Miss Universe 1965 was the 14th Miss Universe pageant, held on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand was crowned by Corinna Tsopei of Greece.[1]
| Miss Universe 1965 | |
|---|---|
 Apasra Hongsakula being crowned Miss Universe 1965 | |
| Date | 24 July 1965 |
| Presenters | Jack Linkletter |
| Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 56 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Bermuda |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Apasra Hongsakula  Thailand |
| Congeniality | Ingrid Bethke  Germany |
| Best National Costume | Sue Downey  United States |
| Photogenic | Karin Ingberg Schmidt  Austria |
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1965 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 15 |
Contestants
Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aruba | Dorinda Croes[3] | 24 | Oranjestad |
 Australia | Pauline Verey[4] | 19 | Dandenong |
| Austria | Karin Schmidt | 22 | Linz |
 Bahamas | Janet Thompson[5] | 21 | Nassau |
 Belgium | Lucy Nossent[6] | 21 | Brussels |
 Bermuda | Elaine Simons[7] | 18 | Hamilton |
 Bolivia | Patricia Estensoro[8] | 19 | Tarija |
 Brazil | Maria Raquel de Andrade[9] | 20 | Rio de Janeiro |
 British Guiana | Cheryl Cheeng[10] | – | Georgetown |
 Canada | Carol Ann Tidey[11] | 18 | Ancaster |
 Ceylon | Shirlene De Silva[12] | 19 | Colombo |
 Colombia | María Victoria Ocampo[13] | 18 | Cartagena |
 Costa Rica | Mercedes Pinagal | – | Guanacaste |
 Cuba | Alina De Varona | 18 | Miami, Florida |
 Curaçao | Ninfa Palm | – | Willemstad |
 Denmark | Jeannette Christjansen | 18 | Copenhagen |
 Ecuador | Patricia Susana Ballesteros | 19 | Quito |
 England | Jennifer Gurley | 20 | Cheshire |
 Finland | Virpi Liisa Miettinen | 19 | Helsinki |
 France | Marie-Therese Tullio | 24 | Paris |
| Germany | Ingrid Bethke[14] | 23 | Berlin |
 Greece | Aspa Theologitou | 21 | Athens |
 Holland | Anja Schuit | 21 | Amsterdam |
 Hong Kong | Joy Drake | 21 | Kowloon |
 Iceland | Bára Magnúsdóttir | 18 | Reykjavík |
 India | Persis Khambatta | 18 | Bombay |
 Ireland | Anne Elizabeth Neill | 18 | Belfast |
 Israel | Aliza Sadeh | 18 | Tel Aviv |
 Italy | Erika Jorger | 23 | Milan |
 Jamaica | Virginia Hope Redpath | – | Kingston |
 Japan | Mari Katayama | 24 | Tokyo |
 Luxembourg | Marie-Anne Geisen | 18 | Luxembourg City |
 Malaysia | Patricia Augustus | 19 | George Town |
 Mexico | Jeanine Acosta | 18 | Mexico City |
 New Zealand | Gay Lorraine Phelps | 20 | Auckland |
 Norway | Britt Aaberg | 20 | Oslo |
| Okinawa | Leiko Arakaki | 18 | Okinawa |
 Panama | Sonia Inés Ríos | 18 | Colón |
 Paraguay | Stella Castell | – | Asunción |
 Peru | Frieda Holler | 20 | Lima |
 Philippines | Louise Aurelio Vail[15] | 18 | Iloilo City |
 Portugal | Maria Do Como Paraiso Sancho | 20 | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico | Gloria Cobían | 19 | Caguas |
 Scotland | Mary Young | 23 | Bankend |
 South Africa | Veronika Prigge | 23 | Transvaal |
 South Korea | Kim Eun-ji | 22 | Seoul |
 Spain | Alicia Borras | 20 | Barcelona |
 Sweden | Ingrid Norman | 22 | Tranås |
 Switzerland | Yvette Revelly | 18 | Glarus |
| Thailand | Apasra Hongsakula | 18 | Bangkok |
 Tunisia | Dolly Allouche | 19 | Tunis |
 Turkey | Nebahat Çehre | 21 | Samsun |
| United States | Sue Downey[16] | 20 | Columbus |
 Uruguay | Sonia Gorbarán | – | Montevideo |
 Venezuela | María Auxiliadora de las Casas | 22 | Caracas |
 Wales | Joan Boull | 18 | Cardiff |
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
Did not compete
Argentina - Mabel Azucena Caffarone, Nelida Jukna
Awards
Germany - Miss Amity (Ingrid Bethke)[2]
Austria - Miss Photogenic (Karin Ingberg Schmidt)[2]
United States - Best National Costume (Sue Downey)[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Scheam, Marty (25 Jul 1965). "A Fat Baby -- But Look At Her Now". The Miami News. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ a b c Scheam, Marty (25 Jul 1965). "'Fat Baby' From Thailand Is New Miss Universe". The Miami News. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Dorinda Croes Reina di Carnival a bira "Miss Aruba"". Observador (in Papiamento). 21 May 1965. p. 7. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
- ^ "Melbourne's Moomba Queen". The Canberra Times. 10 July 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ Whalen, Dorothy (December 1965). "Miss Bahamas Janet Thompson: Regal entry in Miss Universe pageant". Abaco Account. pp. 6–8. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
- ^ "Erelijst Miss België". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "First Miss Bermuda passes away at 67". The Times of India. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Revista J.P: o paradeiro das misses que encantaram o Brasil". Glamurama (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 January 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Universo Online.
- ^ "Beauty pageants – a look back". Stabroek News. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Wells, Jon (23 February 2013). "Miss Dominion '65 at 66". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Make-up supervisors at beauty pageant". The Spokesman-Review. 20 July 1965. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "A fall during practice". The Jackson Sun. 25 July 1965. p. 7. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Karin Schütze". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 May 1965. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Lo, Ricky (26 October 2020). "Iloilo bet is Miss Universe Philippines 2020". Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Stirn, John P. (June 6, 1965). "Calm Miss U. S. A. Begins Year Reigh". Columbus Ledger. UPI. p. 43. Retrieved 23 July 2023.