13th Miss Universe pageant
Miss Universe 1964 Date 1 August 1964 Presenters Venue Miami Beach Convention Hall ,Miami Beach, Florida , United StatesBroadcaster Entrants 60 Placements 15 Debuts Aruba Grenada Nigeria Saint Vincent Withdrawals Returns Australia Chile England Hong Kong India Malaysia Panama Republic of China Tunisia Winner Corinna Tsopei GreeceCongeniality Jeanne Venables (California) Best National CostumeHenny Deul (Holland) Photogenic Emanuela Stramana (Italy)
Miss Universe 1964 was the 13thMiss Universe pageant, held on at theMiami Beach Convention Hall inMiami Beach, Florida , the United States, on 1 August 1964.
At the conclusion of the event,Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil crownedCorinna Tsopei of Greece as Miss Universe 1964. It is the first victory of Greece in the history of the pageant.
Contestants from sixty countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted byJack Linkletter , whileArlene Francis andJohn Daly served as backstage correspondents.[ 1] [ 2]
Background
Selection of participants Contestants from sixty countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One candidate was appointed to represent her country to replace the original dethroned winner.
Replacements Wendy Barrie was appointed to represent Scotland after the original Miss Scotland, Doreen Swan, withdrew from the competition to marry her fiancé James Alexander Do Watt Nicoll. Swan was subsequently reported missing, and the FBI suspected she had been abducted.[ 3]
Debuts, returns, and withdrawalsThis edition saw the debuts of Aruba, Grenada, Nigeria, and Saint Vincent, and the returns of India, which last competed in1952 ; Panama in1954 ; Australia in1958 ; Tunisia in1960 ; Chile in1961 ; and England, Hong Kong, Malaysia (as Malaya), and the Republic of China in1962 . Cuba, Morocco, and Nicaragua withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Vera Wee of Singapore as Singapore is still part of Malaysia until October 1965, and instead competed at Miss Malaysia 1964 where she finished as a runner-up to Angela Filmer.[ 4] [ 5] Ulla Donastorg of the United States Virgin Islands was also set to compete, but withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[ 6]
Results Miss Universe 1964 participating countries and territories
Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1964 1st Runner-Up England – Brenda Blackler[ 1] 2nd Runner-Up Israel – Ronit Rinat[ 1] 3rd Runner-Up Sweden – Siv Åberg[ 1] 4th Runner-Up Republic of China – Lana Yu[ 1] Top 10[ 1] Argentina – María Ramírez Finland – Sirpa Wallenius France – Edith Noël Italy – Emanuela Stramana Norway – Jorunn NystedtTop 15[ 1]
Special awards Award Contestant Miss Amity California – Jeanne Venables[ 8] Miss Photogenic Italy – Emanuela StramanaBest National Costume Holland – Henny Deul
Pageant
Format 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.[ 9] Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the ten finalists were eventually chosen. From the ten finalists, the runners-up and the new Miss Universe were then determined.[ 1]
Contestants Sixty contestants competed for the title.
Notes ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
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