1964
Home Up JUDGES 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Lists A to F Lists G to O Lists P to Z

   

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

 

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


Sweden


Holland & Spain

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 
 

 


Belgium

Honduras

Jamaica

Luxembourg

Portugal

 

1964 November 12
London, England
42 entries

Results
1  United Kingdom  Ann Sidney
2  Argentina  Ana Maria Soria (1st RU Nations '63) 
3  Republic of China  Linda Lin Su-hsing
4  Brazil  Maria Isabel de Avellar Elias
5  New Zealand  Lyndal Ursula Cruikshank (Universe '64)

Finalists
Italy  Mirka Sartori
7  Jamaica  Erica Joanne Cooke

Semi-finalists
Denmark  Yvonne Mortensen (Universe '64, Scandinavia '65)
France  Jacqueline Gayraud
Germany  Juliane Herm (winner Europe '65)
Greece  Maria Kougioumitzaki
Liberia  Norma Dorothy Davis (International '64)
Montserrat  Helen Joseph
Spain  Maria José Ulla Madronero (Universe '64, Nations '64)
U.S.A.  Jeanne Marie Quinn
Venezuela  Mercedes Hernández Nieves

Remainder
Aruba  Regina Croes
Austria  Victoria Lazek (Europe '62)
Belgium
  Danièle Defrère (International '62, Universe '64, Europe '64)
Canada  Mary Lou Farrell  (Universe '64, International '65)
Ceylon  Marina Dellerene Swan
Colombia  Paulina Vargas Gilede
Ecuador  Maria de Lourdes Anda Vallejo
Finland  Maila Maria Östring (4th RU International '64)
Gibraltar  Lydia Davis
Holland  Renske van der Berg (International '64)
Honduras  Araceli Cano
Iceland  Rosa Einarsdóttir (International '65, Europe '66)
Ireland  Mairead Cullen (Europe '65)
Japan  Yoshiko Nakatani
Korea  Yoon Mi-hee (real name: Yoon Yoo-sook)
Lebanon  Nana Barakat
Luxembourg  Gabrielle Heyard (Nations '64)
Morocco  Leila Gourmala
Nicaragua  Sandra Correa
Portugal  Rolanda Campos
South Africa  Vedra Karamitas
Surinam  Norma Dorothy Chin Ten Fung
Sweden  Agneta Malmgren (Nations '64, 2nd RU Scandinavia '64)
Tunisia  Dolly Allouche (Universe '65)
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

New Zealand (4th RU), China (2nd RU), United Kingdom (winner), Argentina (1st RU) & Brazil (3rd RU)