1963
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Top  Alaska, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Michigan, Arkansas & Nebraska
Middle  Vermont, Delaware, Georgia, Arizona, Utah, Tennessee, Ecuador, Norway, Iceland, Holland, South Africa, Curacao, Bahamas & Philippines
Bottom  Okinawa, Jamaica, Ceylon, Morocco, Venezuela, Korea, Costa Rica, Japan, Colombia, Ireland, Austria, Israel, Scotland & Canada

Hawaii & Philippines

Top  Florida (arm visible), California, Maryland, District of Columbia, Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, Hawaii, Missouri, Louisiana, Colorado, New Jersey, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Texas, Rhode Island & Kansas
Middle  Greece, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, France, Argentina, Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Oklahoma, New Hampshire & South Carolina
Bottom  Uruguay, New Zealand, Wales, Spain, Italy, Trinidad, Luxembourg, Belgium, Dominican Rep., Bolivia, Paraguay & Cuba

Cut off on the right: Texas, Rhode Island, Kansas, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maine, Peru, Nicaragua, Surinam & Turkey


Hot day
Misses Italy and Norway helped Miss Canada feel cool by applying ice cubes on her face

Philippines, Japan & Okinawa

Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland & Wales

1963 July 20
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
50 entries

Results
Brazil  Iêda Maria Brutto Vargas
Denmark  Aino Korwa (2nd RU Europe 63; 3rd RU World 63)
Ireland  Marlene Margaret McKeown
Philippines  Lalaine Betia Bennett
Korea  Kim Myoung-ja

Semi-finalists
Argentina  Olga Galuzzi
Austria  Gertraud Bergler
Colombia  Maria Cristina Alvarez González
Finland  Riitta Marja Hellevi Kautiainen
France  Monique Lemaire (2nd RU World 62)
Germany  Helga-Karla Ziesemer
Italy  Gianna Serra
Japan  Noriko Ando
South Africa  Ellen Leibenberg
USA  Marite Ozers

Remainder
Bahamas  Sandra Louise Young
Belgium  Irène Godin (Europe & World 63)
Bolivia  Ana Maria Velasco Gutiérrez
British Guiana  Gloria Flackman
Canada  Jane Kmita (World 63 & International 64)
Ceylon  Manel de Silva
Costa Rica  Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa
Cuba (Free)  Alicia Margit Chia
Curacao  Philomena Zielinski
Dominican Rep.  Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito
Ecuador  Patricia Cordova
Greece  Despina Orgeta
Holland  Else Onstenk
Iceland  Theodora Thordardóttir
Israel  Sherin Ibrahim
Jamaica  June Maxime Bowman
Luxembourg  Mia Dahm
Morocco  Selma Rahal
New Zealand  Regina Ellen Scandrett
Nicaragua  Leda Sánchez
Norway  Eva Carlberg
Okinawa  Reiko Uehara
Paraguay  Amelia Benítez
Peru  Dora Toledano Godier
Puerto Rico  Jeanette Blascoechea
Scotland  Grace Calder W. Taylor
Spain  María Rosa Pérez Gómez
Surinam  Brigitta Hougen
Sweden  Kerstin Margareta Jonsson
Switzerland  Diane Tanner (1st RU Europe 63)
Trinidad  Jean Stoddart
Turkey  Güler Samuray (SF World 61; International 62)
Uruguay  Graciela Pintos
Venezuela  Irene Morales Machado
Wales  Maureen Thomas

Awards
Miss Amity  Scotland
Miss Photogenic  Ireland
Best National Costume  Israel

Did not compete
Dahomey  Francine Marcos
England  Susan Pratt
Malaysia  Catherine Loh


Look-alike room-mates
Nevada & Brazil

Misses Wales & Scotland visited Miss England in the hospital.  She was hit by a car on her first night in Miami and suffered a fracture on a knee.  She had to withdraw from the pageant.

Miss Photogenic

Best National Costume
Israel

Top 15
Top  Philippines, Denmark, Brazil, USA, South Africa & Finland
Middle  Japan, Ireland, Italy, Germany & Argentina 
Bottom  France, Korea, Austria & Colombia

Ireland (3rd), Denmark (2nd), Brazil (winner), Philippines (4th) & Korea (5th)