Miss World 1965
| Miss World 1965 | |
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| Date | 19 November 1965 |
| Presenters | [1] |
| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 48 |
| Placements | 16 |
| Debuts |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Lesley Langley[2][3] United Kingdom |
Miss World 1965 was the 15th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 19 November 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England, United Kingdom. The winner was Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom.[2][3] She was crowned by Miss World 1964, Ann Sidney of the United Kingdom. The UK became the second country to win the contest two years in succession. The first country to achieve this was Sweden when winning in 1951 and 1952. Former British winner, Rosemarie Frankland (Miss World 1961) performed a dance routine alongside Lionel Blair as part of the show's cabaret.
Background
[edit]Seletion of participants
[edit]Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
[edit]This edition marked debut of Costa Rica, the Gambia, Malta, Rhodesia[a] and Syria. And the return of Australia and French Polynesia,[b] which last competed in 1960, and Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia and Peru in 1963. Aruba, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, and the Republic of China, withdrew from the competition. Zerrin Arbaş of Turkey withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.[4]
Results
[edit]| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1965 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 7 | |
| Top 16 |
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Judge
[edit]Miss World 1965 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, among whom included Martine Carol, a French actress.[2]
Contestants
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Argentina – Lidia Alcira Díaz
Australia – Jan Rennison
Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky[2]
Belgium – Lucy Emilie Nossent
Bolivia – Gabriela Cornel Kempff
Brazil – Berenice Lunardi
Canada – Carol Ann Tidey[2]
Ceylon – Shirlene Minerva de Silva
Colombia – Nubia Angelina Bustillo Gallo
Costa Rica – Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández
Cyprus – Krystalia Psara
Denmark – Yvonne Hanne Ekman
Ecuador – Corine Mirguett Corral
Finland – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen
France – Christiane Sibellin
French Polynesia – Marie Tapare[2]
Gambia – Ndey Jagne
Gibraltar – Rosemarie Viňales
Greece- Maria Geka
Holland – Janny de Knegt
Honduras – Edda Inés Mungula
Iceland – Sigrún Vignisdóttir
Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller[2]
Israel – Shlomit Gat
Italy – Guya Libraro
Jamaica – Carol Joan McFarlane
Japan – Yuko Oguchi
Jordan – Nyla Munir Haddad
Lebanon – Yolla George Harb
Liberia – Melvilla Mardea Harris
Luxembourg – Marie-Anne Geisen
Malaysia – Clara Eunice de Run
Malta – Wilhelmina Mallia
Morocco – Lucette Garcia
New Zealand – Gay Lorraine Phelps
Peru – Lourdes Cárdenas Gilardi
Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting[2]
South Africa – Carrol Adele Davis
South Korea[c] – Lee Eun-ah
Suriname – Anita van Eyck
Sweden – Britt Marie Lindblad
Syria – Raymonde Doucco
Tunisia – Zeineb Ben Lamine
United Kingdom – Lesley Langley[2][3]
United States – Dianna Lynn Batts[2]
Uruguay – Raquel Luz Delgado
Venezuela – Nancy Elizabeth González Aceituno[5]
West Germany – Karin Schütze
Notes
[edit]- ^ After the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1963, Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe) participated for the first time this year as an independent territory
- ^ Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
- ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
References
[edit]- ^ "Miss World 1965". 19 November 1965. BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Ottawa Citizen
- ^ a b c d The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Miss Venezuela 1965". Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
External links
[edit]Miss World 1965 national titleholders | |
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