# Miss Universe 1966

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15th Miss Universe pageant

Miss Universe 1966 Margareta Arvidsson Date 16 July 1966 Presenters Pat Boone June Lockhart Jack Linkletter Venue Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States Broadcaster CBS Entrants 58 Placements 15 Debuts Guam Withdrawals Australia Hong Kong Mexico Portugal Tunisia Uruguay Returns Argentina Chile Lebanon Morocco Singapore Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Winner Margareta Arvidsson Sweden Congeniality Elizabeth Sanchez (Curaçao) Paquita Torres (Spain)[1] Best National Costume Aviva Israeli (Israel) Photogenic Margareta Arvidsson (Sweden) ← 1965 1967 →

**Miss Universe 1966** was the 15th [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in [Miami Beach](/source/Miami_Beach%2C_Florida), Florida, on 16 July 1966.

At the conclusion of the event, [Apasra Hongsakula](/source/Apasra_Hongsakula) of Thailand crowned [Margareta Arvidsson](/source/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](/source/Jack_Linkletter), while [Pat Boone](/source/Pat_Boone) and [June Lockhart](/source/June_Lockhart) served as backstage correspondents.[2] This edition of Miss Universe is the first to be broadcast in color.[3]

## 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.[4]

#### Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Guam, and the returns of Lebanon and Singapore which last competed in [1962](/source/Miss_Universe_1962); Morocco in [1963](/source/Miss_Universe_1963); and Argentina, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago in [1964](/source/Miss_Universe_1964).[5][6]

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.[7][8] 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.[9][10]

## Results

Miss Universe 1966 participating countries and territories

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1966 Sweden – Margareta Arvidsson[11][1] 1st Runner-Up Finland – Satu Östring[1] 2nd Runner-Up Thailand – Cheranand Savetanand[1] 3rd Runner-Up India – Yasmin Daji[1] 4th Runner-Up Israel – Aviva Israeli[1] Top 15[12] Colombia – Edna Rudd Denmark – Gitte Kleinert England – Janice Whiteman Holland – Margo Domen Norway – Siri Nilsen Peru – Madeleine Hartog-Bel Philippines – Clarinda Soriano Spain – Paquita Torres United States – Maria Remenyi West Germany – Marion Heinrich

### Special awards

Award Contestant Miss Amity[1] Curaçao – Elizabeth Sanchez Spain – Paquita Torres Miss Photogenic Sweden – Margareta Arvidsson[13] Best National Costume Israel – Aviva Israeli[13]

## 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.[12] 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.[12]

### Selection committee

- [Sigvard Bernadotte](/source/Sigvard_Bernadotte) – Swedish prince and designer

- Count Jean de Beaumont – French art critic

- Anthony Delano – Foreign correspondent of the *[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)*

- [Philippe Halsman](/source/Philippe_Halsman) – American portrait photographer

- [Dong Kingman](/source/Dong_Kingman) – Chinese-American painter[14]

- [Armi Kuusela-Hilario](/source/Armi_Kuusela) – [Miss Universe 1952](/source/Miss_Universe_1952) from Finland

- [Eartha Kitt](/source/Eartha_Kitt) – American singer and actress[15]

- [Sukich Nimmanheminda](/source/Sukich_Nimmanheminda) – Former Ambassador of Thailand to the United States

- [Akira Takarada](/source/Akira_Takarada) – Japanese actor

- [Earl Wilson](/source/Earl_Wilson_(columnist)) – American columnist and journalist[16]

## Contestants

Fifty-eight contestants competed for the title.*[17]*

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown Argentina Elba Baso[5] 20 Buenos Aires Aruba Sandra Fang[18] 18 San Nicolaas Austria Renate Polacek 21 Vienna Bahamas Sandra Jarrett[19] 19 Nassau Belgium Mireille de Man[20] 18 Brussels Bermuda Marie Trott[21] 20 Hamilton Bolivia María Elena Borda[22] 20 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Brazil Ana Ridzi[23] 19 Rio de Janeiro Canada Marjorie Schofield[24] 18 Burlington Ceylon Lorraine Roosmalecocq 20 Colombo Chile Stella Dunnage 20 Bíobío Colombia Edna Rudd[25] 19 Bogotá Costa Rica Virginia Oreamuno[26] 18 Cartago Cuba Lesbia Murrieta[27] 20 Miami Curaçao Elizabeth Sanchez[28] 18 Willemstad Denmark Gitte Fleinert[29] 18 Copenhagen Ecuador Martha Cecilia Andrade 22 Quito England Janice Whiteman[30] 21 Southampton Finland Satu Östring[31] 19 Tampere France Michèle Boule[32] 19 Cannes Greece Katia Balafouta 21 Athens Guam Barbara Perez 20 Agana Guyana Umblita Van Sluytman[33] 20 Georgetown Holland Margo Domen[34] 18 The Hague Iceland Erla Traustadóttir[35] 22 Garðabær India Yasmin Daji[36] 19 Kanpur Ireland Gladys Waller 21 Dublin Israel Aviva Israeli[37] 18 Tel Aviv Italy Paola Bossalino[38] 20 Rome Jamaica Beverly Savory 22 Kingston Japan Atsumi Ikeno[39] 18 Yao Lebanon Yolla Harb[40] 18 Beirut Luxembourg Gigi Antinori 19 Luxembourg City Malaysia Helen Lee[41] 18 Ipoh Morocco Joëlle Lesage[42] – Rabat New Zealand Heather Gettings[43] 20 Auckland Norway Siri Nilsen[44] 21 Oslo Okinawa Yoneko Kiyan[45] 19 Okinawa Panama Dionisia Broce[46] 19 Panama City Paraguay Mirtha Martínez[47] 18 Alto Paraguay Peru Madeleine Hartog-Bel[48] 20 Piura Philippines Clarinda Soriano[49] 20 Bacoor Puerto Rico Carol Barajadas[50] 18 Santurce Scotland Linda Lees 20 Glasgow Singapore Margaret van Meel[51] 19 Singapore South Africa Lynn de Jager[52] 19 Pretoria South Korea Gui-young Yoon[53] 19 Seoul Spain Paquita Torres[54] 18 Málaga Suriname Joyce Leysner 22 Paramaribo Sweden Margareta Arvidsson[55] 18 Gothenburg Switzerland Hedy Frick[5] 18 Schwyz Thailand Cheranand Savetanand[56] 24 Surat Thani Trinidad and Tobago Kathleen Hares[6] 20 Port of Spain Turkey Nilgün Arslaner 18 Istanbul United States Maria Remenyi[57] 20 El Cerrito Venezuela Magaly Castro 18 Calabozo Wales Christine Heller 22 Cardiff West Germany Marion Heinrich[58] 19 Mönchengladbach

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** Ages at the time of the pageant

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## External links

- [Official website](http://www.missuniverse.com/)

v t e Miss Universe 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Scorings

v t e Miss Universe 1966 national titleholders GUY: Umblita Van Sluytman IND: Yasmin Daji PER: Madeleine Hartog-Bel THA: Cheranand Savetanand SWE: Margareta Arvidsson (winner) USA: Maria Remenyi

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