Miss World 1963

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Miss World 1963
Date 7 November 1963
Presenters Michael Aspel
Venue Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster BBC
Entrants 40
Debuts Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria
Withdrawals India, Italy, Uruguay
Returns Bolivia, Ceylon, Peru, Suriname, Tunisia, Turkey
Winner Carole Crawford
 Jamaica

Miss World 1963, the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 November 1963 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Carole Crawford of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1962, Catharina Lodders of Holland.

Results

File:Miss World 1963 Map.PNG
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1963
1st runner-up
  •  New Zealand – Elaine Miscall
2nd runner-up
  •  Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
3rd runner-up
  •  Denmark – Aino Korwa
4th runner-up
  •  Sweden – Grete Qviberg
Top 5
  •  France – Muguette Fabris
  •  United Kingdom – Diana Westbury
Top 10
  •  Brazil – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
  •  Korea – Choi Keum-shil
  •  Malaysia – Catherine Loh
Top 14
  •  Ceylon – Jennifer Anne Fonseka
  •  Colombia – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
  •  Liberia – Ethel Zoe Norman
  •  United StatesMichele Metrinko

Contestants

Notes

Virginia Blanche Hardjo representing Suriname

Debuts

  • Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

  • Tunisia last competed in 1958.
  • Peru last competed in 1959.
  • Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname, and Turkey last competed in 1961.

Other notes

  • Denmark placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1963.
  • Ceylon becomes a finalist for the second time, last in 1953.

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