Miss Universe 1967 was the 16th Miss Universe pageant, held on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Sylvia Hitchcock of United States was crowned by Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event, This was Bob Barker's first Miss Universe pageant as host.

Miss Universe 1967
Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Universe 1967
Date15 July 1967
PresentersBob Barker[1]
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants56
Placements15
DebutsBonaire
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerSylvia Hitchcock
United States[1]
CongenialityLena MacGarvie (Scotland)[1]
Best National CostumeCarmen Ramasco (Brazil)
PhotogenicElia Kalogeraki (Greece)
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Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1967
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15
  •   Brazil – Carmen Ramasco
  •   Denmark – Gitte Knudsen
  •   Greece – Elia Kalogeraki
  •   Holland – Irene Van Campenhout
  •   Hong Kong – Laura Roque
  •   Ireland – Patricia Armstrong
  •   Italy – Paola Rossi
  •   Spain – Francisca Delgado Sánchez
  •   Sweden – Eva Lisa Svensson
  •   Wales – Denise Elizabeth Page

Contestants

 
Miss Universe 1967 participating nations and results

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
  Argentina Amalia Yolanda Scuffi 24 Buenos Aires
  Aruba Ivonne Maduro Oranjestad
  Austria Christl Bartu 22 Bludenz
  Bahamas Elizabeth Knowles 18 Nassau
  Belgium Mauricette Sironval[2] 18 Brussels
  Bermuda Cheryl Smith 20 Hamilton
  Bolivia Marcela Montoya[3] 18 Oruro
  Bonaire Cristina Landwier 19 Kralendijk
  Brazil Carmen Ramasco 21 Campinas
  Canada Donna Marie Barker 20 Ontario
  Chile Ingrid Vila 19 Antofagasta
  Colombia Elsa María Garrido[4] 18 Popayán
  Costa Rica Rosa María Fernández 18 Guanacaste
  Cuba Elina Salavarría 19 Havana
  Curaçao Imelda Thodé 20 Willemstad
  Denmark Gitte Knudsen 20 Copenhagen
  Dominican Republic Jeannette Rey 18 San Francisco de Macorís
  England Jennifer Lynn Lewis 20 Leicester
  Finland Ritva Lehto 21 Kangasala
  France Anne Vernier 18 Paris
  West Germany Fee Von Zitzewitz 23 Kolberg
  Greece Elia Kalogeraki 19 Athens
  Guam Hope Marie Alvarez 18 Sinajana
  Holland Irene Van Campenhout 22 The Hague
  Honduras Denia Alvorado Medina 18 Cortés
  Hong Kong Laura Roque 20 Hong Kong
  Iceland Guðrún Pétursdóttir Garðabær
  India Nayyara Mirza 18 Lucknow
  Ireland Patricia Armstrong 19 Dublin
  Israel Batia Kabiri 19 Tel Aviv
  Italy Paola Rossi 21 Veneto
  Japan Kayoko Fujikawa 18 Osaka
  Luxembourg Marie-Jossee Mathgen 18 Luxembourg City
  Malaysia Monkam Siprasome 24 Kedah
  Mexico Valentina Duarte 19 Yucatán
  New Zealand Pamela McLeod 18 Christchurch
  Norway Gro Goskor 21 Oslo
  Okinawa Etsuko Okuhira 18 Okinawa
  Panama Mirna Norma Castillero 18 Herrera
  Paraguay María Eugenia Torres 18 Presidente Hayes
  Peru Mirtha Calvo 19 Callao
  Philippines Pilar Pilapil[5] 18 Camiling
  Puerto Rico Ivonne Coll 18 Fajardo
  Scotland Lena MacGarvie 19 Glasgow
  Singapore Bridget Ong 19 Singapore
  South Africa Windley Ballenden 20 Cape Town
  South Korea Hong Jung-ae 20 Seoul
  Spain Francisca Delgado Sánchez 19 Córdoba
  Sweden Eva-Lisa Svensson 21 Gothenburg
   Switzerland Elsbeth Ruegger Basel-Landschaft
  Turkey Yelda Gürani Istanbul
  United States Sylvia Hitchcock[6] 21 Tuscaloosa
  United States Virgin Islands Gail Garrison Charlotte Amalie
  Uruguay Mayela Berton Montevideo
  Venezuela Mariela Pérez 21 Caracas
  Wales Denise Page 19 Pontypool

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

Miss Ecuador and Miss Thailand were disqualified upon arrival because they were only 17 years old and sent back to their countries,Herbert Landon, Executive Director of the contest, whose president at that time was Harold Glasser, said that the contestants must have a minimum 18 years and a maximum of 28 by the date of the final.

Withdrawals

Did not compete

Awards

  •   Scotland - Miss Amity (Lena MacGarvie)[1]
  •   Greece - Miss Photogenic (Elia Kalogeraki)
  •   Brazil - Best National Costume (Carmen Ramasco)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Florida Tomato Reforms". Press and Sun-Bulletin. Associated Press. 16 Jul 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Beauties believe in mod". The Miami News. 15 July 1967. p. 28. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ ""Miss Brasil" lucio el "Mejor Vestido Nacional"" ["Miss Brazil" wore the "Best National Dress"]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 July 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archives.
  4. ^ "Elsa, reina" [Elsa, queen]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 13 November 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ Lato-Ruffolo, Cris Evert (14 December 2019). "Pilar Pilapil on beauty: 'It can be a curse'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Miss Alabama: Miss USA". Tampa Bay Times. 21 May 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.