Miss Universe 1964

13th Miss Universe pageant

Miss Universe 1964

Corinna Tsopei, Miss Universe 1964

Date| 1 August 1964
Presenters|

* John Daly
* Arlene Francis
* Jack Linkletter

Venue| Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster| CBS
Entrants| 60
Placements| 15
Debuts|

* Aruba
* Grenada
* Nigeria
* St. Vincent

Withdrawals|

* Cuba
* Morocco
* Nicaragua

Returns|

* Australia
* Chile
* England
* Hong Kong
* India
* Malaysia
* Panama
* Republic of China
* Tunisia

Winner| Corinna Tsopei
Greece
Congeniality| Jeanne Venables
California
Best National Costume| Henny Deul
Holland
Photogenic| Emanuela Stramana
Italy

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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.

## Results[edit]

Miss Universe 1964 participating nations and results

### Placements[edit]

Placement  | Contestant

|

Miss Universe 1964 |

* Greece – Corinna Tsopei[1]

1st runner-up  |

* England – Brenda Blackler[1]

2nd runner-up  |

* Israel – Ronit Rinat[1]

3rd runner-up  |

* Sweden – Siv Märta Åberg[1]

4th runner-up  |

* Republic of China – Lana Yu Yi[1]

Top 10  |

* Argentina – María Ramírez[1]
* Finland – Sirpa Wallenius[1]
* France – Edith Noël[1]
* Italy – Emanuela Stramana[1]
* Norway – Jorunn Barun[1]

Top 15  |

* Bolivia – Olga Mónica del Carpio[1]
* Brazil – Ângela Vasconcelos[1]
* Paraguay – Miriam Riart Brugada[1]
* United States – Bobbi Johnson[1]
* Venezuela – Mercedes Revenga[1]

## Contestants[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

### Debuts[edit]

* Aruba
* Grenada
* Nigeria
* Saint Vincent

### Name changes[edit]

* Malaya began competing as Malaysia.

### Returns[edit]

Last competed in 1952:

* India

Last competed in 1954:

* Panama

Last competed in 1958:

* Australia

Last competed in 1960:

* Tunisia

Last competed in 1961:

* Chile

Last competed in 1962:

* England
* Hong Kong
* Malaysia
* Republic of China

### Replacements[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Cuba
* Morocco
* Nicaragua \- Sandra Correa

### Did not compete[edit]

* Singapore \- Vera Wee (Singapore was a part of Malaysia until separated in October 1965.)

### Awards[edit]

* California \- Miss Amity (Jeanne Venables)
* Italy \- Miss Photogenic (Emanuela Stramana)
* Holland \- Best National Costume (Henny Deul)

## General References[edit]

* West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1964". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "SAYING HELLO". Valley News. September 18, 1964. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
3. ^ "Blonde Math Whiz is Miss USA". Youngstown Vindicator. 30 July 1964. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved 12 September 2023 - via Google News Archive.

## External links[edit]

* Miss Universe official website

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Miss Universe 1964, national titleholders

* GRE: Corinna Tsopei
* USA: Bobbi Johnson
* VEN: Mercedes Revenga

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