Miss Universe 1966

Miss Universe 1966, the 15th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 16 July 1966 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand crowned her successor Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event.

Miss Universe 1966
(left) Margareta Arvidsson, Miss Universe 1966, with hostess June Lockhart
Date16 July 1966
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants58
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerMargareta Arvidsson
 Sweden
CongenialityElizabeth Sanchez
 Curaçao
Paquita Torres
 Spain[1]
Best National CostumeAviva Israeli
 Israel
PhotogenicMargareta Arvidsson
 Sweden

Results
Miss Universe 1966 participating nations and results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1966
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants

Fifty-eight contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown
 Argentina Elba Beatriz Baso 20 Buenos Aires
 Aruba Sandra Fang – Oranjestad
 Austria Renate Polacek 21 Vienna
 Bahamas Sandra Zoe Jarrett 19 Nassau
 Belgium Mireille De Man[2] 18 Brussels
 Bermuda Marie Clarissa Trott 20 Hamilton
 Bolivia María Elena Borda[3] – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 Brazil Ana Cristina Ridzi 19 Rio de Janeiro
 Canada Marjorie Anne Schofield 18 Burlington
 Ceylon Lorraine Roosmalecocq 20 Colombo
 Chile Stella Dunnage 20 Bíobío
 Colombia Edna Margarita Rudd[4] 19 Bogotá
 Costa Rica María Virginia Oreamuno – Cartago
 Cuba Lesbia Murrieta 20 Miami, Florida
 Curaçao Elizabeth Sanchez 18 Willemstad
 Denmark Gitte Fleinert 18 Copenhagen
 Ecuador Martha Cecilia Andrade – Quito
 England Janice Whiteman 21 Southampton
 Finland Satu Charlotta Ostring 19 Tampere
 France Michele Boule 19 Cannes
 Germany Marion Heinrich 19 Mönchengladbach
 Greece Katia Balafouta 21 Athens
 Guam Barbara Jean Perez 20 Agana
 Guyana Umblita Van Sluytman 20 Georgetown
 Holland Margo Domen 18 The Hague
 Iceland Erla Traustadóttir 22 Garðabær
 India Yasmin Daji 19 Kanpur
 Ireland Gladys Waller 21 Dublin
 Israel Aviva Israeli 18 Tel Aviv
 Italy Paola Bossalino 20 Rome
 Jamaica Beverly Savory – Kingston
 Japan Atsumi Ikeno 18 Yao
 Lebanon Yolla Harb 18 Beirut
 Luxembourg Gigi Antinori 19 Luxembourg City
 Malaysia Helen Lee 18 Ipoh
 Morocco Joelle Lesage – Rabat
 New Zealand Heather Gettings 20 Auckland
 Norway Siri Gro Nilsen 21 Oslo
United States Okinawa Yoneko Kiyan 24 Okinawa
 Panama Dionisia Broce 19 Panama City
 Paraguay Mirtha Martínez 18 Alto Paraguay
 Peru Madeleine Hartog-Bel 20 Piura
 Philippines Maria Clarinda Soriano[5] 20 Bacoor
 Puerto Rico Carol Barajadas 18 Santurce
 Scotland Linda Ann Lees 20 Glasgow
 Singapore Margaret Van Meel 19 Singapore
 South Africa Lynn De Jager 19 Pretoria
 South Korea Yoon Gui-young – Seoul
 Spain Paquita Torres 18 Málaga
 Suriname Joyce Leysner 22 Paramaribo
 Sweden Margareta Arvidsson 18 Gothenburg
  Switzerland Hedy Frick 18 Schwyz
 Thailand Cheranand Savetanand 24 Bangkok
 Trinidad and Tobago Kathleen Hares 20 Port of Spain
 Turkey Nilgun Arslaner 18 Istanbul
 United States Maria Remenyi[6] 20 El Cerrito
 Venezuela Magally Castro 18 Calabozo
 Wales Christine Heller 22 Cardiff

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Awards

References
  1. Bruning, Fred (18 Jul 1966). "Reluctant Miss Sweden Is Crowned Earthly Beauty of Earthly Universe". The Miami Herald. p. 97. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. "Erelijst Miss België". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  3. "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.
  4. "Tolima gano el Reinado" [Tolima won the crown]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 22 November 1965. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  5. Lo, Ricky (10 May 2001). "50 years with the Miss U Pageant". Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. "Bay Girl New Miss USA". San Francisco Examiner. United Press International. May 22, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  7. Bartlett, Kay (17 Jul 1966). "Sweden Girl is Crowned Miss Universe". The La Crosse Tribune. Associated Press. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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