1962 August 18
Long Beach, California
50 entries
Miss International 1963
Australia Tania Verstak
Results
1 Australia Tania Verstak
2 Argentina Maria Victoria Bueno
3 Panama Ana Cecilia Maruri
4 Holland Catharina Johanna Lodders (3rd RU Europe 62; Miss World 1962)
5 U.S.A. Carolyn Joyner
Semi-finalists
Republic of China Anne Yui Fang
Ecuador Margarita Arosemena Gómez
England Sue Burgess
Finland Eeva Malinen
Germany Erni Jung
Iceland Maria Gudmundsdóttir
Ireland Mona Burrows
Israel Nurit Newman
Japan Kaoru Iwasaki
Venezuela Olga Antonetti Nunez
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MISS PHILIPPINES CYNTHIA LUCERO UGALDE, WAS 4TH RUNNER-UP IN THE MISS PHOTOGENIC SPECIAL AWARDS DIVISION. MISS AUSTRALIA WAS ADJUDGED MISS PHOTOGENIC WINNER!
Most Popular Girl
Scotland
Awards
Friendship England
Photogenic (1) Australia, (2) Israel, (3) U.S.A., (4) Italy & (5) Philippines.
Most Popular Girl Scotland (voted by parade viewers)
Day 2 preliminary winners
Argentina (playsuit), U.S.A. (evening gown) & Ireland (national costume)
Preliminary competition winners
Playsuit
Day 1 - Israel
Day 2 - Argentina
Day 3 - South Africa
Evening Gown
Day 1 - Australia
Day 2 - U.S.A.
Day 3 - Holland
National Costume
Day 1 - Scotland
Day 2 - Ireland
Day 3 - China
Miss Brazil failed to qualify.. wasted beauty!!
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Remainder
Austria Inge Jaklin (World 62)
Belgium Danièle Defrère (Universe, Europe & World 64)
Bolivia Olga Pantoja Antelo
Brazil Julieta Strauss
British Guiana Ave Henriques
Canada Susan Peters
Ceylon Jennifer Labrooy
Colombia Sonia Heidman Gómez
Dominican Republic Milagros García Duval
Greece Ioanna Delakou
India Sheila Chonkar
Italy Maria Teresa Vianello
Jordan Vivian Nazzal
Korea Sohn Yang-ja
Lebanon Mona Slim
Liberia Agnes Elizabeth Anderson
Luxembourg Brita Gerson (World 62)
Malaya Brenda Maureen Alvisse
Morocco Therese Gonzalez
New Zealand Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi (World 62)
Nicaragua María Elena Hasbani
Norway Beate Brevik Johansen (Europe 62)
Paraguay Maria Gloria Alderete Irala
Philippines Cynthia Lucero Ugalde
Puerto Rico Agnes Toro Garratón
Scotland Elizabeth Burns
Singapore Nancy Liew
South Africa Aletta Strydom
Sweden Karin Hyldgaard Jensen
Switzerland Rosemarie Loeliger
Tahiti Tatiana Yolande Flohr
Turkey Güler Samuray (missosology World 61; Universe 63, Nations 63))
Uruguay Silvia Romero
Wales Diane Thomas
West Indies Anne Marie Sutherland (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
Did not compete
Borneo Jane Lim (withdrew due to illness)
France Michèle Wargnier (fainted during the preliminaries)
Haiti Mireille Hollant
Spain Acidalia Medina
Guest
Miss Welcome to Long Beach Diane Olson
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credits to pageantopolis and universal beauty!