Miss Universe 1965

Miss Universe 1965
Miss Universe 1965
	Apasra Hongsakula being crowned Miss Universe 1965
Date	24 July 1965
Presenters	Jack Linkletter
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	56
Placements	15
Debuts	Bermuda
Withdrawals	Argentina; Chile; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Nigeria; Republic of China; St. Vincent; Surinam; Trinidad and Tobago;
Returns	Cuba; Mexico; Portugal; Thailand;
Winner	Apasra Hongsakula ; Thailand
Congeniality	Ingrid Bethke ; Germany
Best National Costume	Sue Downey ; United States
Photogenic	Karin Ingberg Schmidt ; Austria
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Miss Universe 1965 was the 14th Miss Universe pageant, held on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand was crowned by Corinna Tsopei of Greece.^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1965	Thailand – Apasra Hongsakula^[1]
1st runner-up	Finland – Virpi Liisa Miettinen^[1]
2nd runner-up	United States – Sue Downey^[1]
3rd runner-up	Sweden – Ingrid Norman^[1]
4th runner-up	Holland – Anja Schuit^[1]
Top 15	Australia – Pauline Verey Brazil – Maria Andrade Canada – Carol Ann Tidey Colombia – María Victoria Ocampo Denmark – Jeannette Christjansen Greece – Aspa Theologitou Israel — Aliza Sedeh Peru – Frieda Holler Philippines – Louise Aurelio Vail South Africa – Veronika Prigge^[2]

Contestants

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Aruba	Dorinda Croes^[3]	24	Oranjestad
Australia	Pauline Verey^[4]	19	Dandenong
Austria	Karin Schmidt	22	Linz
Bahamas	Janet Thompson^[5]	21	Nassau
Belgium	Lucy Nossent^[6]	21	Brussels
Bermuda	Elaine Simons^[7]	18	Hamilton
Bolivia	Patricia Estensoro^[8]	19	Tarija
Brazil	Maria Raquel de Andrade^[9]	20	Rio de Janeiro
British Guiana	Cheryl Cheeng^[10]	–	Georgetown
Canada	Carol Ann Tidey^[11]	18	Ancaster
Ceylon	Shirlene De Silva^[12]	19	Colombo
Colombia	María Victoria Ocampo^[13]	18	Cartagena
Costa Rica	Mercedes Pinagal	–	Guanacaste
Cuba	Alina De Varona	18	Miami, Florida
Curaçao	Ninfa Palm	–	Willemstad
Denmark	Jeannette Christjansen	18	Copenhagen
Ecuador	Patricia Susana Ballesteros	19	Quito
England	Jennifer Gurley	20	Cheshire
Finland	Virpi Liisa Miettinen	19	Helsinki
France	Marie-Therese Tullio	24	Paris
Germany	Ingrid Bethke^[14]	23	Berlin
Greece	Aspa Theologitou	21	Athens
Holland	Anja Schuit	21	Amsterdam
Hong Kong	Joy Drake	21	Kowloon
Iceland	Bára Magnúsdóttir	18	Reykjavík
India	Persis Khambatta	18	Bombay
Ireland	Anne Elizabeth Neill	18	Belfast
Israel	Aliza Sadeh	18	Tel Aviv
Italy	Erika Jorger	23	Milan
Jamaica	Virginia Hope Redpath	–	Kingston
Japan	Mari Katayama	24	Tokyo
Luxembourg	Marie-Anne Geisen	18	Luxembourg City
Malaysia	Patricia Augustus	19	George Town
Mexico	Jeanine Acosta	18	Mexico City
New Zealand	Gay Lorraine Phelps	20	Auckland
Norway	Britt Aaberg	20	Oslo
Okinawa	Leiko Arakaki	18	Okinawa
Panama	Sonia Inés Ríos	18	Colón
Paraguay	Stella Castell	–	Asunción
Peru	Frieda Holler	20	Lima
Philippines	Louise Aurelio Vail^[15]	18	Iloilo City
Portugal	Maria Do Como Paraiso Sancho	20	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Gloria Cobían	19	Caguas
Scotland	Mary Young	23	Bankend
South Africa	Veronika Prigge	23	Transvaal
South Korea	Kim Eun-ji	22	Seoul
Spain	Alicia Borras	20	Barcelona
Sweden	Ingrid Norman	22	Tranås
Switzerland	Yvette Revelly	18	Glarus
Thailand	Apasra Hongsakula	18	Bangkok
Tunisia	Dolly Allouche	19	Tunis
Turkey	Nebahat Çehre	21	Samsun
United States	Sue Downey^[16]	20	Columbus
Uruguay	Sonia Gorbarán	–	Montevideo
Venezuela	María Auxiliadora de las Casas	22	Caracas
Wales	Joan Boull	18	Cardiff