Miss Universe 1966, the 15th

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pageant, was held on 16 July 1966 at the

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crowned her successor

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at the end of the event.

Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Elba Beatriz Baso * - Sandra Fang * - Renate Polacek * - Sandra Zoe Jarrett * - Mireille De Man * - Marie Clarissa Trott * - María Elena Borda * - Ana Cristina Ridzi † * - Marjorie Anne Schofield * - Lorraine Roosmalecocq * - Stella Dunnage Roberts * - Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena * - María Virginia Oreamuno * - Lesbia Murrieta * - Elizabeth Sanchez * - Gitte Fleinert * - Martha Cecilia Andrade Alominia * - Janice Carol Whiteman * - Satu Charlotta Ostring * - Michele Boule * - Marion Heinrich * - Katia Balafouta * - Barbara Jean Perez * - Umblita Van Sluytman † * - Margo Isabelle Domen * - Erla Traustadóttir * -

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* - Gladys Waller * - Aviva Israeli * - Paola Bossalino * - Beverly Savory * - Atsumi Ikeno * - Yolla Georges Harb * - Gigi Antinori * - Helen Lee * - Joelle Lesage * - Heather Gettings * - Siri Gro Nilsen *

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- Yoneko Kiyan * - Dionisia Broce * - Mirtha Martínez Sarubbi * -

Madeleine Hartog-Bel Madeleine Hartog-Bel (born January, 11 1946) is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who won the 1967 Miss World contest, representing Peru.

* - Maria Clarinda Garces Soriano * - Carol Barajadas * - Linda Ann Lees * - Margaret Van Meel * - Lynn Carol De Jager * - Yoon Gui-young * - Paquita Torres Pérez * - Joyce Magda Leysner * -

* - Hedy Frick * - Cheranand Savetanand * - Kathleen Hares * - Nilgun Arslaner * - Maria Judith Remenyi * - Magally Beatriz Castro Egui * - Christine Heller

Notes

Awards

* - Miss Amity (Elizabeth Sanchez) * - Miss Amity (Paquita Torres) * - Miss Photogenic (

) * - Best National Costume (Aviva Israeli)

General References

References

{{Miss Universe 1966 delegates

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