Miss Universe 1964 was the 13th Miss Universe pageant, held on 1 August 1964 at the Miami Beach Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Corinna Tsopei of Greece was crowned by Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil making her the first and so far only Miss Universe from Greece.

Miss Universe 1964
Corinna Tsopei, Miss Universe 1964
Date1 August 1964
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants60
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerCorinna Tsopei
 Greece
CongenialityJeanne Venables
 California
Best National CostumeHenny Deul
 Holland
PhotogenicEmanuela Stramana
 Italy
← 1963
1965 →

Results

Miss Universe 1964 participating nations and results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1964
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10
Top 15

Contestants

Sixty contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge[a]Hometown
 ArgentinaMaría Amalia Ramírez19Santa Fe
 ArubaLidia Lidwina HenriquezOranjestad
 AustraliaRia Lubyen22Melbourne
 AustriaGloria Mackh22Vienna
 BahamasCatherine Cartwright18Nassau
 BelgiumDanièle Defrere20Brussels
 BoliviaOlga Mónica del Carpio19La Paz
 BrazilÂngela Vasconcelos19Paraná
 British GuianaMary Rande HollGeorgetown
 CanadaMary Lou Farrell21St. John's
 CeylonAnnette Dona Kulatunga19Colombo
 ChilePatricia Herrera18Viña del Mar
 ColombiaAlba Ramírez18Bogotá
 Costa RicaDora Marcela Sola21San José
 CuraçaoIris de Windt21Willemstad
 DenmarkYvonne Mortensen19Copenhagen
 Dominican RepublicClara ChapuseauxComenador
 EcuadorTanya Klein18Guayaquil
 EnglandBrenda Blackler20Liverpool
 FinlandSirpa Wallenius21Helsinki
 FranceEdith Noël20Paris
 GermanyMarina Kettler20Berlin
 GreeceCorinna Tsopei20Athens
 GrenadaChristine HughesSt. George's
 HollandHenny Deul18Amsterdam
 Hong KongMary Bai23Hong Kong
 IcelandThelma Ingvarsdóttir18Reykjavík
 IndiaMeher Castelino18Bombay
 IrelandMaurine Lecky19Dublin
 IsraelRonit Rinat18Haifa
 ItalyEmanuela Stramana22Venice
 JamaicaBeverly RerrieKingston
 JapanChizuko Matsumoto[2]19Fukuoka
 LuxembourgMariette SophieLuxembourg City
 MalaysiaAngela Filmer19Klang
 New ZealandLyndal Ursula Cruickshank21Auckland
 NigeriaEdna Park19Lagos
 NorwayJorunn Barun18Oslo
OkinawaToyoko Uehara20Okinawa
 PanamaMaritza MontillaCoclé
 ParaguayMiriam Riart Brugada21Asunción
 PeruMiluska Vondrak20Loreto
 PhilippinesMyrna Panlilio22Manila
 Puerto RicoYolanda Rodríguez21Rio Piedras
 Republic of ChinaLana Yu Yi20Taipei
 Saint VincentStella Hadley18Kingstown
 ScotlandWendy Barrie19Glasgow
 South AfricaGail Robinson20Johannesburg
 South KoreaShin Jung-hyun21Seoul
 SpainMaria José Ulloa Madronero19Madrid
 SurinameCynthia Ingrid Dijkstra18Paramaribo
 SwedenSivi Aaberg22Stockholm
  SwitzerlandSandra SulserLausanne
 TrinidadJulia Merlene LaurencePort of Spain
 TunisiaClaudine Younes22Tunis
 TurkeyInçi Duran18Istanbul
 United StatesBobbi Johnson[3]19Washington D.C.
 UruguayDelia BabiakMontevideo
 VenezuelaMercedes Revenga18Caracas
 WalesMarilyn Joy Samuel22Monmouthsire

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts

Name changes

Returns

Last competed in 1952:

Last competed in 1954:

Last competed in 1958:

Last competed in 1960:

Last competed in 1961:

Last competed in 1962:

Replacements

  •  Scotland - Doreen Swan was replaced by Wendy Barrie. After running away to marry one of the judges. At this point Doreen was underaged so she and (judge) James Alexander Do Watt Nicoll travelled across America followed by the FBI as they believed she had been kidnapped. Then moved across state lines where it was legal to marry at her age and stayed married for many years.

Withdrawals

Did not compete

  •  Singapore - Vera Wee (Singapore was a part of Malaysia until separated in October 1965.)

Awards

  •  California - Miss Amity (Jeanne Venables)
  •  Italy - Miss Photogenic (Emanuela Stramana)
  •  Holland - Best National Costume (Henny Deul)

General References

  • West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1964". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Miss Universe". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. August 2, 1964. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ^ "SAYING HELLO". Valley News. September 18, 1964. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Blonde Math Whiz is Miss USA". Youngstown Vindicator. 30 July 1964. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via Google News Archive.