Miss Universe 1962, the 11th

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pageant, was held on 14 July 1962 at the

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was crowned by her predecessor

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. The Best National Costume were awarded for the first time.

Results

Placements

Contestants

* -

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* - Christine Delit * - Gabriela Roca Díaz * - Maria Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti * - Marilyn McFatridge * - Yvonne D'Rozario * - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco * - Helvetia Albonico * - Aurora Prieto * - Gilette Hazoume * - Sarah Olimpia Frómeta * - Elaine Ortega Hougen * - Kim Carlton * - Anja Aulikki Järvinen * - Sabine Surget * - Gisela Karschuck * - Kristina Apostolou * - Marianne van der Hayden * - Evelyn Miot * - Shirley Pon * - Anna Geirsdóttir * - Josie Dwyer * - Yehudit Mazor Rounik * - Isa Stoppi * - Kazuko Hirano * - Seo Bum-joo * - Nouhad Cabbabe * - Fernande Kodesch * - Sarah Alhabshee Abdullah * - Ginette Buenaventes * - Leslie Margaret Nichols * -

Julie Ege Julie Ege (; 12 November 1943 – 29 April 2008) was a Norwegian actress and model, who appeared in many British films of the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Ege was born in Sandnes, the daughter of brickyard worker Marton Ege and Hjørdis Halv ...

† * - Corina Rolón Escuariza * - Silvia Ruth Dedeking * - Josephine Estrada Brown * - Maria Jose Santos Trindade Defolloy * - Ana Celia Sosa * - Helen Liu Shiu Man * - Vera Parker * - Julie Koh Moot-Lei * - Lynette Gamble * - Conchita Roig Urpi * - Monica Rågby * - Francine Delouille * - Katy Bauner * - Behad Gulay Sezer * - Nelly Pettersen Vasigaluz * -

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* - Virginia Bailey * - Juanita Monell * - Hazel Williams

Notes

Replacements

* - Miss Venezuela sent its 2nd runner-up, Virginia Bailey, because its originally crowned winner,

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, was below 18 and did not meet the age requirement.

Did not compete

* - Marlene Murray

Awards

* - Miss Amity (Sarah Olimpia Frómeta) * - Miss Amity (Hazel Williams) * - Miss Photogenic & Best National Costume (Kim Carlton)

General References

References

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