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.
| Miss Universe 1967 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 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 | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Sylvia Hitchcock  United States[1] |
| Congeniality | Lena MacGarvie  Scotland[1] |
| Best National Costume | Carmen Ramasco  Brazil |
| Photogenic | Elia Kalogeraki  Greece |
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1967 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 15 |
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
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
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 ]
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
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Florida Tomato Reforms". Press and Sun-Bulletin. Associated Press. 16 Jul 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Beauties believe in mod". The Miami News. 15 July 1967. p. 28. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ""Miss Brasil" lucio el "Mejor Vestido Nacional"" ["Miss Brazil" wore the "Best National Dress"]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 July 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archives.
- ^ "Elsa, reina" [Elsa, queen]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 13 November 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Lato-Ruffolo, Cris Evert (14 December 2019). "Pilar Pilapil on beauty: 'It can be a curse'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Miss Alabama: Miss USA". Tampa Bay Times. 21 May 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.