Miss Universe 1967

Miss Universe 1967
Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Universe 1967
Date	15 July 1967
Presenters	Bob Barker[1]
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	56
Placements	15
Debuts	Bonaire
Withdrawals	Ceylon Ecuador Guyana Jamaica Lebanon Morocco Surinam Thailand Trinidad and Tobago
Returns	Dominican Republic Honduras Hong Kong Mexico Uruguay US Virgin Islands
Winner	Sylvia Hitchcock  United States[1]
Congeniality	Lena MacGarvie  Scotland[1]
Best National Costume	Carmen Ramasco  Brazil
Photogenic	Elia Kalogeraki  Greece
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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

Contestants

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
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

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

•  Ceylon - Seedevi de Zoysas Tewaitta Ragama ^{[citation needed][dubious – discuss]}
•  Ecuador – Laura Baquero Palacios was underage before February 1.
•  Guyana - Bone Jay
•  Jamaica - Elham Warwar
•  Lebanon
•  Morocco
•  Surinam
•  Thailand - Prapassorn Panichakula was underage before February 1.
•  Trinidad and Tobago

Did not compete

•  Guatemala - Maria Porras Rottman

Awards

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

References