Miss World 1965

Miss World 1965
Date 19 November 1965
Presenters David Jacobs, Michael Aspel[1]
Venue Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster BBC
Entrants 48
Placements 16
Debuts Costa Rica, Gambia, Malta, Syria
Withdrawals Aruba, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Spain, Turkey
Returns Australia, Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Peru, Rhodesia, Tahiti
Winner Lesley Langley [2][3]
 United Kingdom

Miss World 1965, the 15th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 November 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom.[2][3] She was crowned by Miss World 1964, Ann Sidney of United Kingdom. The UK became the second country to win the contest two years in succession. The first country to achieve this was Sweden when winning in 1951 and 1952.

Results

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1965
1st runner-up
  •  United States – Dianna Lynn Batts [2]
2nd runner-up
  •  Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller [2]
3rd runner-up
  •  Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky [2]
4th runner-up
  •  Tahiti – Marie Tapare [2]
Top 7 Finalists
  •  Canada –Carol Ann Tidey [2]
  •  Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting [2]
Top 16 Semifinalists
  •  Costa Rica –Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández [2]
  •  Denmark –Yvonne Hanne Ekman [2]
  •  Finland –Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen [2]
  •  France –Christiane Sibellin [2]
  •  Germany –Karin Schütze [2]
  •  Japan –Yuko Oguchi [2]
  •  Korea –Lee Eun-ah [2]
  •  New Zealand –Gay Lorraine Phelps [2]
  •  Sweden –Britt-Marie Lindblad [2]

Contestants

  •  Argentina – Lidia Alcira Díaz
  •  Australia – Jan Rennison
  •  Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky [2]tapare
  •  Belgium – Lucy Emilie Nossent
  •  Bolivia – Gabriela Cornel Kempff
  •  Brazil – Berenice Lunardi
  •  Canada – Carol Ann Tidey [2]
  •  Ceylon – Shirlene Minerva de Silva
  •  Colombia – Nubia Angelina Bustillo Gallo
  •  Costa Rica – Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández
  •  Cyprus – Krystalia Psara
  •  Denmark – Yvonne Hanne Ekman
  •  Ecuador – Corine Mirguett Corral
  •  Finland – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen
  •  France – Christiane Sibellin
  •  Gambia – Ndey Jagne
  •  Germany – Karin Schütze
  •  Gibraltar – Rosemarie Viňales
  •  Greece- Maria Geka
  •  Holland – Janny de Knegt
  •  Honduras – Edda Inés Mungula
  •  Iceland – Sigrún Vignisdóttir
  •  Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller [2]
  •  Israel – Shlomit Gat
  •  Italy – Guya Libraro
  •  Jamaica – Carol Joan McFarlane
  •  Japan – Yuko Oguchi
  •  Jordan – Nyla Munir Haddad
  •  Korea – Lee Eun-ah
  •  Lebanon – Yolla George Harb
  •  Liberia – Melvilla Mardea Harris
  •  Luxembourg – Marie-Anne Geisen
  •  Malaysia – Clara Eunice de Run
  •  Malta – Wilhelmina Mallia
  •  Morocco – Lucette Garcia
  •  New Zealand – Gay Lorraine Phelps
  •  Peru – Lourdes Cárdenas Gilardi
  •  Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting [2]
  •  South Africa – Carrol Adele Davis
  •  Suriname – Anita van Eyck
  •  Sweden – Britt Marie Lindblad
  •  Syria – Raymonde Doucco
  •  Tahiti – Marie Tapare [2]
  •  Tunisia – Zeineb Ben Lamine
  •  United Kingdom – Lesley Langley [2][3]
  •  United States – Dianna Lynn Batts [2]
  •  Uruguay – Raquel Luz Delgado
  •  Venezuela – Nancy Elizabeth González Aceituno

Judges

Miss World 1965 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, among whom included Martine Carol, a French actress.[2]

Debuts

Returning countries

Nations not competing

References

  1. ↑ "Miss World 1965"". BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Ottawa Citizen
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Sydney Morning Herald
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