Miss International 1962
Encyclopedia
Miss International 1962, the 3rd Miss International beauty pageant was held at Long Beach, California
, United States
on August 18, 1962. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Tania Verstak
from Australia
crown as Miss International 1962.
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on August 18, 1962. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Tania Verstak
Tania Verstak
Tania Verstak of Australia was Miss Australia in 1961 and Miss International in 1962.-Early life:Tania was born in Tianjin, China to Russian couple Vladimir and Valentina Verstak. They immigrated to Australia when she was 10 years old and settled in Manly, New South Wales...
from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
crown as Miss International 1962.
Final Results
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss International 1962 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
 United States - Carolyn Joyner |
| Semi-Finalist |
 Ecuador - Margarita Arosemena Gómez Germany - Erni Jung Iceland - Maria Gudmundsdóttir Republic of Ireland - Mona Burrows Israel - Nurit Newman Republic of China - Anne Yui Fang |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Miss Friendship |
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| Most Popular Girl |
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Delegates
- - Maria Bueno
- - Tania VerstakTania VerstakTania Verstak of Australia was Miss Australia in 1961 and Miss International in 1962.-Early life:Tania was born in Tianjin, China to Russian couple Vladimir and Valentina Verstak. They immigrated to Australia when she was 10 years old and settled in Manly, New South Wales...
- - Inge Jaklin
- - Danièle Defrère
- - Olga Pantoja Antelo
- - Julieta Strauss
British Guiana - Ave Henriques- - Susan Peters
- - Sonia Heidman Gómez
Dominican Republic - Milagros García Duval- - Margarita Arosemena Gómez
- - Sue Burgess
- - Eeva Malinen
- - Erni Jung
Greece - Ioanna Delakou- - Maria Gudmundsdóttir
- - Sheila Chonkar
- - Mona Burrows
- - Nurit Newman
- - Maria Vianello
- - Kaoru Iwasaki
- - Vivian Nazzal
- ' - Sohn Yang-ja
- - Mona Slim
Liberia - Agnes Anderson- - Brita Gerson
Malaysia - Brenda Alvisse
Morocco - Therese Gonzalez- - Catharina Lodders
- - Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi
- - María Hasbani
- - Beate Brevik Johansen
- - Ana Cecilia Maruri
- - Gladys Fernández
Peru - Gloria Alderete Irala- - Cynthia Lucero Ugalde
- - Agnes Toro
- - Elizabeth Burns
- - Nancy Liew
South Africa - Dina Maria Robbertse
Sri Lanka - Jennifer Labrooy- - Karin Hyldgaard Jensen
- - Rosemarie Loeliger
- - Tatiana Flohr
- - Anne Yui Fang
- - Güler Samuray
- - Silvia Romero
- United States - Carolyn Joyner
- - Olga Antonetti Nunez
- - Diane Thomas
West Indies Cricket Board - Anne Marie Sutherland
Withdraws
- ' - Jane Lim
- - Michèle Wargnier
- - Mireille Hollant
- - Acidalia Medina