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Miss Universe 1965
Apasra Hongsakula being crowned Miss Universe 1965
Date24 July 1965
Presenters Jack Linkletter
Venue Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants56
Placements15
Debuts Bermuda
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner Apasra Hongsakula
  Thailand
Congeniality Ingrid Bethke
  Germany
Best National Costume Sue Downey
  United States
PhotogenicKarin Ingberg Schmidt
  Austria
←  1964
1966 →

Miss Universe 1965 was the 14th Miss Universe pageant, held on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand was crowned by Corinna Tsopei of Greece. [1]

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1965
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants

Miss Universe 1965 participating nations and results

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age [a] Hometown
  Aruba Dorinda Croes [3] 24 Oranjestad
  Australia Pauline Verey [4] 19 Dandenong
  Austria Karin Schmidt 22 Linz
  Bahamas Janet Thompson [5] 21 Nassau
  Belgium Lucy Nossent [6] 21 Brussels
  Bermuda Elaine Simons [7] 18 Hamilton
  Bolivia Patricia Estensoro [8] 19 Tarija
  Brazil Maria Raquel de Andrade [9] 20 Rio de Janeiro
  British Guiana Cheryl Cheeng [10] – Georgetown
  Canada Carol Ann Tidey [11] 18 Ancaster
  Ceylon Shirlene De Silva [12] 19 Colombo
  Colombia María Victoria Ocampo [13] 18 Cartagena
  Costa Rica Mercedes Pinagal – Guanacaste
  Cuba Alina De Varona 18 Miami, Florida
  Curaçao Ninfa Palm – Willemstad
  Denmark Jeannette Christjansen 18 Copenhagen
  Ecuador Patricia Susana Ballesteros 19 Quito
  England Jennifer Gurley 20 Cheshire
  Finland Virpi Liisa Miettinen 19 Helsinki
  France Marie-Therese Tullio 24 Paris
  Germany Ingrid Bethke [14] 23 Berlin
  Greece Aspa Theologitou 21 Athens
  Holland Anja Schuit 21 Amsterdam
  Hong Kong Joy Drake 21 Kowloon
  Iceland Bára Magnúsdóttir 18 Reykjavík
  India Persis Khambatta 18 Bombay
  Ireland Anne Elizabeth Neill 18 Belfast
  Israel Aliza Sadeh 18 Tel Aviv
  Italy Erika Jorger 23 Milan
  Jamaica Virginia Hope Redpath – Kingston
  Japan Mari Katayama 24 Tokyo
  Luxembourg Marie-Anne Geisen 18 Luxembourg City
  Malaysia Patricia Augustus 19 George Town
  Mexico Jeanine Acosta 18 Mexico City
  New Zealand Gay Lorraine Phelps 20 Auckland
  Norway Britt Aaberg 20 Oslo
United States Okinawa Leiko Arakaki 18 Okinawa
  Panama Sonia Inés Ríos 18 Colón
  Paraguay Stella Castell – Asunción
  Peru Frieda Holler 20 Lima
  Philippines Louise Aurelio Vail [15] 18 Iloilo City
  Portugal Maria Do Como Paraiso Sancho 20 Lisbon
  Puerto Rico Gloria Cobían 19 Caguas
  Scotland Mary Young 23 Bankend
  South Africa Veronika Prigge 23 Transvaal
  South Korea Kim Eun-ji 22 Seoul
  Spain Alicia Borras 20 Barcelona
  Sweden Ingrid Norman 22 Tranås
   Switzerland Yvette Revelly 18 Glarus
  Thailand Apasra Hongsakula 18 Bangkok
  Tunisia Dolly Allouche 19 Tunis
  Turkey Nebahat Çehre 21 Samsun
  United States Sue Downey [16] 20 Columbus
  Uruguay Sonia Gorbarán – Montevideo
  Venezuela María Auxiliadora de las Casas 22 Caracas
  Wales Joan Boull 18 Cardiff

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

Did not compete

  •   Argentina - Mabel Azucena Caffarone, Nelida Jukna

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Scheam, Marty (25 Jul 1965). "A Fat Baby -- But Look At Her Now". The Miami News. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Scheam, Marty (25 Jul 1965). "'Fat Baby' From Thailand Is New Miss Universe". The Miami News. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Dorinda Croes Reina di Carnival a bira "Miss Aruba"". Observador (in Papiamento). 21 May 1965. p. 7. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
  4. ^ "Melbourne's Moomba Queen". The Canberra Times. 10 July 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Trove.
  5. ^ Whalen, Dorothy (December 1965). "Miss Bahamas Janet Thompson: Regal entry in Miss Universe pageant". Abaco Account. pp. 6–8. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
  6. ^ "Erelijst Miss België". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  7. ^ "First Miss Bermuda passes away at 67". The Times of India. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  8. ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Revista J.P: o paradeiro das misses que encantaram o Brasil". Glamurama (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 January 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Universo Online.
  10. ^ "Beauty pageants – a look back". Stabroek News. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  11. ^ Wells, Jon (23 February 2013). "Miss Dominion '65 at 66". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN  1189-9417. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Make-up supervisors at beauty pageant". The Spokesman-Review. 20 July 1965. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  13. ^ "A fall during practice". The Jackson Sun. 25 July 1965. p. 7. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Karin Schütze". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 May 1965. ISSN  2195-1349. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  15. ^ Lo, Ricky (26 October 2020). "Iloilo bet is Miss Universe Philippines 2020". Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  16. ^ Stirn, John P. (June 6, 1965). "Calm Miss U. S. A. Begins Year Reigh". Columbus Ledger. UPI. p. 43. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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