{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Rina Lodders (1963).jpg | caption = [[Catharina Lodders]], Miss World 1962 | winner = '''[[Catharina Lodders]]''' | represented = '''{{flag|Netherlands}}''' | date = 8 November 1962 | presenters = [[Michael Aspel]] | entrants = 33 | placements = 15 | venue = [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], [[London]], United Kingdom | broadcaster = [[BBC]] | returns = {{Hlist|Canada|Jamaica|Jordan|Portugal}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Bolivia|Ceylon|Lebanon|Madagascar|Nicaragua|Rhodesia and Nyasaland|Suriname|Turkey}} | before = [[Miss World 1961|1961]] | next = [[Miss World 1963|1963]] }}
'''Miss World 1962''' was the 12th [[Miss World]] pageant, held at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Ballroom]], [[London]], United Kingdom, on 8 November 1962. [[Rosemarie Frankland]] of the United Kingdom crowned [[Catharina Lodders]] of the [[Netherlands]] at the conclusion of the event.<ref name="autogenerated1">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2229&dat=19621125&id=SEtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BQEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2422,3410732&hl=en ''Sunday Herald''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after [[Corine Rottschäfer]] in [[Miss World 1959|1959]].<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Miss World 1962 |website=MissWorld |url=http://www.missworld.com/History/1962 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902043816/http://www.missworld.com/History/1962 |archive-date=2 September 2015 |access-date=2016-10-12 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
== Background == === Selection of participants === ==== Returns, and, withdrawals ==== This edition marked the return of Canada, Jamaica, Jordan, and Portugal. Jamaica and Portugal last competed in [[Miss World 1959|1959]], Canada and Jordan last completed in [[Miss World 1960|1960]]. Bolivia, Ceylon, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Suriname withdrew from the competition due to their national organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Miss Turkey 1962, Zeynep Ziyal, withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 May 2020|last=Tarihi|first=Güncelleme|title=Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu|trans-title=Beauties met on live broadcast|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|access-date=29 April 2025|website=[[Hürriyet]]|language=Turkish|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102125519/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-1929dan-gunumuze-turkiye-guzelleri-41508916|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Results== [[File:Miss World 1962 Map.PNG|thumb|250x250px|Miss World 1962 participating countries and territories.]] {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss World 1962 | * {{flag|Netherlands}} – [[Catharina Lodders]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=9 November 1962|title=Dutch model, 20, walks off with '62 Miss World title|language=en|pages=7|work=The Deseret News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjsjAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+World%22+%221962%22&pg=PA7&article_id=6295,2011356|access-date=15 April 2025|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flag|Finland}} – Kaarina Leskinen<ref name=":1" /> |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flag|France}} – Monique Lemaire<ref name=":1" /> |- | 3rd runner-up | * {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – Yvonne Ficker<ref name=":1" /> |- | 4th runner-up | * {{flag|Japan|1947}} – Teruko Ikeda<ref name=":1" /> |- | Top 8 | * {{flag|Belgium}} – Christine Delit * {{flag|Denmark}} – Rikke Stisager * {{flag|United States}} – Amadee Chabot<ref name=":1" /> |- | Top 15 | * {{flag|Argentina|alt}} – Amalia Ramírez * {{flag|India}} – [[Ferial Karim]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lo |first=Ricky |date=4 October 2010 |title=India, China only Asian countries with Misses World |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2010/10/04/617416/india-china-only-asian-countries-misses-world |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=[[Philippine Star]] |language=en}}</ref> * {{flag|Israel}} – Ilana Porat * {{flag|Jamaica}} – Chriss Leon * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Jackie White * {{flag|Uruguay}} – [[María Noel Genovese]] * {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – Betzabeth Franco |}
==Contestants== Thirty-three contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country !Contestant !Age{{efn|Age at the time of the pageant|name=B}} !Hometown |- |{{flag|Argentina|alt}} |María Amalia Ramírez<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 October 1962|title=La più bella argentina|language=it|trans-title=The most beautiful Argentinean|pages=13|work=[[La Stampa]]|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,13/articleid,0088_01_1962_0245_0013_16978506/|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> |17 |[[Santa Fe, Argentina|Santa Fe]] |- |{{flag|Austria}} |Inge Jaklin<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 November 1962|title=Miss zoekt Miss op|language=nl|trans-title=Miss is looking for Miss|pages=1|work=Nieuwe Tilburgsche courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:002062029:mpeg21:p00001|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |21 |[[Vienna]] |- |{{flag|Belgium}} |Christine Delit<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2010 |title=Erelijst Miss België |url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/ |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=De Morgen |language=nl-NL}}</ref> |22 |[[Liège]] |- |{{flag|Brazil|1960}} |Vera Lúzia Saba<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=10 November 1962|title=Finalistas por el titulo de "Miss World"|language=es|trans-title=Finalists for the title of "Miss World"|pages=10|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=90ocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wmMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7280%2C1439437|access-date=15 April 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |18 |[[Guanabara (state)|Guanabara]] |- |{{flag|Canada|1957}} |Marlene Leeson<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 September 1962|title=Bypassed beauty planning to put up fight for title|language=en|pages=35|work=[[The Calgary Herald]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWpkAAAAIBAJ&dq=Marlene+Leeson&pg=PA33&article_id=3684,4188140|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Google Books}}</ref> |19 |[[Nova Scotia]] |- |{{flag|Cyprus|1960}} |Magda Michailides |18 |[[Nicosia]] |- |{{flag|Denmark}} |Rikki Stisager<ref name=":4" /> |19 |[[Aalborg]] |- |{{flag|Ecuador}} |Elaine Ortega |– |[[Pichincha Province|Pichincha]] |- |{{flag|Finland}} |Kaarina Leskinen<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Tainola|first1=Rita|last2=Bryssel|date=20 October 2014|title=Entisen Miss Suomen suhdekurimus: Mies petti useiden naisten kanssa - "Hälytyskellojen olisi pitänyt soida"|url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000823531.html|access-date=15 April 2025|website=[[Ilta-Sanomat]]|language=fi}}</ref> |17 |[[Helsinki]] |- |{{flag|France}} |Monique Lemaire<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alcaraz|first=Mathias|date=14 December 2018|title=VIDEO Miss France 2019 : le concours en chiffres|url=https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/video-miss-france-2019-le-concours-en-chiffres-653889|access-date=15 April 2025|website=Voici|language=fr|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209115306/https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/video-miss-france-2019-le-concours-en-chiffres-653889|url-status=dead}}</ref> |20 |[[Paris]] |- |{{flag|Greece|old}} |Glasmine Moraitou<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 November 1962|title=De twee op London Airport gefotografeerde charmante jongedames|language=nl|trans-title=The two charming young ladies photographed at London Airport|pages=3|work=Leeuwarder courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010616383:mpeg21:p003|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |23 |[[Athens]] |- |{{flag|Iceland}} |Rannveig Ólafsdóttir<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 May 1962|title=Guðrún Bjarnadóttir var kjörin Ungfrú Island 1962|language=is|trans-title=Guðrún Bjarnadóttir was elected Miss Iceland 1962|pages=4–5|work=Fálkinn|url=https://timarit.is/page/4378288?iabr=on|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Tímarit.is}}</ref> |18 |[[Reykjavík]] |- |{{flag|India}} |{{sortname|Ferial|Karim}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 November 1962|title=U.S. entry is favored|language=en|pages=2|work=St. Joseph Gazette|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jEBaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SEwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4733%2C2309641|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Google News Archive}}</ref> |23 |[[Mumbai|Bombay]] |- |{{flag|Ireland}} |Muriel O'Hanlon |19 |[[Dublin]] |- |{{flag|Israel}} |Ilana Porat |19 |[[Tel Aviv]] |- |{{flag|Italy}} |Raffaella da Carolis<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 November 1962|title=Ricevimento per le Miss|language=it|trans-title=Reception for the Miss|pages=13|work=La Stampa|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,13/articleid,0089_02_1962_0249_0013_17705087/|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> |20 |[[Umbria]] |- |{{flag|Jamaica}} |Chriss Leon<ref>{{Cite news|last=Thomas|first=Marcia|date=7 January 2020|title=Jamaica at Miss World: A 60-year success story|language=en|work=The Gleaner|url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/jamaica-gleaner/20200107/281668256907513|access-date=15 April 2025|via=PressReader}}</ref> |20 |[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- |{{flag|Japan|1947}} |Teruko Ikeda<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 November 1962|title=Miss World candidate|language=en|pages=2|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19621106-1.1.2|access-date=15 April 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> |19 |[[Himeji]] |- |{{flag|Jordan}} |Leila Emile Khadder |18 |[[Amman]] |- |{{flag|Luxembourg}} |Brita Gerson |18 |[[Luxembourg City]] |- |{{flag|Netherlands}}{{Efn|Competed as Holland in the pageant}} || {{sortname|Conny|Harteveld|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 October 1954|title=Miss Holland naar Londen|language=nl|trans-title=Miss Holland to London|pages=2|work=Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001565090:mpeg21:p00002|access-date=22 June 2024|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 22 || [[Leiden]] |- |{{flag|New Zealand}} |[[Maureen Waaka|Maureen Kingi]]<ref>{{cite news |title=“MISS N.Z.”: Civic Farewell At Auckland |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1962/08/03/2 |work=[[The Press]] |page=2 |access-date=1 January 2026 |date=3 August 1962 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> |20 |[[Rotorua]] |- |{{flag|Portugal}} |Palmira Ferreira |18 |[[Lisbon]] |- |{{flag|Republic of China}} |Roxsana L.S. Chiang<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 June 1962|title=They shame the Moon|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=20&post=26260|access-date=15 April 2025|website=Taiwan Today|language=en}}</ref> |19 |[[Taipei]] |- |{{flag|South Africa|1928}} |Yvonne Ficker<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lambley|first=Gariin|date=8 November 2022|title=Miss SA: Every winner since 1956|url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/sport/other/miss-sa-every-winner-since-1956/ar-AA13S7hg|access-date=15 April 2025|website=MSN|language=en-ZA}}</ref> |18 |[[Johannesburg]] |- |{{flag|South Korea}}{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} |Chung Tae-ja<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 November 1962|title=Stasera la più bella del mondo|language=it|trans-title=Tonight the most beautiful in the world|pages=5|work=La Stampa|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1569_02_1962_0252_0005_23733391/|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref> |23 |[[Seoul]] |- |{{flag|Spain|1945}} |Conchita Roig |27 |[[Barcelona]] |- |{{flag|Sweden}} |Margareth Melin |21 |[[Stockholm]] |- |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |Jackie White<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 September 1962|title=Beauty queen Jackie sues|language=en|pages=1|work=Evening Standard|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard/125097657/|access-date=15 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |20 |[[Derbyshire]] |- |{{flag|United States}} |Amadee Chabot<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 September 1962|title=Shapely California gets Miss USA title|language=en|pages=1|work=[[The Ogden Standard-Examiner]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55498877/amedee-chabot/|access-date=15 April 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |17 |[[Northridge, Los Angeles|Northridge]] |- |{{flag|Uruguay}} |[[María Noel Genovese]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=22 November 1962|title=In another world|language=en|pages=6|work=The Billings County Pioneer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gHZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UpQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3538%2C286757|access-date=15 April 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |18 |[[Montevideo]] |- |{{flag|Venezuela|1954}} |Betzabeth Franco<ref name=":3" /> |20 |[[Caracas]] |- |{{flag|West Germany}} |Anita Steffen<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 November 1962|title=Snitselbank|language=nl|pages=5|work=Nieuwe Eindhovense krant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMRHCE02:163645004:mpeg21:p00005|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> |20 |– |}
==Judges== The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, are:<ref name=autogenerated1 /> * Lord John Jacob Astor — Anglo-American journalist and owner of ''[[The Times of London]]'' * [[Grace Fields]] — British actress, singer and comedian * Leslie McDonnell — Scottish writer (''who replaced businessman Billy Butlin at the last minute'') * [[Bob Hope]] — American actor and comedian * [[Charles Eade]] — journalist and member of the Council of the Commonwealth Press Union * Lady Margaret Simons-Kimberley, of the British High Society. * [[Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby|Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby]] — British conservative politician * Jenifer Unite-Armstrong-Jones — wife of Mayor [[Ronald Armstrong-Jones]] * [[Richard Todd]] — Irish-born British film actor ==Notes== <references group="lower-alpha" />
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.missworld.com Miss World official website] {{Miss World 1962 delegates}} {{Miss World}} [[Category:Miss World]] [[Category:1962 in London]] [[Category:1962 beauty pageants]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in England]] [[Category:November 1962 in the United Kingdom]]