Miss Universe 1964 was the 13th Miss Universe pageant, held on 1 August 1964 at the Miami Beach Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Corinna Tsopei of Greece was crowned by Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil making her the first and so far only Miss Universe from Greece.
| Miss Universe 1964 | |
|---|---|
 Corinna Tsopei, Miss Universe 1964 | |
| Date | 1 August 1964 |
| Presenters |
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| Venue | Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 60 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Corinna Tsopei  Greece |
| Congeniality | Jeanne Venables  California |
| Best National Costume | Henny Deul  Holland |
| Photogenic | Emanuela Stramana  Italy |
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1964 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 10 | |
| Top 15 |
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Contestants
Sixty contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
María Amalia Ramírez | 19 | Santa Fe |
 Aruba
|
Lidia Lidwina Henriquez | – | Oranjestad |
 Australia
|
Ria Lubyen | 22 | Melbourne |
 Austria
|
Gloria Mackh | 22 | Vienna |
 Bahamas
|
Catherine Cartwright | 18 | Nassau |
 Belgium
|
Danièle Defrere | 20 | Brussels |
 Bolivia
|
Olga Mónica del Carpio | 19 | La Paz |
 Brazil
|
Ângela Vasconcelos | 19 | Paraná |
 British Guiana
|
Mary Rande Holl | – | Georgetown |
 Canada
|
Mary Lou Farrell | 21 | St. John's |
 Ceylon
|
Annette Dona Kulatunga | 19 | Colombo |
 Chile
|
Patricia Herrera | 18 | Viña del Mar |
 Colombia
|
Alba Ramírez | 18 | Bogotá |
 Costa Rica
|
Dora Marcela Sola | 21 | San José |
 Curaçao
|
Iris de Windt | 21 | Willemstad |
 Denmark
|
Yvonne Mortensen | 19 | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic
|
Clara Chapuseaux | – | Comenador |
 Ecuador
|
Tanya Klein | 18 | Guayaquil |
 England
|
Brenda Blackler | 20 | Liverpool |
 Finland
|
Sirpa Wallenius | 21 | Helsinki |
 France
|
Edith Noël | 20 | Paris |
 Germany
|
Marina Kettler | 20 | Berlin |
| Greece
|
Corinna Tsopei | 20 | Athens |
 Grenada
|
Christine Hughes | – | St. George's |
| Holland
|
Henny Deul | 18 | Amsterdam |
 Hong Kong
|
Mary Bai | 23 | Hong Kong |
 Iceland
|
Thelma Ingvarsdóttir | 18 | Reykjavík |
 India
|
Meher Castelino | 18 | Bombay |
 Ireland
|
Maurine Lecky | 19 | Dublin |
 Israel
|
Ronit Rinat | 18 | Haifa |
| Italy
|
Emanuela Stramana | 22 | Venice |
 Jamaica
|
Beverly Rerrie | – | Kingston |
 Japan
|
Chizuko Matsumoto[2] | 19 | Fukuoka |
 Luxembourg
|
Mariette Sophie | – | Luxembourg City |
 Malaysia
|
Angela Filmer | 19 | Klang |
 New Zealand
|
Lyndal Ursula Cruickshank | 21 | Auckland |
 Nigeria
|
Edna Park | 19 | Lagos |
 Norway
|
Jorunn Barun | 18 | Oslo |
 Okinawa
|
Toyoko Uehara | 20 | Okinawa |
 Panama
|
Maritza Montilla | – | Coclé |
 Paraguay
|
Miriam Riart Brugada | 21 | Asunción |
 Peru
|
Miluska Vondrak | 20 | Loreto |
 Philippines
|
Myrna Panlilio | 22 | Manila |
 Puerto Rico
|
Yolanda Rodríguez | 21 | Rio Piedras |
 Republic of China
|
Lana Yu Yi | 20 | Taipei |
 Saint Vincent
|
Stella Hadley | 18 | Kingstown |
 Scotland
|
Wendy Barrie | 19 | Glasgow |
 South Africa
|
Gail Robinson | 20 | Johannesburg |
 South Korea
|
Shin Jung-hyun | 21 | Seoul |
 Spain
|
Maria José Ulloa Madronero | 19 | Madrid |
 Suriname
|
Cynthia Ingrid Dijkstra | 18 | Paramaribo |
 Sweden
|
Sivi Aaberg | 22 | Stockholm |
 Switzerland
|
Sandra Sulser | – | Lausanne |
 Trinidad
|
Julia Merlene Laurence | – | Port of Spain |
 Tunisia
|
Claudine Younes | 22 | Tunis |
 Turkey
|
Inçi Duran | 18 | Istanbul |
 United States
|
Bobbi Johnson[3] | 19 | Washington D.C. |
 Uruguay
|
Delia Babiak | – | Montevideo |
 Venezuela
|
Mercedes Revenga | 18 | Caracas |
 Wales
|
Marilyn Joy Samuel | 22 | Monmouthsire |
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
Debuts
Name changes
Returns
Last competed in 1952:
Last competed in 1954:
Last competed in 1958:
Last competed in 1960:
Last competed in 1961:
Last competed in 1962:
Replacements
Scotland - Doreen Swan was replaced by Wendy Barrie. After running away to marry one of the judges. At this point Doreen was underaged so she and (judge) James Alexander Do Watt Nicoll travelled across America followed by the FBI as they believed she had been kidnapped. Then moved across state lines where it was legal to marry at her age and stayed married for many years.
Withdrawals
Did not compete
Singapore - Vera Wee (Singapore was a part of Malaysia until separated in October 1965.)
Awards
California - Miss Amity (Jeanne Venables)
Italy - Miss Photogenic (Emanuela Stramana)
Holland - Best National Costume (Henny Deul)
General References
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1964". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Miss Universe". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. August 2, 1964. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ "SAYING HELLO". Valley News. September 18, 1964. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Blonde Math Whiz is Miss USA". Youngstown Vindicator. 30 July 1964. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved 12 September 2023 – via Google News Archive.