Miss International 1962, the 3rd
Miss International
Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest pageant i ...
pageant, was held on August 18, 1962 at the
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
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in
Long Beach, California
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,
United States
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. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally,
Tania Verstak
Tania Verstak (born 20 November 1940) is an Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1962.
Early life
Verstak was born in Tianjin, China, to Russian couple Vladimir and Valentina Verstak. They emigrated to Australia wh ...
from
Australia was crowned as Miss International 1962 by outgoing titleholder,
Stam van Baer
Constance Catharina Margarethe (Stanny) van Baer (born 1942) is a Dutch model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1961.
References
External links
Stanny van Baer dancing at a Jewish festival in Amsterdam, 1957/1958. Photo by Leonard F ...
from
Holland
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.
Results
Placements
Special Awards
Preliminary Competition Winners
Contestants
* - Maria Bueno
* -
Tania Verstak
Tania Verstak (born 20 November 1940) is an Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1962.
Early life
Verstak was born in Tianjin, China, to Russian couple Vladimir and Valentina Verstak. They emigrated to Australia wh ...
* - Inge Jaklin
* - Danièle Defrère
* - Olga Pantoja Antelo
* - Julieta Strauss
* - Ave Henriques
* - Susan Peters
* - Jennifer Labrooy
* - Sonia Heidman Gómez
* - Milagros García Duval
* - Margarita Arosemena Gómez
* - Sue Burgess
* - Eeva Malinen
* - Erni Jung
* - Ioanna Delakou
* -
* - Maria Gudmundsdóttir
* - Sheila Chonkar
* - Mona Burrows
* - Nurit Newman
* - Maria Vianello
* - Kaoru Maki
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* - Vivian Nazzal
* - Sohn Yang-ja
* - Mona Slim
* - Agnes Anderson
* - Brita Gerson
* - Brenda Maureen Alvisse
* - Therese Gonzalez
* - Maureen Waaka †
* - María Hasbani
* - Beate Brevik Johansen
* - Ana Cecilia Maruri
* - Gloria Alderete Irala
* - Cynthia Lucero Ugalde
* - Agnes Toro
* - Elizabeth Burns
* - Nancy Liew
* - Aletta Strydom
* - Karin Hyldgaard Jensen
* - Rosemarie Loeliger
* - Yolanda Flohr
* - Anne Yui Fang
* - Güler Samuray
* - Silvia Romero
* - Carolyn Joyner
* - Olga Antonetti Nuñez †
* - Diane Thomas
* - Anne Marie Sutherland (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
]
Notes
Withdrawals
* - Jane Lim (due to illness)
* - Michèle Wargnier (fainted during the preliminaries)
* - Mireille Hollant
* - Acidalia Medina
External links
Pageantopolis - Miss International 1962
References
{{Miss International 1962 delegates
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...
20th century in Los Angeles County, California
1962 beauty pageants
Beauty pageants in the United States