Miss Universe 1967
Encyclopedia
Miss Universe 1967, the 16th Miss Universe
pageant, was won by 21-year-old Sylvia Hitchcock
of USA
. It took place on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
, USA
.
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant, was won by 21-year-old Sylvia Hitchcock
Sylvia Hitchcock
Sylvia Louise Hitchcock-Carson is a pageant titleholder who held the Miss USA 1967 and Miss Universe 1967 titles.Hitchcock was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and grew up on a chicken farm in Miami, Florida. She attended Palmetto High School, Miami-Dade Junior College and studied art at the...
of USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
. It took place on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper...
, USA
United States
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.
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1967 |
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1st runner-up |
Mariela Pérez Mariela Pérez Branger is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on February 14, 1946. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1967, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1967 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on July 15, 1967, when she won... |
2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 15 |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Best National Costume |
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Contestants
- Argentina - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi
- Aruba - Ivonne Maduro
- Austria - Christl Bartu
- The Bahamas - Elizabeth Knowles
- Belgium - Mauricette Sironval
- Bermuda - Cheryl Michele Smith
- Bolivia - Marcela Montoya Garcia
- Bonaire - Cristina Landwier
- Brazil - Carmen Silva De Barros Ramasco
- Canada - Donna Marie Barker
- Chile - Ingrid Vila Riveros
- Colombia - Elsa Maria Garrido Cajiao
- Costa Rica - Rosa Maria Fernandez
- Cuba - Elina Salavarria
- - Imelda Thome
- Denmark - Gitte Rhein Knudsen
- Dominican Republic - Jeannette Rey Garcia
- Kingdom of England - Jennifer Lynn Lewis
- Finland - Ritva Helena Lehto
- Early Modern France - Anne Vernier
- Germany - Fee Von Zitzewitz
- Greece - Elia Kalogeraki
- Guam - Hope Marie Navarro Alvarez
- ' - Irene Van Campenhout
- Honduras - Denia Maria Alvorado Medina
- Hong Kong - Laura Arminda Da Costa Roque
- Iceland - Gudrun Petursdottir
- India - Nayyara Mirza
- Republic of Ireland - Patricia Armstrong
- Israel - Batia Kabiri
- Italy - Paola Rossi
- Japan - Kayoko Fujikawa
- ' - Hong Jung-ae
- Luxembourg - Marie-Jossee Mathgen
- Malaysia - Monkam Anne Lowe Siprasome
- Mexico - Valentina Vales Duarte
- New Zealand - Pamela McLeod
- Norway - Gro Goskor
- Okinawa Prefecture - Etsuko Okuhira
- Panama - Mirna Norma Castillero
- Paraguay - Maria Eugenia Torres
- Peru - Mirtha Calvo Sommaruga †
- Philippines - Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil
- Puerto Rico - Yvonne Coll
- Kingdom of Scotland - Lena MacGarvie
- Singapore - Mei-Lee Ong
- South Africa - Windley Ballenden
- Spain - Francisca Delgado Sanchez
- Sweden - Eva-Lisa Svensson
- Switzerland - Elsbeth Ruegger
- Turkey - Ayse Yelda Gurani
- Uruguay - Mayela Berton Martinez
- United States - Sylvia Louise HitchcockSylvia HitchcockSylvia Louise Hitchcock-Carson is a pageant titleholder who held the Miss USA 1967 and Miss Universe 1967 titles.Hitchcock was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and grew up on a chicken farm in Miami, Florida. She attended Palmetto High School, Miami-Dade Junior College and studied art at the...
- Venezuela - Mariela Pérez BrangerMariela PérezMariela Pérez Branger is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on February 14, 1946. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1967, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1967 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on July 15, 1967, when she won...
- Virgin IslandsVirgin IslandsThe Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
- Gail Garrison - Wales - Denise Elizabeth Page
Trivia
- VenezuelaMiss VenezuelaThe Miss Venezuela contest is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela and has been held since 1952. It is responsible for selecting the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International pageants .Under the direction of Osmel Sousa, Venezuela has...
made into the top 5 for the first time. - Miss PhilippinesBinibining PilipinasBinibining Pilipinas is the organization responsible for sponsoring the annual national beauty pageant which selects representatives of the Philippines to Miss Universe and Miss International, among others.-History:...
, Pilar Pilapil became a successful actress. - Miss Puerto Rico, Yvonne Coll became a singer and actress. She ran her own variety show in 1971.