Miss World 1963

Miss World 1963, the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 November 1963 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Carole Crawford of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1962, Catharina Lodders of Holland.[1]

Miss World 1963
Date7 November 1963
PresentersMichael Aspel
VenueLyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants40
Placements14
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerCarole Crawford
 Jamaica

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1963
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
  •  Finland – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
Top 7
Top 14

Contestants

Notes

Virginia Blanche Hardjo representing Suriname

Debuts

  • Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia , Mexico, and Nigeria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

  • Tunisia last competed in 1958.
  • Peru last competed in 1959.
  • Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname, and Turkey last competed in 1961.

Other notes

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706140410/http://www.missworld.com/History/1963/ Miss World 1963 from Miss World Official Page. Retrieved 12 October 2016
  2. "Miss World Competition Through the Years". E!. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
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