Miss Universe 1962
Norma Nolan
Date	14 July 1962
Presenters	Gene Rayburn
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium,Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Debuts	Dahomey Haiti Malaya Tahiti
Withdrawals	Burma Chile Denmark Guatemala Jamaica Madagascar Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Returns	Costa Rica Dominican Republic Hong Kong New Zealand Philippines Portugal Singapore
Winner	Norma Nolan Argentina
Congeniality	Sarah Frómeta (Dominican Republic) Hazel Williams (Wales)
Best National Costume	Kim Carlton (England)
Photogenic	Kim Carlton (England)
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Miss Universe 1962 was the 11thMiss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, the United States, on 14 July 1962.

At the conclusion of the event,Marlene Schmidt of the West Germany crownedNorma Nolan of Argentina as Miss Universe 1962. Nolan was the first representative of Argentina to win the contest.

Contestants from fifty-two countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted byGene Rayburn.

Contestants from fifty-two countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One candidate was appointed to represent their country, while two candidates were appointed to represent their country/territory to replace the original dethroned winner.

Virginia Bailey, 2nd runner-up of Miss Venezuela 1962, was appointed to represent Venezuela as Miss Venezuela 1962 Olga Antonetti was only 17 and did not meet the age requirement.^[1][2] Kim Carlton was appointed to represent England after Miss England 1962 Suzannah Eaton resigned due to her political views.^[3]

This edition saw the debuts of Dahomey, Haiti, Malaya, and Tahiti, and the returns of the Dominican Republic, which last competed in1956, the Philippines in1957, Singapore in1958, and Costa Rica, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Portugal last competed in1960.^[4][5]

Birgitte Heiberg of Denmark and Marlene Murray of Jamaica withdrew for undisclosed reasons.^[6][7] Burma, Chile, Guatemala, Madagascar, and Rhodesia and Nyasaland withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate. A candidate fromBali was also expected to participate in this edition, but it did not proceed.^[8]

Same with1955, 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 five finalists were eventually chosen.^[10]

• Key-young Chang – Founder of theHankook Ilbo andThe Korea Times^[13]
• Yoshio Hayakowa – Japanese graphic designer^[13]
• Abraham Elias Issa – Jamaica businessman^[13]
• Serge Mendjisky – French painter^[13]
• Russell Patterson – American cartoonist^[13]
• Edilson Cid Varela – Brazilian journalist^[13]
• Earl Wilson – American journalist and columnist^[13]

Fifty-two contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Argentina	Norma Nolan	24	Venado Tuerto
Austria	Christa Linder[14]	19	Berchtesgaden
Belgium	Christine Delit	22	Liège
Bolivia	Gabriela Roca[15]	19	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Brazil	Maria Rebouças[16]	22	Itabuna
Canada	Marilyn McFatridge[17]	19	Preston
Ceylon	Yvonne D'Rozario[18]	18	Colombo
Colombia	Olga Botero[19]	20	Ibagué
Costa Rica	Helvetia Albonico	19	Heredia
Cuba	Aurora Prieto[20]	20	Sancti Spíritus
Dahomey	Gilette Hazoumè[21]	19	Ouémé
Dominican Republic	Sarah Frómeta[5]	18	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Elaine Ortega	22	Pichincha
England	Kim Carlton[22]	23	London
Finland	Aulikki Järvinen[23]	18	Tampere
France	Sabine Surget	21	Paris
Greece	Kristina Apostolou	18	Athens
Haiti	Evelyn Miot[24]	19	Port-au-Prince
Holland	Marianne van der Heijden	24	Amsterdam
Hong Kong	Shirley Pong[4]	20	Hong Kong
Iceland	Anna Geirsdóttir[25]	19	Reykjavík
Ireland	Josie Dwyer[26]	21	Dublin
Israel	Yehudit Mazor[27]	18	Tel Aviv
Italy	Isa Stoppi[28]	20	Emilia-Romagna
Japan	Kazuko Hirano[29]	19	Kyoto
Lebanon	Nouhad Cabbabe[30]	23	Beirut
Luxembourg	Fernande Kodesch	20	Luxembourg City
Malaya	Sarah Abdullah	21	Kuala Lumpur.
Morocco	Ginette Buenaventes[31]	18	Rabat
New Zealand	Lesley Nichols[32]	18	Wellington
Norway	Julie Ege[33]	18	Sandnes
Paraguay	Corina Rolón[34]	22	Alto Paraguay
Peru	Silvia Dedeking[35]	20	Lima
Philippines	Josephine Estrada[36]	19	Manila
Portugal	Maria Jose Santos Trindade	19	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Ana Celia Sosa[37]	24	San Juan
Republic of China	Helen Liu[38]	19	Taipei
Scotland	Vera Parker	21	Ayr
Singapore	Julie Koh[39]	20	Singapore
South Africa	Lynette Gamble[40]	18	Johannesburg
South Korea	Bum-joo Seo[32]	21	Seoul
Spain	Conchita Roig[41]	24	Barcelona
Sweden	Monica Rågby	20	Stockholm
Switzerland	Francine Delouille[42]	20	Ticino
Tahiti	Katy Bauner[43]	23	Papeete
Turkey	Gülay Sezer[44]	19	Istanbul
United States	Macel Wilson[45]	19	Honolulu
United States Virgin Islands	Juanita Monell[46]	22	Christiansted
Uruguay	Nelly Pettersen	23	Montevideo
Venezuela	Virginia Bailey[1]	18	Caracas
Wales	Hazel Williams	22	Cardiff
West Germany	Gisela Karschuck	21	Wiesbaden

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