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Brazil, England, Canada, Belgium, U.S.A. , Israel, Sweden, South Africa, Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Japan & Singapore

1962 August 18
Long Beach, California
50 entries

Results
Australia  Tania Verstak
Argentina  Maria Victoria Bueno
Panama  Ana Cecilia Maruri
Holland  Catharina Johanna Lodders (3rd RU Europe 62; Miss World 1962)
U.S.A.  Carolyn Joyner

Semi-finalists
Republic of China  Anne Yui Fang
Ecuador  Margarita Arosemena Gómez
England  Sue Burgess
Finland  Eeva Malinen
Germany  Erni Jung
Iceland  Maria Gudmundsdóttir
Ireland  Mona Burrows 
Israel  Nurit Newman
Japan  Kaoru Iwasaki
Venezuela  Olga Antonetti Nunez

Remainder
Austria  Inge Jaklin (World 62)
Belgium  Danièle Defrère (Universe & World 64)
Bolivia  Olga Pantoja Antelo
Brazil  Julieta Strauss
British Guiana  Ave Henriques
Canada  Susan Peters
Ceylon  Jennifer Labrooy
Colombia  Sonia Heidman Gómez
Dominican Republic  Milagros García Duval
Greece  Ioanna Delakou
India  Sheila Chonkar
Italy  Maria Teresa Vianello
Jordan  Vivian Nazzal
Korea  Sohn Yang-ja
Lebanon  Mona Slim
Liberia  Agnes Elizabeth Anderson
Luxembourg  Brita Gerson (World 62)
Malaya  Brenda Maureen Alvisse
Morocco  Therese Gonzalez
New Zealand  Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Kingi (World 62)
Nicaragua  María Elena Hasbani
Norway  Beate Brevik Johansen (Europe 62)
Paraguay  Gloria Alderete Irala
Philippines  Cynthia Lucero Ugalde
Puerto Rico  Agnes Toro Garratón
Scotland  Elizabeth Burns
Singapore  Nancy Liew
South Africa  Aletta Strydom
Sweden  Karin Hyldgaard Jensen
Switzerland  Rosemarie Loeliger
Tahiti  Tatiana Flohr
Turkey  Güler Samuray (SF World 61; Universe 63)
Uruguay  Silvia Romero
Wales  Diane Thomas
West Indies  Anne Marie Sutherland (Port of Spain, Trinidad)

Awards
Friendship  England
Photogenic  (1) Australia, (2) Israel, (3) U.S.A., (4) Italy & (5) Philippines.
Most Popular Girl  Scotland (voted by parade viewers)

Preliminary competition winners
Playsuit
Day 1 - Israel
Day 2 - Argentina
Day 3 - South Africa
Evening Gown
Day 1 - Australia
Day 2 - U.S.A.
Day 3 - Holland
National Costume
Day 1 - Scotland
Day 2 - Ireland
Day 3 - China

Did not compete
Borneo  Jane Lim (withdrew due to illness)
France  Michèle Wargnier (fainted during the preliminaries)
Haiti  Mireille Hollant
Spain  Acidalia Medina


Guest
Miss Welcome to Long Beach (Diane Olson)


Bolivia, Uruguay & Nicaragua

Japan & Italy

Republic of China

Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina & Canada

Day 2 preliminary winners
Argentina (playsuit), U.S.A. (evening gown) & Ireland (national costume)

Miss Photogenic
Australia

Most Popular Girl
Scotland

15 semi-finalists
Front  Ecuador, Israel, Japan, German
Middle  U.S.A., Australia, Argentina, Venezuela & Ireland
Back  Holland, Iceland, England, Republic of China, Finland & Panama


Holland (4th place), Argentina (2nd), Australia (winner), Panama (3rd) & U.S.A. (5th)