Miss Universe 1967

{{Short description|16th Miss Universe pageant}}

{{Infobox beauty pageant

| winner = † Sylvia Hitchcock

| represented = United States

| date = 15 July 1967

| image= Sylvia Hitchcock (1967).jpg

| caption= Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Universe 1967

| presenters = Bob Barker{{cite news |title=Florida Tomato Reforms |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/254765617/ |access-date=5 September 2023 |work=Press and Sun-Bulletin |agency=Associated Press |date=16 Jul 1967 |page=1 |language=en}}

| venue = Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

| broadcaster = CBS

| entrants = 56

| placements = 15

| debuts = Bonaire

| withdraws = {{Hlist|Ceylon|Ecuador|Guyana|Jamaica|Lebanon|Morocco|Surinam|Thailand|Trinidad and Tobago}}

| returns = {{Hlist|Dominican Republic|Honduras|Hong Kong|Mexico|Uruguay|US Virgin Islands}}

| congeniality = Lena MacGarvie (Scotland)

| photogenic = Elia Kalogeraki (Greece)

| best national costume = Carmen Ramasco (Brazil)

| before = 1966

| next = 1968

}}

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.

Results

=Placements=

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Placement

! Contestant

Miss Universe 1967

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1st runner-up

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2nd runner-up

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  • {{flag|England}} – Jennifer Lewis
3rd runner-up

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  • {{flag|Finland}} – Ritva Lehto
4th runner-up

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  • {{flag|Israel}} – Batya Kabiri
Top 15

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  • {{flag|Brazil|1960}} – Carmen Ramasco
  • {{flag|Denmark}} – Gitte Knudsen
  • {{flag|Kingdom of Greece|name=Greece}} – Elia Kalogeraki
  • {{flag|Holland}} – Irene Van Campenhout
  • {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} – Laura Roque
  • {{flag|Ireland}} – Patricia Armstrong
  • {{flag|Italy}} – Paola Rossi
  • {{flag|Spain|1945}} – Francisca Delgado Sánchez
  • {{flag|Sweden}} – Eva Lisa Svensson
  • {{flag|Wales}} – Denise Elizabeth Page

Contestants

File:Miss Universe 1967 Map.PNGFifty-six contestants competed for the title.

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!Country/Territory

!Contestant

!Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}}

!Hometown

{{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina

|Amalia Yolanda Scuffi

|24

|Buenos Aires

{{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles|1959}} Aruba

|Ivonne Maduro

|–

|Oranjestad

{{flagicon|Austria}} Australia

|Christl Bartu

|22

|Bludenz

{{flagicon|Bahamas|1953}} Bahamas

|Elizabeth Knowles

|18

|Nassau

{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium

|Mauricette Sironval{{Cite news|date=15 July 1967|title=Beauties believe in mod|language=en|pages=28|work=The Miami News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114549707/the-miami-news/|access-date=17 October 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|18

|Brussels

{{flagicon|Bermuda}} Bermuda

|Cheryl Smith

|20

|Hamilton

{{flagicon|Bolivia}} Bolivia

|Marcela Montoya{{Cite news|date=15 July 1967|title="Miss Brasil" lucio el "Mejor Vestido Nacional"|language=es|pages=1|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BRUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B4wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3989%2C2447660|access-date=17 October 2023|trans-title="Miss Brazil" wore the "Best National Dress"|via=Google News Archives}}

|18

|Oruro

{{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles}} Bonaire

|Cristina Landwier

|19

|Kralendijk

{{flagicon|Brazil|1960}} Brazil

|Carmen Ramasco

|21

|Campinas

{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada

|Donna Marie Barker

|20

|Ontario

{{flagicon|CHL}} Chile

|Ingrid Vila

|19

|Antofagasta

{{flagicon|Colombia}} Colombia

|Elsa María Garrido{{Cite news|date=13 November 1966|title=Elsa, reina|language=es|pages=1|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4iMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CmgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1402%2C1913030|access-date=17 October 2023|trans-title=Elsa, queen|via=Google News Archive}}

|18

|Popayán

{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Costa Rica

|Rosa María Fernández

|18

|Guanacaste

{{flagicon|Cuba}} Cuba

|Elina Salavarría

|19

|Havana

{{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles}} Curaçao

|Imelda Thodé

|20

|Willemstad

{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

|Gitte Knudsen

|20

|Copenhagen

{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic

|Jeannette Rey

|18

|San Francisco de Macorís

{{flagicon|England}} England

|Jennifer Lynn Lewis

|20

|Leicester

{{flagicon|Finland}} Finland

|Ritva Lehto

|21

|Kangasala

{{flagicon|France|1830}} France

|Anne Vernier

|18

|Paris

{{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece}} Greece

|Elia Kalogeraki

|19

|Athens

{{flagicon|GUM}} Guam

|Hope Marie Alvarez

|18

|Sinajana

{{flagicon|Holland}} Holland

|Irene Van Campenhout

|22

|The Hague

{{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} Honduras

|Denia Alvorado Medina

|18

|Cortés

{{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} Hong Kong

|Laura Roque

|20

|Hong Kong

{{flagicon|Iceland}} Iceland

|Guðrún Pétursdóttir

|–

|Garðabær

{{flagicon|India}} India

|Nayyara Mirza

|18

|Lucknow

{{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland

|Patricia Armstrong

|19

|Dublin

{{flagicon|Israel}} Israel

|Batia Kabiri

|19

|Tel Aviv

{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy

|Paola Rossi

|21

|Veneto

{{flagicon|Japan|1870}} Japan

|Kayoko Fujikawa

|18

|Osaka

{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg

|Marie-Jossee Mathgen

|18

|Luxembourg City

{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Malaysia

|Monkam Siprasome

|24

|Kedah

{{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} Mexico

|Valentina Duarte

|19

|Yucatán

{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand

|Pamela McLeod

|18

|Christchurch

{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

|Gro Goskor

|21

|Oslo

23px Okinawa

|Etsuko Okuhira

|18

|Okinawa

{{flagicon|Panama}} Panama

|Mirna Norma Castillero

|18

|Herrera

{{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}} Paraguay

|María Eugenia Torres

|18

|Presidente Hayes

{{flagicon|Peru}} Peru

|Mirtha Calvo

|19

|Callao

{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} Philippines

|Pilar Pilapil{{Cite web|last=Lato-Ruffolo|first=Cris Evert|date=14 December 2019|title=Pilar Pilapil on beauty: ‘It can be a curse’|url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/275191/pilar-pilapil-on-beauty-it-can-be-a-curse|access-date=17 October 2023|website=Philippine Daily Inquirer|language=en}}

|18

|Camiling

{{flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952}} Puerto Rico

|Ivonne Coll

|18

|Fajardo

{{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland

|Lena MacGarvie

|19

|Glasgow

{{flagicon|SGP}} Singapore

|Bridget Ong

|19

|Singapore

{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} South Africa

|Windley Ballenden

|20

|Cape Town

{{flagicon|South Korea|1949}} South Korea

|Hong Jung-ae

|20

|Seoul

{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} Spain

|Francisca Delgado Sánchez

|19

|Córdoba

{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden

|Eva-Lisa Svensson

|21

|Gothenburg

{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Switzerland

|Elsbeth Ruegger

|–

|Basel-Landschaft

{{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey

|Yelda Gürani

|–

|Istanbul

{{flagicon|United States}} United States

|Sylvia Hitchcock{{Cite news|date=21 May 1967|title=Miss Alabama: Miss USA|language=en|pages=16|work=Tampa Bay Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22827969/tampa-bay-times/|access-date=17 October 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|21

|Tuscaloosa

{{flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}} United States Virgin Islands

|Gail Garrison

|–

|Charlotte Amalie

{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Uruguay

|Mayela Berton

|–

|Montevideo

{{flagicon|Venezuela|1954}} Venezuela

|Mariela Pérez

|21

|Caracas

{{flagicon|Wales}} Wales

|Denise Page

|19

|Pontypool

{{flagicon|West Germany}} West Germany

|Fee Von Zitzewitz

|23

|Kolberg

Notes

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=

  • {{flag|Ceylon|1951}} - Seedevi de Zoysas Tewaitta Ragama {{citation needed|date=May 2023}}{{dubious|date=May 2023}}
  • {{ECU}} – Laura Baquero Palacios was underage before February 1.
  • {{GUY}} - Bone Jay
  • {{JAM}} - Elham Warwar
  • {{LBN}}
  • {{MAR}}
  • {{flag|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)|name=Surinam}}
  • {{THA}} - Prapassorn Panichakula was underage before February 1.
  • {{TTO}}

=Did not compete=

  • {{GTM}} - Maria Porras Rottman

=Awards=

  • {{flag|Scotland}} - Miss Amity (Lena MacGarvie)
  • {{flag|Kingdom of Greece|name=Greece}} - Miss Photogenic (Elia Kalogeraki)
  • {{flag|Brazil}} - Best National Costume (Carmen Ramasco)

References