Miss World 1962
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Miss World 1962 was the 12th Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom, on 8 November 1962. Rosemarie Frankland of the United Kingdom crowned Catharina Lodders of the Netherlands at the conclusion of the event. Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959.
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, Canada and Jordan last completed in 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.
Results
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 1962 | Netherlands – Catharina Lodders |
| 1st runner-up | Finland – Kaarina Leskinen |
| 2nd runner-up | France – Monique Lemaire |
| 3rd runner-up | South Africa – Yvonne Ficker |
| 4th runner-up | Japan – Teruko Ikeda |
| Top 8 | Belgium – Christine Delit Denmark – Rikke Stisager United States – Amadee Chabot |
| Top 15 | Argentina – Amalia Ramírez India – Ferial Karim 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.
Judges
The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, are:
- Lord John Jacob Astor — Anglo-American journalist and owner of The Times of London
- Grace Fields — British actress, singer and comedian
- Leslie McDonnell — Scottish writer (who replaced businessman Billy Butlin at the last minute)
- Bob Hope — American actor and comedian
- 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 — British conservative politician
- Jenifer Unite-Armstrong-Jones — wife of Mayor Ronald Armstrong-Jones
- Richard Todd — Irish-born British film actor