# Miss World 1962

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Beauty pageant edition

Miss World 1962 Catharina Lodders, Miss World 1962 Date 8 November 1962 Presenters Michael Aspel Venue Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom Broadcaster BBC Entrants 33 Placements 15 Withdrawals Bolivia Ceylon Lebanon Madagascar Nicaragua Rhodesia and Nyasaland Suriname Turkey Returns Canada Jamaica Jordan Portugal Winner Catharina Lodders Netherlands ← 1961 1963 →

**Miss World 1962** was the 12th [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, held at the [Lyceum Ballroom](/source/Lyceum_Theatre%2C_London), [London](/source/London), United Kingdom, on 8 November 1962. [Rosemarie Frankland](/source/Rosemarie_Frankland) of the United Kingdom crowned [Catharina Lodders](/source/Catharina_Lodders) of the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) at the conclusion of the event.[1] Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after [Corine Rottschäfer](/source/Corine_Rottsch%C3%A4fer) in [1959](/source/Miss_World_1959).[1][2]

## Background

### Selection of participants

#### Returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the return of Canada, Jamaica, Jordan, and Portugal. Jamaica and Portugal last competed in [1959](/source/Miss_World_1959), Canada and Jordan last completed in [1960](/source/Miss_World_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.[3]

## Results

Miss World 1962 participating countries and territories.

Placement Contestant Miss World 1962 Netherlands – Catharina Lodders[4] 1st runner-up Finland – Kaarina Leskinen[4] 2nd runner-up France – Monique Lemaire[4] 3rd runner-up South Africa – Yvonne Ficker[4] 4th runner-up Japan – Teruko Ikeda[4] Top 8 Belgium – Christine Delit Denmark – Rikke Stisager United States – Amadee Chabot[4] Top 15 Argentina – Amalia Ramírez India – Ferial Karim[5] Israel – Ilana Porat Jamaica – Chriss Leon United Kingdom – Jackie White Uruguay – María Noel Genovese Venezuela – Betzabeth Franco

## Contestants

Thirty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country Contestant Age[a] Hometown Argentina María Amalia Ramírez[6] 17 Santa Fe Austria Inge Jaklin[7] 21 Vienna Belgium Christine Delit[8] 22 Liège Brazil Vera Lúzia Saba[9] 18 Guanabara Canada Marlene Leeson[10] 19 Nova Scotia Cyprus Magda Michailides 18 Nicosia Denmark Rikki Stisager[9] 19 Aalborg Ecuador Elaine Ortega – Pichincha Finland Kaarina Leskinen[11] 17 Helsinki France Monique Lemaire[12] 20 Paris Greece Glasmine Moraitou[13] 23 Athens Iceland Rannveig Ólafsdóttir[14] 18 Reykjavík India Ferial Karim[15] 23 Bombay Ireland Muriel O'Hanlon 19 Dublin Israel Ilana Porat 19 Tel Aviv Italy Raffaella da Carolis[16] 20 Umbria Jamaica Chriss Leon[17] 20 Kingston Japan Teruko Ikeda[18] 19 Himeji Jordan Leila Emile Khadder 18 Amman Luxembourg Brita Gerson 18 Luxembourg City Netherlands[b] Conny Harteveld[19] 22 Leiden New Zealand Maureen Kingi[20] 20 Rotorua Portugal Palmira Ferreira 18 Lisbon Republic of China Roxsana L.S. Chiang[21] 19 Taipei South Africa Yvonne Ficker[22] 18 Johannesburg South Korea[c] Chung Tae-ja[23] 23 Seoul Spain Conchita Roig 27 Barcelona Sweden Margareth Melin 21 Stockholm United Kingdom Jackie White[24] 20 Derbyshire United States Amadee Chabot[25] 17 Northridge Uruguay María Noel Genovese[26] 18 Montevideo Venezuela Betzabeth Franco[26] 20 Caracas West Germany Anita Steffen[27] 20 –

## Judges

The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, are:[1]

- Lord John Jacob Astor — Anglo-American journalist and owner of *[The Times of London](/source/The_Times_of_London)*

- [Grace Fields](/source/Grace_Fields) — British actress, singer and comedian

- Leslie McDonnell — Scottish writer (*who replaced businessman Billy Butlin at the last minute*)

- [Bob Hope](/source/Bob_Hope) — American actor and comedian

- [Charles Eade](/source/Charles_Eade) — journalist and member of the Council of the Commonwealth Press Union

- Lady Margaret Simons-Kimberley, of the British High Society.

- [Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby](/source/Robert_Boothby%2C_Baron_Boothby) — British conservative politician

- Jenifer Unite-Armstrong-Jones — wife of Mayor [Ronald Armstrong-Jones](/source/Ronald_Armstrong-Jones)

- [Richard Todd](/source/Richard_Todd) — Irish-born British film actor

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-B_6-0)** Age at the time of the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Competed as Holland in the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** Competed as Korea in the pageant

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## External links

- [Miss World official website](http://www.missworld.com)

v t e Miss World 1962 national titleholders Ferial Karim Catharina Lodders Maureen Kingi María Noel Genovese

v t e Miss World Editions 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Related Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions Countries Beauty with a Purpose

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