Miss Universe 1965

Miss Universe 1965, the 14th Miss Universe pageant, was 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]

Miss Universe 1965
Apasra Hongsakula being crowned Miss Universe 1965
Date24 July 1965
PresentersJack Linkletter
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants56
Placements15
DebutsBermuda
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerApasra Hongsakula
 Thailand
CongenialityIngrid Bethke
 Germany
Best National CostumeSue Downey
 United States
PhotogenicKarin Ingberg Schmidt
 Austria

Results
Miss Universe 1965 participating nations and results

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

Contestants

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] 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. Scheam, Marty (25 Jul 1965). "A Fat Baby -- But Look At Her Now". The Miami News. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. 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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