Lodders of Holland. She was crowned by Miss World 1961,^[1] Rosemarie Frankland of United Kingdom. Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959.^[2]

Results[edit]

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1962	Holland – Catharina Lodders^[1]
1st Runner-up	Finland – Kaarina Leskinen
2nd Runner-up	France – Monique Lemaire
3rd Runner-up	South Africa – Yvonne Ficker
4th Runner-up	Japan – Teruko Ikeda
Top 8	Belgium – Christine Delit Denmark – Rikke Stisager United States – Amadee Chabot
Top 15	Argentina – Amalia Ramírez India – Ferial Karim Israel – Ilana Porat Jamaica – Chriss Leon United Kingdom – Jackie White Uruguay – María Noel Genovese Venezuela – Betzabeth Franco

Contestants[edit]

Argentina – María Amalia Ramirez
Austria – Inge Jaklin
Belgium – Christine Delit
Brazil – Vera Lúzia Saba
Canada – Marlene Leeson
Taiwan – Roxsana L.S. Chiang
Cyprus – Magda Michailides
Denmark – Rikki Stisager
Ecuador – Elaine Ortega Hougen
Finland – Kaarina Marita Leskinen
France – Monique Lemaire
Germany – Anita Steffen
Greece – Glasmine Moraitou
Holland – Catharina Johanna Lodders^[1]
Iceland – Rannveig Ólafsdóttir
India – Ferial Karim
Ireland – Muriel O'Hanlon
Israel – Ilana Porat
Italy – Raffaella da Carolis
Jamaica – Chriss Leon
Japan – Teruko Ikeda
Jordan – Leila Emile Khadder
Korea – Chung Tae-ja
Luxembourg – Brita Gerson
New Zealand – Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi
Portugal – Palmira Ferreira
South Africa – Yvonne Maryann Ficker
Spain – Conchita Roig Urpi
Sweden – Margareth Melin
United Kingdom – Jackie White
Uruguay – María Noel Genovese
United States – Amadee Chabot^[1]
Venezuela – Betzabeth Franco Blanco

Judges[edit]

The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges.^[1] Bob Hope and Jennifer Armstrong-Jones were among the judges for the event.^[1]

Notes[edit]

Returning countries[edit]

Jamaica last competed in 1959.
Canada and Jordan last competed in 1960.

Nations not competing[edit]

Bolivia – Rosemarie Lederer Aguilera (never arrived)
Dominican Republic – Carolina Nouel (dropped out the day before the finals)
Paraguay – María Isabel Maas Uhl (never arrived)
Turkey (did not appear – got married instead)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sunday Herald
^ "Miss World 1962". MissWorld. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links[edit]

[[:Category:Miss World]] [[:Category:1962 in London]] [[:Category:1962 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in the United Kingdom]] [[:Category:November 1962 events in the United Kingdom]]

[autogenerated1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sunday Herald

[2] "Miss World 1962". MissWorld. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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