Miss World 1966

Miss World 1966
Date	17 November 1966
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	51
Debuts	Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Yugoslavia
Withdrawals	Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Liberia, Nicaragua, Peru, Rhodesia, Tunisia, Uruguay
Returns	Aruba, Chile, India, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey
Winner	Reita Faria India

Miss World 1966, the 16th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1966 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK. The winner was Reita Faria of India, first Asian delegate to win Miss World title. She was crowned by Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom.

Results

File:Miss World 1966 Map.PNG

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1966	India – Reita Faria
1st runner-up	Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinović
2nd runner-up	Greece – Efi Fontini Plumbi
3rd runner-up	Brazil – Marlucci Rocha
4th runner-up	Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
5th runner-up	Norway – Birgit Andersen
6th runner-up	United States – Denice Estelle Blair
Semi-finalists	Argentina – Graciela Guardone Canada – Diane Coulter Dominican Republic – Jeanette Montes France – Michèle Boulé Germany – Jutta Danske Guyana – Umblita Sluytman South Africa – Johanna Carter United Kingdom – Jennifer Summers

Contestants

• Argentina – Graciela Guardone
• Aruba – Reina Patricia Hernandez
• Bahamas – Dorothy Cooper
• Belgium – Mireille de Man
• Brazil – Marlucci Manvailler Rocha
• Canada – Diane Coulter
• Ceylon – Priscilla Martensyn
• Chile – Amelia Galaz
• Costa Rica – Sonia Mora
• Cyprus – Annoula Alvaliotou
• Denmark – Irene Poller Hansen
• Dominican Republic – Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca
• Ecuador – Alejandra Vallejo Klaere
• Finland – Marita Gellman
• France – Michèle Boulé
• Gambia – Oumie Barry
• Germany – Jutta Danske
• Gibraltar – Grace Valverde
• Greece – Efi Fontini Ploumbi
• Guyana – Umblita van Sluytman
• Holland – Anneke Geerts
• Honduras – Danira Miralda Buines
• Iceland – Auður Harðardóttir
• India – Reita Faria
• Ireland – Helen McMahon
• Israel – Segula Gohr

• Italy – Gigliola Carbonara
• Jamaica – Yvonne Walter
• Japan – Harumi Kobayashi
• Jordan – Vera Jalil Khamis
• Korea – Chung Eul-sun
• Lebanon – Marlene Talih
• Luxembourg – Mariette Sophie Stephano
• Malaysia – Merlyn Therese McKelvie
• Malta – Monica Sunnura
• Mexico – María Cecilia González DuPree
• Morocco – Naima Naim
• New Zealand – Heather Gettings
• Norway – Birgit Andersen
• Philippines – Vivien Lee Austria
• South Africa – Johanna Maud Carter
• Suriname – Linda Haselhoef
• Sweden – Ingrid Anna Andersson
• Switzerland – Janine Solliner
• Syria – Feryelle Jalal
• Trinidad and Tobago – Diane DeFreitas
• Turkey – Inci Asena
• United Kingdom – Jennifer Lowe Summers
• United States – Denice Estelle Blair
• Venezuela – Jeannette Kopp Arenas
• Yugoslavia – Nikica Marinovic

Notes

Debuts

• Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Yugoslavia competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

• Switzerland last competed in 1956.
• Norway last competed in 1960.
• India last competed in 1962.
• Chile and Mexico last competed in 1963.
• Aruba and Turkey last competed in 1964.

Nations not competing

• Australia
• Austria
• Colombia – María Estela Sáenz Calero
• Nicaragua
• Paraguay
• Spain – Paquita Torres Pérez (withdrew because Miss Gibraltar was in pageant)
• Uruguay – Susana Regeden

Disqualified

• Nigeria – Uzor Okafor (married to a Briton, was not nationally crowned)

External links

• Miss World official website
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1966