Miss World 1966

Miss World 1966
Date 17 November 1966
Presenters Peter West, Michael Aspel[1]
Venue Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster BBC
Entrants 51
Debuts Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Yugoslavia
Withdrawals Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Liberia, Nicaragua, Peru, Rhodesia, Tunisia, Uruguay
Returns Aruba, Chile, India, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey
Winner Reita Faria
 India

Miss World 1966, the 16th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1966 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Reita Faria of India, first Asian delegate to win Miss World title.[2] She was crowned by Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1966
1st runner-up
  •  Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinovic
2nd runner-up
  •  Greece – Efi Fontini Plumbi
3rd runner-up
  •  Brazil – Marlucci Rocha
4th runner-up
  •  Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
5th runner-up
  •  Norway – Birgit Andersen
6th runner-up
  •  United States – Denice Estelle Blair
Semi-finalists
  •  Argentina – Graciela Guardone
  •  Canada – Diane Coulter
  •  Dominican Republic – Jeanette Montes
  •  France – Michèle Boulé
  •  Germany – Jutta Danske
  •  Guyana – Umblita Sluytman
  •  South Africa – Johanna Carter
  •  United Kingdom – Jennifer Summers

Contestants

  •  Argentina – Graciela Guardone
  •  Aruba – Reina Patricia Hernandez
  •  Bahamas – Dorothy Cooper
  •  Belgium – Mireille de Man
  •  Brazil – Marlucci Manvailler Rocha
  •  Canada – Diane Coulter
  •  Ceylon – Priscilla Martensyn
  •  Chile – Amelia Galaz
  •  Costa Rica – Sonia Mora
  •  Cyprus – Annoula Alvaliotou
  •  Denmark – Irene Poller Hansen
  •  Dominican Republic – Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca
  •  Ecuador – Alejandra Vallejo Klaere
  •  Finland – Marita Gellman
  •  France – Michèle Boulé
  •  Gambia – Oumie Barry
  •  Germany – Jutta Danske
  •  Gibraltar – Grace Valverde
  •  Greece – Efi Fontini Ploumbi
  •  Guyana – Umblita van Sluytman
  •  Holland – Anneke Geerts
  •  Honduras – Danira Miralda Buines
  •  Iceland – Auður Harðardóttir
  •  IndiaReita Faria
  •  Ireland – Helen McMahon
  •  Israel – Segula Gohr

  •  Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
  •  Jamaica – Yvonne Walter
  •  Japan – Harumi Kobayashi
  •  Jordan – Vera Jalil Khamis
  •  Korea – Chung Eul-sun
  •  Lebanon – Marlene Talih
  •  Luxembourg – Mariette Sophie Stephano
  •  Malaysia – Merlyn Therese McKelvie
  •  Malta – Monica Sunnura
  •  Mexico – María Cecilia González DuPree
  •  Morocco – Naima Naim
  •  New Zealand – Heather Gettings
  •  Norway – Birgit Andersen
  •  Philippines – Vivien Lee Austria
  •  South Africa – Johanna Maud Carter
  •  Suriname – Linda Haselhoef
  •  Sweden – Ingrid Anna Andersson
  •   Switzerland – Janine Solliner
  •  Syria – Feryelle Jalal
  •  Trinidad and Tobago – Diane DeFreitas
  •  Turkey – Inci Asena
  •  United Kingdom – Jennifer Lowe Summers
  •  United States – Denice Estelle Blair
  •  Venezuela – Jeannette Kopp Arenas
  •  Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinović

Notes

Debuts

Returning countries

Nations not competing

Disqualified

References

  1. "Miss World 1966". BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
  2. "History: 1966". Miss World. Retrieved 6 June 2015.


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