Miss Universe 1967

Miss Universe 1967, the 16th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Sylvia Hitchcock of United States was crowned by Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event, This was Bob Barker's first Miss Universe pageant as host.

Miss Universe 1967
Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Universe 1967
Date15 July 1967
PresentersBob Barker[1]
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants56
Placements15
DebutsBonaire
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerSylvia Hitchcock
 United States[1]
CongenialityLena MacGarvie
 Scotland[1]
Best National CostumeCarmen Ramasco
 Brazil
PhotogenicElia Kalogeraki
 Greece

Results
Miss Universe 1967 participating nations and results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1967
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
 Argentina Amalia Yolanda Scuffi 24 Buenos Aires
 Aruba Ivonne Maduro – Oranjestad
 Austria Christl Bartu 22 Bludenz
 Bahamas Elizabeth Knowles 18 Nassau
 Belgium Mauricette Sironval[2] 18 Brussels
 Bermuda Cheryl Smith 20 Hamilton
 Bolivia Marcela Montoya[3] 18 Oruro
 Bonaire Cristina Landwier 19 Kralendijk
 Brazil Carmen Ramasco 21 Campinas
 Canada Donna Marie Barker 20 Ontario
 Chile Ingrid Vila 19 Antofagasta
 Colombia Elsa María Garrido[4] 18 Popayán
 Costa Rica Rosa María Fernández 18 Guanacaste
 Cuba Elina Salavarría 19 Havana
 Curaçao Imelda Thodé 20 Willemstad
 Denmark Gitte Knudsen 20 Copenhagen
 Dominican Republic Jeannette Rey 18 San Francisco de Macorís
 England Jennifer Lynn Lewis 20 Leicester
 Finland Ritva Lehto 21 Kangasala
 France Anne Vernier 18 Paris
 Germany Fee Von Zitzewitz 23 Kolberg
 Greece Elia Kalogeraki 19 Athens
 Guam Hope Marie Alvarez 18 Sinajana
 Holland Irene Van Campenhout 22 The Hague
 Honduras Denia Alvorado Medina 18 Cortés
 Hong Kong Laura Roque 20 Hong Kong
 Iceland Guðrún Pétursdóttir – Garðabær
 India Nayyara Mirza 18 Lucknow
 Ireland Patricia Armstrong 19 Dublin
 Israel Batia Kabiri 19 Tel Aviv
 Italy Paola Rossi 21 Veneto
 Japan Kayoko Fujikawa 18 Osaka
 Luxembourg Marie-Jossee Mathgen 18 Luxembourg City
 Malaysia Monkam Siprasome 24 Kedah
 Mexico Valentina Duarte 19 Yucatán
 New Zealand Pamela McLeod 18 Christchurch
 Norway Gro Goskor 21 Oslo
United States Okinawa Etsuko Okuhira 18 Okinawa
 Panama Mirna Norma Castillero 18 Herrera
 Paraguay María Eugenia Torres 18 Presidente Hayes
 Peru Mirtha Calvo 19 Callao
 Philippines Pilar Pilapil[5] 18 Camiling
 Puerto Rico Ivonne Coll 18 Fajardo
 Scotland Lena MacGarvie 19 Glasgow
 Singapore Bridget Ong 19 Singapore
 South Africa Windley Ballenden 20 Cape Town
 South Korea Hong Jung-ae 20 Seoul
 Spain Francisca Delgado Sánchez 19 Córdoba
 Sweden Eva-Lisa Svensson 21 Gothenburg
  Switzerland Elsbeth Ruegger – Basel-Landschaft
 Turkey Yelda Gürani – Istanbul
 United States Sylvia Hitchcock[6] 21 Tuscaloosa
 United States Virgin Islands Gail Garrison – Charlotte Amalie
 Uruguay Mayela Berton – Montevideo
 Venezuela Mariela Pérez 21 Caracas
 Wales Denise Page 19 Pontypool

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Miss Ecuador and Miss Thailand were disqualified upon arrival because they were only 17 years old and sent back to their countries,Herbert Landon, Executive Director of the contest, whose president at that time was Harold Glasser, said that the contestants must have a minimum 18 years and a maximum of 28 by the date of the final.

Withdrawals

Did not compete

Awards
  •  Scotland - Miss Amity (Lena MacGarvie)[1]
  •  Greece - Miss Photogenic (Elia Kalogeraki)
  •  Brazil - Best National Costume (Carmen Ramasco)

References
  1. "Florida Tomato Reforms". Press and Sun-Bulletin. Associated Press. 16 Jul 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. "Beauties believe in mod". The Miami News. 15 July 1967. p. 28. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ""Miss Brasil" lucio el "Mejor Vestido Nacional"" ["Miss Brazil" wore the "Best National Dress"]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 July 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archives.
  4. "Elsa, reina" [Elsa, queen]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 13 November 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  5. Lato-Ruffolo, Cris Evert (14 December 2019). "Pilar Pilapil on beauty: 'It can be a curse'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. "Miss Alabama: Miss USA". Tampa Bay Times. 21 May 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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