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Bottom Austria,
Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, Ceylon, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador,
Finland, France, Free China, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Holland, Honduras,
Iceland & Ireland
Top Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Liberia,
Luxembourg, Montserrat, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Portugal, South
Africa, Spain, Surinam, Sweden, United Kingdom, U.S.A. & Venezuela
Not yet in London Argentina, Aruba, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkey &
Uruguay |
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Miss World 1964
- an amalgam
of news reports -
A statuesque
British brunette danced into the early hours today to celebrate her
coronation as Miss World of 1964.
She is Ann Sidney,
a 20-year-old hair stylist whose measurements are 36-24-36. She stands
5-foot 8 and weighs 132 pounds.
“The girls were
wonderful. There was no bad feeling,” said green-eyed Ann.
The annual affair
in London’s Lyceum Ballroom usually produces considerable squabbling among
contestants.
It was one of the
best-mannered beauty contests in years. Not a tear was shed, not a tantrum
thrown after the winner was crowned.
“All of the girls
have been very happy,” said Miss Brazil, who felt pleased about winning
fourth place. “The girls have all been good friends.”
Miss United
Kingdom, who said her ambition was satisfied by winning the Miss World
crown, got 2,500 pounds ($7,000) first prize, a silver trophy, a Columbia
Pictures screen test, and prospects of a year of travel and modeling as well
as offers of jobs from all over the world.
After her selection
from among five finalists, Ann attended a televised ball at a plush
restaurant with the 41 other contestants.
Ana Maria Soria, a
25-year-old model from Argentina, took second place and $1,400. Then came
Linda Lin, 22, Miss Free China, third, $700; Maria Isabel de Avellar Elias,
18, Miss Brazil, fourth, $420; and Lyndal Cruickshank, 21, New Zealand,
$280.
A Belfast bookmaker
who ran an annual book on the contest, made six of the girls joint favorites
to win at odds of 14-1.
They were Miss
Brazil, Miss Germany, Miss Italy, Miss Sweden, Miss United Kingdom and Miss
United States.
After a week of
assorted alarms, the beauty parade was complete with the arrival of Miss
Lebanon, 19-year-old Beirut television announcer Nana Barakat. She was
delayed in Geneva two nights before the finals when fog closed London Airport.
American promoter
Alfred Patricelli - the man who brought Miss U.S.A. to London for the
contest - accused the British judges of bias.
“British juries are
prejudiced against American girls,” Patricelli said. “In 14 contests there
hasn’t been an American winner. I’m going to press for an international
judging panel.” American screen star Tab Hunter was among the judges.
Miss U.S.A., Jeanne Quinn, a blonde, got into
the semifinal lineup of 16 girls but failed to make the last seven. The
British Broadcasting Corp. said afterward that television viewers phoned protests,
saying she had the prettiest face of all. |
Japan |
Korea |
Greece |
New Zealand |
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Sweden |
Holland & Spain |
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Bottom Belgium, Korea, Jamaica & Morocco
Middle row Honduras (in white dress), Holland, Surinam,
Germany, Holland, South Africa & Finland
Top Spain, Venezuela, Liberia, United Kingdom, U.S.A., New
Zealand, Denmark, Canada, France, Montserrat & Nicaragua
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Belgium |
Honduras |
Jamaica |
Luxembourg |
Portugal |
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1964 November 12
London, England
42 entries
Results
1 United Kingdom Ann Sidney
2 Argentina Ana Maria Soria
3 Republic of China Linda Lin Su-hsing
4 Brazil Maria Isabel de Avellar Elias
5 New Zealand Lyndal Ursula Cruikshank
Finalists
6 Italy Mirka Sartori
7 Jamaica Erica Joanne Cooke
Semi-finalists
Denmark Yvonne Mortensen
France Jacqueline Gayraud
Germany Juliane Herm
Greece Maria Kougioumitzaki
Liberia Norma Dorothy Davis
Montserrat Helen Joseph
Spain Maria José Ulla Madronero
U.S.A. Jeanne Marie Quinn
Venezuela Mercedes Hernández Nieves
Remainder
Aruba Regina Croes
Austria Victoria Lazek
Belgium Danièle Defrère
Canada Mary Lou Farrell
Ceylon Marina Dellerene Swan
Colombia Paulina Vargas Gilede
Ecuador Maria de Lourdes Anda Vallejo
Finland Maila Maria Östring
Gibraltar Lydia Davis
Holland Renske van der Berg
Honduras Araceli Cano
Iceland Rosa Einarsdóttir
Ireland Mairead Cullen
Japan Yoshiko Nakatani
Korea Yoon Mi-hee (real name: Yoon Yoo-sook)
Lebanon Nana Barakat
Luxembourg Gabrielle Heyrard
Morocco Leila Gourmala
Nicaragua Sandra Correa
Portugal Rolanda Campos
South Africa Vedra Karamitas
Surinam Norma Dorothy Chin Ten Fung
Sweden Agneta Malmgren
Tunisia Dolly Allouche
Turkey Nurlan Coskun
Uruguay Alicia Elena Gómez
Among the no-shows
Bolivia Sonia Marino Cárdenas (studying in Paris)
Curacao
Israel Ofira Margalit (military duty) |
Top 7 |
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New Zealand (4th
runner-up),
China (2nd runner-up), United Kingdom (winner), Argentina (1st runner-up) & Brazil (3rd
runner-up) |
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Cross-references to some of the other pageants
Argentina United Nations 1963 (1st runner-up)
Austria Europe 1962
Belgium International 1962 & Universe 1964
Canada Universe 1964 & International 1965
Denmark Universe 1964 & Scandinavia 1965
Finland International 1964 (4th runner-up)
Germany Europe 1965 (winner)
Holland International 1964
Iceland International 1965 & Europe 1966
Ireland Europe 1965
Liberia International 1964
New Zealand Universe 1964
Spain Universe 1964 & United Nations 1964
Sweden Scandinavia 1964 (2nd runner-up)
Tunisia Universe 1965 |
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