Thirty-three contestants competed for the title.
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!Country
!Contestant
!Age{{efn|Age at the time of the pageant|name=B}}
!Hometown |
| {{flag|Argentina|alt}}
|María Amalia Ramirez[{{Cite news|date=31 October 1962|title=La più bella argentina|language=it|trans-title=The most beautiful Argentinean|pages=13|work=La Stampa|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,13/articleid,0088_01_1962_0245_0013_16978506/|access-date=15 April 2025}}]
|17
|Santa Fe |
| {{flag|Austria}}
|Inge Jaklin[{{Cite news|date=3 November 1962|title=Miss zoekt Miss op|language=nl|trans-title=Miss is looking for Miss|pages=1|work=Nieuwe Tilburgsche courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:002062029:mpeg21:p00001|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Delpher}}]
|21
|Vienna |
| {{flag|Belgium}}
|Christine Delit[{{Cite web |date=11 January 2010 |title=Erelijst Miss België |url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/erelijst-miss-belgie~b5723d4d/ |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=De Morgen |language=nl-NL}}]
|22
|Liège |
| {{flag|Brazil|1960}}
|Vera Lúzia Saba[{{Cite news|date=10 November 1962|title=Finalistas por el titulo de "Miss World"|language=es|trans-title=Finalists for the title of "Miss World"|pages=10|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=90ocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wmMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7280%2C1439437|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Google News Archive}}]
|18
|Guanabara |
| {{flag|Canada|1957}}
|Marlene Leeson[{{Cite news|date=19 September 1962|title=Bypassed beauty planning to put up fight for title|language=en|pages=35|work=The Calgary Herald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWpkAAAAIBAJ&dq=Marlene+Leeson&pg=PA33&article_id=3684,4188140|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Google Books}}]
|19
|Nova Scotia |
| {{flag|Cyprus|1960}}
|Magda Michailides
|18
|Nicosia |
| {{flag|Denmark}}
|Rikki Stisager
|19
|Aalborg |
| {{flag|Ecuador}}
|Elaine Ortega
|–
|Pichincha |
| {{flag|Finland}}
|Kaarina Leskinen[{{Cite web|last1=Tainola|first1=Rita|last2=Bryssel|date=20 October 2014|title=Entisen Miss Suomen suhdekurimus: Mies petti useiden naisten kanssa - "Hälytyskellojen olisi pitänyt soida"|url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000823531.html|access-date=15 April 2025|website=Ilta-Sanomat|language=fi}}]
|17
|Helsinki |
| {{flag|France}}
|Monique Lemaire[{{Cite web|last=Alcaraz|first=Mathias|date=14 December 2018|title=VIDEO Miss France 2019 : le concours en chiffres|url=https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/video-miss-france-2019-le-concours-en-chiffres-653889|access-date=15 April 2025|website=Voici|language=fr|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209115306/https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/video-miss-france-2019-le-concours-en-chiffres-653889|url-status=dead}}]
|20
|Paris |
| {{flag|Greece|old}}
|Glasmine Moraitou[{{Cite news|date=3 November 1962|title=De twee op London Airport gefotografeerde charmante jongedames|language=nl|trans-title=The two charming young ladies photographed at London Airport|pages=3|work=Leeuwarder courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010616383:mpeg21:p003|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Delpher}}]
|23
|Athens |
| {{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}}
|Catharina Lodders[{{Cite news|date=30 April 1962|title=Miss Holland 1962 gekozen|language=nl|trans-title=Miss Holland 1962 selected|pages=2|work=Algemeen Handelsblad|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBNRC01:000038256:mpeg21:p002|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Delpher}}]
|20
|Haarlem |
| {{flag|Iceland}}
|Rannveig Ólafsdóttir[{{Cite news|date=13 May 1962|title=Guðrún Bjarnadóttir var kjörin Ungfrú Island 1962|language=is|trans-title=Guðrún Bjarnadóttir was elected Miss Iceland 1962|pages=4–5|work=Fálkinn|url=https://timarit.is/page/4378288?iabr=on|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Tímarit.is}}]
|18
|Reykjavík |
| {{flag|India}}
|Ferial Karim[{{Cite news|date=8 November 1962|title=U.S. entry is favored|language=en|pages=2|work=St. Joseph Gazette|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jEBaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SEwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4733%2C2309641|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Google News Archive}}]
|23
|Bombay |
| {{flag|Ireland}}
|Muriel O'Hanlon
|19
|Dublin |
| {{flag|Israel}}
|Ilana Porat
|19
|Tel Aviv |
| {{flag|Italy}}
|Raffaella da Carolis[{{Cite news|date=5 November 1962|title=Ricevimento per le Miss|language=it|trans-title=Reception for the Miss|pages=13|work=La Stampa|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,13/articleid,0089_02_1962_0249_0013_17705087/|access-date=15 April 2025}}]
|20
|Umbria |
| {{flag|Jamaica}}
|Chriss Leon[{{Cite news|last=Thomas|first=Marcia|date=7 January 2020|title=Jamaica at Miss World: A 60-year success story|language=en|work=The Gleaner|url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/jamaica-gleaner/20200107/281668256907513|access-date=15 April 2025|via=PressReader}}]
|20
|Kingston |
| {{flag|Japan|1947}}
|Teruko Ikeda[{{Cite news|date=6 November 1962|title=Miss World candidate|language=en|pages=2|work=The Straits Times|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19621106-1.1.2|access-date=15 April 2025|via=National Library Board}}]
|19
|Himeji |
| {{flag|Jordan}}
|Leila Emile Khadder
|18
|Amman |
| {{flag|Luxembourg}}
|Brita Gerson
|18
|Luxembourg City |
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
|Maureen Waaka[{{Cite web|date=1 July 2013|title=Rotorua district councillor dies after stroke|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rotorua-district-councillor-maureen-waaka-dies-after-stroke/7SAPB4MIOEP4PCAPU3MYF6XIBI/|access-date=15 April 2025|website=The New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ}}]
|20
|Rotorua |
| {{flag|Portugal}}
|Palmira Ferreira
|18
|Lisbon |
| {{flag|Republic of China}}
|Roxsana L.S. Chiang[{{Cite web|date=1 June 1962|title=They shame the Moon|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=20&post=26260|access-date=15 April 2025|website=Taiwan Today|language=en}}]
|19
|Taipei |
| {{flag|South Africa|1928}}
|Yvonne Ficker[{{Cite web|last=Lambley|first=Gariin|date=8 November 2022|title=Miss SA: Every winner since 1956|url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/sport/other/miss-sa-every-winner-since-1956/ar-AA13S7hg|access-date=15 April 2025|website=MSN|language=en-ZA}}]
|18
|Johannesburg |
| {{flag|South Korea}}
|Chung Tae-ja[{{Cite news|date=8 November 1962|title=Stasera la più bella del mondo|language=it|trans-title=Tonight the most beautiful in the world|pages=5|work=La Stampa|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,5/articleid,1569_02_1962_0252_0005_23733391/|access-date=15 April 2025}}]
|23
|Seoul |
| {{flag|Spain|1945}}
|Conchita Roig
|27
|Barcelona |
| {{flag|Sweden}}
|Margareth Melin
|21
|Stockholm |
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Jackie White[{{Cite news|date=13 September 1962|title=Beauty queen Jackie sues|language=en|pages=1|work=Evening Standard|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard/125097657/|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}]
|20
|Derbyshire |
| {{flag|United States}}
|Amadee Chabot[{{Cite news|date=23 September 1962|title=Shapely California gets Miss USA title|language=en|pages=1|work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55498877/amedee-chabot/|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}]
|17
|Northridge |
| {{flag|Uruguay}}
|María Noel Genovese[{{Cite news|date=22 November 1962|title=In another world|language=en|pages=6|work=The Billings County Pioneer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gHZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UpQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3538%2C286757|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Google News Archive}}]
|18
|Montevideo |
| {{flag|Venezuela|1954}}
|Betzabeth Franco
|20
|Caracas |
| {{flag|West Germany}}
|Anita Steffen[{{Cite news|date=6 November 1962|title=Snitselbank|language=nl|pages=5|work=Nieuwe Eindhovense krant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMRHCE02:163645004:mpeg21:p00005|access-date=15 April 2025|via=Delpher}}]
|20
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