{{Short description|15th Miss Universe pageant}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = Margareta Arvidsson.jpg | caption = Margareta Arvidsson | winner = [[Margareta Arvidsson]] | represented = Sweden | date = 16 July 1966 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Pat Boone]]|[[June Lockhart]]|[[Jack Linkletter]]}} | venue = [[Miami Beach Convention Center|Miami Beach Auditorium]], [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida, United States | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]]}} | entrants = 58 | placements = 15 | debuts = {{Hlist|Guam}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Australia|Hong Kong|Mexico|Portugal|Tunisia|Uruguay}} | returns = {{Hlist|Argentina|Chile|Lebanon|Morocco|Singapore|Suriname|Trinidad and Tobago}} | congeniality = Elizabeth Sanchez (Curaçao)<br> Paquita Torres (Spain)<ref name="Herald"/> | photogenic = [[Margareta Arvidsson]] (Sweden) | best national costume = Aviva Israeli (Israel) | before = [[Miss Universe 1965|1965]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1967|1967]] }}
'''Miss Universe 1966''' was the 15th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida, on 16 July 1966.
At the conclusion of the event, [[Apasra Hongsakula]] of Thailand crowned [[Margareta Arvidsson]] of Sweden as Miss Universe 1966. It is the second victory of Sweden in the history of the pageant.
Contestants from fifty-eight countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted by [[Jack Linkletter]], while [[Pat Boone]] and [[June Lockhart]] served as backstage correspondents.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lavietes|first=Stuart|date=21 December 2007|title=Jack Linkletter, Second-Generation TV Host, Dies at 70|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/arts/television/21linkletter.html|access-date=13 August 2025|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This edition of Miss Universe is the first to be broadcast in color.<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 July 1966|title=To host|language=en|pages=18|work=The Star Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21402610/the-star-press/|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
== Background == === Selection of participants === Contestants from fifty-eight countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One candidate was appointed to represent her country to replace the original dethroned winner.
==== Replacements ==== Miss Dominion of Canada 1966, Diane Coulter, withdrew for health concerns and was replaced by her first runner-up, Marjorie Schofield.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 July 1966|title=Miss Dominion of Canada 1966|language=en|work=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_p4tAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Diane+Coulter%22+%221966%22&pg=PA13&article_id=3614,554134|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
==== Debuts, returns, and withdrawals ==== This edition saw the debut of Guam, and the returns of Lebanon and Singapore which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1962|1962]]; Morocco in [[Miss Universe 1963|1963]]; and Argentina, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago in [[Miss Universe 1964|1964]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
Moomba Queen 1966, Erica McMillan, was scheduled to compete as the Australian representative but died in a car accident. No one was sent as a replacement, forcing the country to withdraw.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 March 1966 |title=Erica McMillan, a 19 year-old private secretary who became a model a month ago, is the Moomba Queen, 1966. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105890214?searchTerm=%22Erica%20McMillan%22 |access-date=13 August 2025 |work=The Canberra Times |pages=3 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 May 1966 |title=Moomba Queen dies in smash |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131770250?searchTerm=%22Erica%20McMillan%22 |access-date=13 August 2025 |work=The Canberra Times |pages=9 |language=en |via=Trove}}</ref> Miss Tunisia, Zeineb Lamine, and Miss Uruguay, Susana Regeden, both withdrew for undisclosed reasons. Hong Kong, Mexico, and Portugal withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Miss Honduras 1966, Danira Miralda Buines, and Miss Saint Vincent 1966, Anna Ellis, both withdrew for undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gámez|first=Sabino|date=25 April 2008|title=El Miss Honduras, una historia que contar|url=https://www.laprensa.hn/espectaculos/el-miss-honduras-una-historia-que-contar-ATLP695720|access-date=13 August 2025|website=La Prensa|language=es-HN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=9 October 2022 |title=A history of pageantry in SVG 1951 to 2019 |url=https://onenewsstvincent.com/2022/10/09/one-news-svg-pageant-corner-a-history-of-pageantry-in-svg-1951-to-2019/ |access-date=16 April 2025 |website=One News St.Vincent |language=en}}</ref>
==Results== [[File:Miss Universe 1966 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1966 participating countries and territories]]
=== Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1966 | * {{flagu|Sweden}} – [[Margareta Arvidsson]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1966|title=Miss Sweden Named Miss Universe|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/07/17/archives/miss-sweden-named-miss-universe.html|access-date=13 August 2025|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Herald">{{cite news |last1=Bruning |first1=Fred |title=Reluctant Miss Sweden Is Crowned Earthly Beauty of Earthly Universe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/621034672/ |access-date=5 September 2023 |work=[[The Miami Herald]] |date=18 Jul 1966 |page=97 |language=en}}</ref> |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Finland}} – Satu Östring<ref name="Herald" /> |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagicon image|Flag of Thailand (non-standard colours).svg}} Thailand – [[Cheranand Savetanand]]<ref name="Herald" /> |- | 3rd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|India}} – [[Yasmin Daji]]<ref name="Herald" /> |- | 4th Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Israel}} – Aviva Israeli<ref name="Herald" /> |- | Top 15<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=John F. |date=24 July 1966 |title=The Walsh Line |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gLIhAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss+universe+1966+15+semifinalists&pg=PA14 |access-date=13 August 2025 |work=Reading Eagle |pages=14 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> | * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Edna Rudd * {{flagu|Denmark}} – Gitte Kleinert * {{flagu|England}} – Janice Whiteman * {{flagu|Holland}} – Margo Domen * {{flagu|Norway}} – Siri Nilsen * {{flagu|Peru}} – [[Madeleine Hartog-Bel]] * {{flagu|Philippines|1936}} – Clarinda Soriano * {{flagu|Spain|1945}} – Paquita Torres * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Maria Remenyi]] * {{flagu|West Germany}} – Marion Heinrich |}
=== Special awards === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Award !! Contestant |- | Miss Amity<ref name="Herald" /> | * {{flagu|ANT|1959|name=Curaçao}} – Elizabeth Sanchez * {{flagu|Spain|1945}} – Paquita Torres |- | Miss Photogenic | * {{flagu|Sweden}} – [[Margareta Arvidsson]]<ref name="Bartlett">{{cite news |last1=Bartlett |first1=Kay |title=Sweden Girl is Crowned Miss Universe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/513184300/ |access-date=5 September 2023 |work=[[The La Crosse Tribune]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=17 Jul 1966 |page=1 |language=en}}</ref> |- | Best National Costume | * {{flagu|Israel}} – Aviva Israeli<ref name="Bartlett" /> |}
== Pageant == === Format === Miss Universe has made several changes to the competition format. Starting with this edition, instead of revealing the 15 semifinalists during the preliminary competition, they were called one by one at the final competition, in no particular order.<ref name=":6" /> After announcing their countries, the semifinalists were individually interviewed by Jack Linkletter. Following the interviews, the 15 semifinalists participated in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. From fifteen, five contestants were shortlisted to advance to the final interview.<ref name=":6" />
=== Selection committee === * [[Sigvard Bernadotte]] – Swedish prince and designer * Count Jean de Beaumont – French art critic * Anthony Delano – Foreign correspondent of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' * [[Philippe Halsman]] – American portrait photographer * [[Dong Kingman]] – Chinese-American painter<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 July 1966 |title=It happened last night |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3yIhAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss+universe+Dong+Kingman&pg=PA30 |access-date=13 August 2025 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |pages=30 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> * [[Armi Kuusela|Armi Kuusela-Hilario]] – [[Miss Universe 1952]] from Finland * [[Eartha Kitt]] – American singer and actress<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 April 1966 |title=Leukemia unit sponsors Miss Universe contest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-xRAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss+universe+1966+Eartha+Kitt&pg=PA18 |access-date=13 August 2025 |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |pages=18 |language=en |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> * [[Sukich Nimmanheminda]] – Former Ambassador of Thailand to the United States * [[Akira Takarada]] – Japanese actor * [[Earl Wilson (columnist)|Earl Wilson]] – American columnist and journalist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Earl |date=19 July 1966 |title=Airline strike caused Miss Universe problems |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OwRdAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss+universe+Earl+Wilson&pg=PA4 |access-date=13 August 2025 |work=St. Joseph Gazette |pages=4 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
== Contestants == Fifty-eight contestants competed for the title.''<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=15 July 1966 |title=Manana se sabra que belleza ha ganado el titulo de Miss Universo |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GY1dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eVwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1734%2C1642571 |access-date=13 August 2025 |work=El Diario la Prensa |pages=33 |language=es}}</ref>'' {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Country/Territory !! Contestant !! Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}} !! Hometown |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]] || {{sortname|Elba|Baso|nolink=1}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=13 July 1966|title=La mas fotogenica...?|language=es|pages=10|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vxMfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CYwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7530%2C2203386|access-date=1 May 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Buenos Aires]] |- | {{flagdeco|ANT|1959}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]] || {{sortname|Sandra|Fang|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 July 1966|title=Charming Miss Sandra|language=en|pages=5|work=Aruba Esso News|url=https://dloc.com/CA03400001/00702/images/5|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Digital Library of the Caribbean}}</ref> || 18 || [[San Nicolaas]] |- | {{flagdeco|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]] || {{sortname|Renate|Polacek|nolink=1}} || 21 || [[Vienna]] |- | {{flagdeco|BHS|1964}} [[Miss Universe Bahamas|Bahamas]] || {{sortname|Sandra|Jarrett|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 November 1966|title=German gal gets Bahamas crown|language=en|pages=2|work=The Journal Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63179354/the-journal-herald/|access-date=1 May 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |- | {{flagdeco|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]] || {{sortname|Mireille|de Man|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2010 |title=Erelijst Miss België |url=https://www.demorgen.be/gs-b5723d4d |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=[[De Morgen]] |language=nl-NL}}</ref> || 18 || [[Brussels]] |- | {{flagdeco|BMU|1910}} [[Miss Bermuda|Bermuda]] || {{sortname|Marie|Trott|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 July 1966|title=Miss Bermuda leaves for Miami|language=en|pages=1|work=The Bermuda Recorder|url=https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15212coll1/id/12900/rec/5|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Bermuda National Library}}</ref> || 20 || [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]] |- | {{flagdeco|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]] || {{sortname|María Elena|Borda|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2017 |title=El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean |trans-title=The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor. |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/el-titulo-les-dio-alegrias-trabajo-y-fama-que-aun-saborean_32650 |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=El Deber |language=es-ES}}</ref> || 20 || [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] |- | {{flagdeco|BRA|1960}} [[Miss Brazil|Brazil]] || {{sortname|Ana|Ridzi|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silveira|first=Daniel|date=10 January 2015|title=Morre em Petrópolis Ana Cristina Ridzi, eleita Miss Brasil em 1966|url=http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2015/01/morre-em-petropolis-ana-cristina-ridzi-eleita-miss-brasil-em-1966.html|access-date=13 August 2025|website=G1|language=pt-br}}</ref> || 19 || [[Rio de Janeiro]] |- | {{flagdeco|CAN}} [[Miss Dominion of Canada|Canada]] || {{sortname|Marjorie|Schofield|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1966|title=Reinas de belleza|language=es|pages=20|work=El Diario la Prensa|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fo1dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eVwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2279%2C1244711|access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref> || 18 || [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]] |- | {{flagdeco|CEY}} [[Miss Universe Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] || {{sortname|Lorraine|Roosmalecocq|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Colombo]] |- | {{flagdeco|CHL}} [[Miss Universe Chile|Chile]] || {{sortname|Stella|Dunnage|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Biobío Region|Bíobío]] |- | {{flagdeco|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]] || {{sortname|Edna|Rudd|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 November 1965|title=Tolima gano el Reinado|language=es|pages=1–6|work=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l3YcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4mMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1322%2C3648297|access-date=17 October 2023|trans-title=Tolima won the crown|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Bogotá]] |- | {{flagdeco|CRI}} [[Miss Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || {{sortname|Virginia|Oreamuno|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://prensacr.info/data/6109b57a445c2c138a928bd9|title=Una bella representante al concurso "Miss Universo"|date=12 July 1966|pages=1; 7|access-date=27 September 2025|work=La República|via=Prensa CR|url-access=registration}}</ref> || 18 || [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]] |- | {{flagdeco|CUB}} [[Miss Cuba|Cuba]] || {{sortname|Lesbia|Murrieta|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2015 |title=¿Tiene Cuba representante para Miss Universo 2015? |trans-title=Cuba has a representative for Miss Universe 2015? |url=https://www.univision.com/estilo-de-vida/belleza/tiene-cuba-representante-para-miss-universo-2015 |access-date=30 April 2025 |website=Univision |language=es}}</ref> || 20 || Miami |- | {{flagdeco|ANT|1959}} [[Miss Curaçao|Curaçao]] || {{sortname|Elizabeth|Sanchez|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 June 1966|title=Miss Curacao 1966|language=nl|pages=1|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010462947:mpeg21:p001|access-date=13 August 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 18 || [[Willemstad]] |- | {{flagdeco|DNK}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]] || {{sortname|Gitte|Fleinert|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1966|title=Miss Denmark: If I win, I'll give the crown away|language=en|pages=9|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19660717-1.2.40.24|access-date=13 August 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 18 || [[Copenhagen]] |- | {{flagdeco|ECU|1900}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]] || {{sortname|Martha Cecilia|Andrade|nolink=1}} || 22 || [[Quito]] |- | {{flagdeco|ENG}} [[Miss England|England]] || {{sortname|Janice|Whiteman|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 February 2010|title=Our country's finest!|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/5008102.our-countrys-finest/|access-date=13 August 2025|website=Daily Echo|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124234903/https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/5008102.our-countrys-finest/|archive-date=24 January 2025}}</ref> || 21 || [[Southampton]] |- | {{flagdeco|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]] || {{sortname|Satu|Östring|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 July 2016|title=Satu ei uskaltanut sirkukseen USA|url=https://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/art-2000002912191.html|access-date=13 August 2025|website=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|language=fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414103306/https://www.hs.fi/ihmisia/art-2000002912191.html|archive-date=14 April 2025|trans-title=Satu didn't dare to go to the circus in the USA}}</ref> || 19 || [[Tampere]] |- | {{flagdeco|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] || {{sortname|Michèle|Boule|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morana|first=Cecile|date=4 December 2014|title=Miss France : quelle région a le plus remporté l'élection?|url=https://www.telestar.fr/actu-tv/miss-france/miss-france-quelle-region-a-le-plus-remporte-l-election-60693|access-date=13 August 2025|website=Télé Star|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223060136/https://www.telestar.fr/actu-tv/miss-france/miss-france-quelle-region-a-le-plus-remporte-l-election-60693|archive-date=23 February 2025|trans-title=Miss France: Which region won the election the most?}}</ref> || 19 || [[Cannes]] |- | {{flagicon image|Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg}} [[Miss Star Hellas|Greece]] || {{sortname|Katia|Balafouta|nolink=1}} || 21 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flagdeco|GUM}} [[Miss Guam|Guam]] || {{sortname|Barbara|Perez|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Hagåtña, Guam|Agana]] |- | {{flagdeco|GUY}} [[Miss Guyana|Guyana]] || {{sortname|Umblita|Van Sluytman}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 October 2011|title=Beauty pageants – a look back|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/10/08/the-scene/beauty-pageants-–-a-look-back/|access-date=13 August 2025|website=Stabroek News|language=en-us}}</ref> || 20 || [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] |- | {{flagdeco|NLD}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]] || {{sortname|Margo|Domen|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1966|title=Las candidatas a Miss Universo iniciaron desfiles en Miami Beach|language=es|pages=14|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vhMfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CYwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7287%2C2074164|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[The Hague]] |- | {{flagdeco|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]] || {{sortname|Erla|Traustadóttir|nolink=1}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=5 July 1966|title=Dökk á brún og brá|language=is|pages=5|work=Morgunblaðið|url=https://timarit.is/page/1376523?iabr=on|access-date=13 August 2025|via=Tímarit.is|trans-title=Dark on the edge and startled}}</ref> || 22 || [[Garðabær]] |- | {{flagdeco|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]] || {{sortname|Yasmin|Daji}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 June 2015|title=From doctors to beauty queens|url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india/From-doctors-to-beauty-queens/eventshow/47800468.cms|access-date=13 August 2025|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en|archive-date=11 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211153445/https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india/From-doctors-to-beauty-queens/eventshow/47800468.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 19 || [[Kanpur]] |- | {{flagdeco|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]] || {{sortname|Gladys|Waller|nolink=1}} || 21 || [[Dublin]] |- | {{flagdeco|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] || {{sortname|Aviva|Israeli|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 July 1966|title=Miss Israel: Five languages plus three great dimensions|language=en|pages=3|work=B'nai B'rith Messenger|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1966/07/29/01/article/20/?srpos=49&e=-------en-20--41--img-txIN%7ctxTI-Miss+Universe-------------1|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[National Library of Israel]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Tel Aviv]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg}} [[Miss Italia|Italy]] || {{sortname|Paola|Bossalino|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 July 1966|title=Creo Miss Peru puede ser elegida "Miss Universo"|language=es|pages=10|work=El Diario la Prensa|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GI1dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eVwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6133%2C1452759|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Rome]] |- | {{flagdeco|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica Universe|Jamaica]] || {{sortname|Beverly|Savory|nolink=1}} || 22 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | {{flagdeco|JPN|1870}} [[Miss Japan|Japan]] || {{sortname|Atsumi|Ikeno|nolink=1}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=19 July 1966|title=Night out a 'gasser' for cuties|language=en|pages=79|work=[[The Miami Herald]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602953/the-miami-herald/|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Yao, Osaka|Yao]] |- | {{flagdeco|LBN|1943}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]] || {{sortname|Yolla|Harb|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 July 1966|title=This hits the beauty spot|language=en|pages=1|work=Youngstown Vindicator|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IAJJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-oIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1401%2C3910|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Beirut]] |- | {{flagdeco|LUX}} [[Miss Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] || {{sortname|Gigi|Antinori|nolink=1}} || 19 || [[Luxembourg City]] |- | {{flagdeco|MYS}} [[Miss Universe Malaysia|Malaysia]] || {{sortname|Helen|Lee|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 June 1966|title=Miss Malaysia: A look round the world first...|language=en|pages=7|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19660627-1.2.51|access-date=13 August 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 18 || [[Ipoh]] |- | {{flagdeco|MAR}} [[Miss Maroc|Morocco]] || {{sortname|Joëlle|Lesage|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 October 1961|title=Le Maroc sera représenté au concours Miss Univers prévu en Israël|url=https://article19.ma/accueil/archives/147163|access-date=13 August 2025|website=Article19|language=fr-FR}}</ref> || – || [[Rabat]] |- | {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Miss Universe New Zealand|New Zealand]] || {{sortname|Heather|Gettings|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 July 1966|title=Miss Universe beauties|language=en|pages=21|work=The Tampa Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21653264/the-tampa-tribune/|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Auckland]] |- | {{flagdeco|NOR}} [[Miss Norway|Norway]] || {{sortname|Siri|Nilsen|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 July 1966|title=Í spegli timans|language=is|pages=3|work=Tölublað|url=https://timarit.is/page/3261343?iabr=on|access-date=13 August 2025|via=Tímarit.is}}</ref> || 21 || [[Oslo]] |- | {{flagicon image|USCAR flag of the Ryukyu Islands, 1954 (unofficial).svg}} Okinawa || {{sortname|Yoneko|Kiyan|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 July 1966|title=Oriental upset|language=en|pages=5|work=The Tennessean|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114603807/the-tennessean/|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands|Okinawa]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Panama (1925-2017).svg}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]] || {{sortname|Dionisia|Broce|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2015 |title=Estas son las panameñas que participaron de Miss Universo |trans-title=These are the Panamanians who participated in Miss Universe |url=https://www.telemetro.com/noticias/2015/01/07/panamenas-participaron-miss-universo/1656598.html |access-date=16 April 2025 |website=Telemetro |language=es-PA}}</ref> || 19 || [[Panama City]] |- | {{flagdeco|PRY|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]] || {{sortname|Mirtha|Martínez|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Coronel|first=Raul|date=15 October 2021|title=Te presentamos a todas nuestras representantes en Miss Universe|url=http://www.epa.com.py/2021/10/15/te-presentamos-a-todas-nuestras-representantes-en-miss-universe/|access-date=13 August 2025|website=Epa!|language=es|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203234725/http://www.epa.com.py/2021/10/15/te-presentamos-a-todas-nuestras-representantes-en-miss-universe/|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 18 || [[Alto Paraguay Department|Alto Paraguay]] |- | {{flagdeco|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] || {{sortname|Madeleine|Hartog-Bel}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 November 2021|title=Madeleine Hartog: el día que una peruana se convirtió en Miss Mundo|url=https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/madeleine-hartog-el-dia-que-una-peruana-se-convirtio-en-miss-mundo-concurso-de-belleza-nnsp-noticia/|access-date=13 August 2025|website=Peru21|language=es}}</ref> || 20 || [[Piura]] |- | {{flagdeco|PHL|1936}} [[Binibining Pilipinas|Philippines]] || {{sortname|Clarinda|Soriano|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lo|first=Ricky|date=10 May 2001|title=50 years with the Miss U Pageant|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2001/05/10/94374/50-years-miss-u-pageant-funfare-ricardo-f-lo|access-date=17 October 2023|website=[[Philippine Star]]|language=en}}</ref> || 20 || [[Bacoor]] |- | {{flagdeco|PRI}} [[Miss Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || {{sortname|Carol|Barajadas|nolink=1}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=13 July 1966|title="En Miami me siento en mi casa": Miss Puerto Rico|language=es|pages=10|work=El Diario la Prensa|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F41dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eVwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4987%2C1332570|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Santurce]] |- | {{flagdeco|SCO}} [[Miss Scotland|Scotland]] || {{sortname|Linda|Lees|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Glasgow]] |- | {{flagdeco|SGP}} [[Miss Universe Singapore|Singapore]] || {{sortname|Margaret|van Meel|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 June 1966|title=Margaret wins 'most lovely' girl title|language=en|pages=4|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19660613-1.2.22|access-date=13 August 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 19 || Singapore |- | {{flagdeco|ZAF|1928}} [[Miss South Africa|South Africa]] || {{sortname|Lynn|de Jager|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dawood|first=Zainul|date=25 May 2015|title=Former model loses home in fire|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/former-model-loses-home-in-fire-1862979|access-date=13 August 2025|website=Independent Online|language=en}}</ref> || 19 || [[Pretoria]] |- | {{flagdeco|KOR|1949}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]] || {{sortname|Gui-young|Yoon|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 1966 |title=세미녀탄생 미스코리아 선발 |trans-title=Seminyeo's birth, Miss Korea selection |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/economy/5384 |access-date=27 September 2025 |website=[[Maeil Business Newspaper]] |language=ko}}</ref> || 19 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagdeco|ESP|1945}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]] || {{sortname|Paquita|Torres|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 July 2016|title=Andalucía, la comunidad con más títulos de Miss España|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/wappissima/actualidad/Andalucia-comunidad-titulos-Miss-Espana_0_1044796174.html|access-date=13 August 2025|website=Diario de Sevilla|language=es-ES}}</ref> || 18 || [[Málaga]] |- | {{flagdeco|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)}} Suriname || {{sortname|Joyce|Leysner|nolink=1}} || 22 || [[Paramaribo]] |- | {{flagdeco|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] || {{sortname|Margareta|Arvidsson}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 November 2014|title=Conoce a Margareta Arvidsson, Miss Universo 1966|url=https://www.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/miss-universo-2014/margareta-arvidsson-miss-universo-1966-tmna774821|access-date=13 August 2025|website=[[Telemundo]]|language=es}}</ref> || 18 || [[Gothenburg]] |- | {{flagdeco|CHE}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]] || {{sortname|Hedy|Frick|nolink=1}}<ref name=":4" /> || 18 || [[Schwyz]] |- | {{flagicon image|Flag of Thailand (non-standard colours).svg}} [[Miss Thailand|Thailand]] || {{sortname|Cheranand|Savetanand}}<ref>{{cite web |date=14 July 2024 |title= จีรนันทน์ เศวตนันทน์ "รองนางงามจักรวาล" คนแรกของไทย บนเวที Miss Universe |trans-title=Cheranand Savetanand, the first Thai "Miss Universe runner-up" on the Miss Universe stage |url=https://www.silpa-mag.com/history/article_122178#google_vignette |access-date=21 March 2025 |website=SILPA-MAG |language=Thai }}</ref> || 24 || [[Surat Thani]] |- | {{flagdeco|TTO}} [[Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]] || {{sortname|Kathleen|Hares|nolink=1}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=12 July 1966|title=Srta. Trinidad|language=es|pages=20|work=El Diario la Prensa|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fo1dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eVwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371%2C1242573|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]|trans-title=Miss Trinidad}}</ref> || 20 || [[Port of Spain]] |- | {{flagdeco|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]] || {{sortname|Nilgün|Arslaner|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flagdeco|USA}} [[Miss USA|United States]] || {{sortname|Maria|Remenyi}}<ref name="Examiner">{{cite news |date=May 22, 1966 |title=Bay Girl New Miss USA |page=1 |work=[[San Francisco Examiner]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/462376613/ |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> || 20 || [[El Cerrito, California|El Cerrito]] |- | {{flagdeco|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]] || {{sortname|Magaly|Castro|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Calabozo]] |- | {{flagdeco|WAL}} [[Miss Wales|Wales]] || {{sortname|Christine|Heller|nolink=1}} || 22 || [[Cardiff]] |- | {{flagdeco|DEU}} [[Miss Universe Germany|West Germany]] || {{sortname|Marion|Heinrich|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 July 1966|title=Cool contestant|language=en|pages=5|work=Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23083856/daily-news/|access-date=13 August 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Mönchengladbach]] |}
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