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Miss Universe 1966
Margareta Arvidsson
Date16 July 1966
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster
Entrants58
Placements15
Debuts
  • Guam
Withdrawals
  • Australia
  • Hong Kong
  • Mexico
  • Portugal
  • Tunisia
  • Uruguay
Returns
  • Argentina
  • Chile
  • Lebanon
  • Morocco
  • Singapore
  • Suriname
  • Trinidad and Tobago
WinnerMargareta Arvidsson
Sweden
CongenialityElizabeth Sanchez (Curaçao)
Paquita Torres (Spain)[1]
Best National CostumeAviva Israeli (Israel)
PhotogenicMargareta Arvidsson (Sweden)
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Miss Universe 1966 was the 15th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, on 16 July 1966.

At the conclusion of the event, Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand crowned Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden as Miss Universe 1966. It is the second victory of Sweden in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from fifty-eight countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted by Jack Linkletter, while Pat Boone and June Lockhart served as backstage correspondents.[2] This edition of Miss Universe is the first to be broadcast in color.[3]

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from fifty-eight countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One candidate was appointed to represent her country to replace the original dethroned winner.

Replacements

Miss Dominion of Canada 1966, Diane Coulter, withdrew for health concerns and was replaced by her first runner-up, Marjorie Schofield.[4]

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Guam, and the returns of Lebanon and Singapore which last competed in 1962; Morocco in 1963; and Argentina, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago in 1964.[5][6]

Moomba Queen 1966, Erica McMillan, was scheduled to compete as the Australian representative but died in a car accident. No one was sent as a replacement, forcing the country to withdraw.[7][8] Miss Tunisia, Zeineb Lamine, and Miss Uruguay, Susana Regeden, both withdrew for undisclosed reasons. Hong Kong, Mexico, and Portugal withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Miss Honduras 1966, Danira Miralda Buines, and Miss Saint Vincent 1966, Anna Ellis, both withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[9][10]

Results

Miss Universe 1966 participating countries and territories

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1966
1st Runner-Up
  •  Finland – Satu Östring[1]
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
  •  Israel – Aviva Israeli[1]
Top 15[12]
  •  Colombia – Edna Rudd
  •  Denmark – Gitte Kleinert
  •  England – Janice Whiteman
  •  Holland – Margo Domen
  •  Norway – Siri Nilsen
  •  Peru – Madeleine Hartog-Bel
  •  Philippines – Clarinda Soriano
  •  Spain – Paquita Torres
  •  United States – Maria Remenyi
  •  West Germany – Marion Heinrich

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Amity[1]
  •  Curaçao – Elizabeth Sanchez
  •  Spain – Paquita Torres
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume
  •  Israel – Aviva Israeli[13]

Pageant

Format

Miss Universe has made several changes to the competition format. Starting with this edition, instead of revealing the 15 semifinalists during the preliminary competition, they were called one by one at the final competition, in no particular order.[12] After announcing their countries, the semifinalists were individually interviewed by Jack Linkletter. Following the interviews, the 15 semifinalists participated in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. From fifteen, five contestants were shortlisted to advance to the final interview.[12]

Selection committee

Contestants

Fifty-eight contestants competed for the title.[17]

Country/TerritoryContestantAge[a]Hometown
ArgentinaElba Baso[5]20Buenos Aires
ArubaSandra Fang[18]18San Nicolaas
AustriaRenate Polacek21Vienna
BahamasSandra Jarrett[19]19Nassau
BelgiumMireille de Man[20]18Brussels
BermudaMarie Trott[21]20Hamilton
BoliviaMaría Elena Borda[22]20Santa Cruz de la Sierra
BrazilAna Ridzi[23]19Rio de Janeiro
CanadaMarjorie Schofield[24]18Burlington
CeylonLorraine Roosmalecocq20Colombo
ChileStella Dunnage20Bíobío
ColombiaEdna Rudd[25]19Bogotá
Costa RicaVirginia Oreamuno[26]18Cartago
CubaLesbia Murrieta[27]20Miami
CuraçaoElizabeth Sanchez[28]18Willemstad
DenmarkGitte Fleinert[29]18Copenhagen
EcuadorMartha Cecilia Andrade22Quito
EnglandJanice Whiteman[30]21Southampton
FinlandSatu Östring[31]19Tampere
FranceMichèle Boule[32]19Cannes
GreeceKatia Balafouta21Athens
GuamBarbara Perez20Agana
GuyanaUmblita Van Sluytman[33]20Georgetown
HollandMargo Domen[34]18The Hague
IcelandErla Traustadóttir[35]22Garðabær
IndiaYasmin Daji[36]19Kanpur
IrelandGladys Waller21Dublin
IsraelAviva Israeli[37]18Tel Aviv
ItalyPaola Bossalino[38]20Rome
JamaicaBeverly Savory22Kingston
JapanAtsumi Ikeno[39]18Yao
LebanonYolla Harb[40]18Beirut
LuxembourgGigi Antinori19Luxembourg City
MalaysiaHelen Lee[41]18Ipoh
MoroccoJoëlle Lesage[42]–Rabat
New ZealandHeather Gettings[43]20Auckland
NorwaySiri Nilsen[44]21Oslo
OkinawaYoneko Kiyan[45]19Okinawa
PanamaDionisia Broce[46]19Panama City
ParaguayMirtha Martínez[47]18Alto Paraguay
PeruMadeleine Hartog-Bel[48]20Piura
PhilippinesClarinda Soriano[49]20Bacoor
Puerto RicoCarol Barajadas[50]18Santurce
ScotlandLinda Lees20Glasgow
SingaporeMargaret van Meel[51]19Singapore
South AfricaLynn de Jager[52]19Pretoria
South KoreaGui-young Yoon[53]19Seoul
SpainPaquita Torres[54]18Málaga
SurinameJoyce Leysner22Paramaribo
SwedenMargareta Arvidsson[55]18Gothenburg
SwitzerlandHedy Frick[5]18Schwyz
ThailandCheranand Savetanand[56]24Surat Thani
Trinidad and TobagoKathleen Hares[6]20Port of Spain
TurkeyNilgün Arslaner18Istanbul
United StatesMaria Remenyi[57]20El Cerrito
VenezuelaMagaly Castro18Calabozo
WalesChristine Heller22Cardiff
West GermanyMarion Heinrich[58]19Mönchengladbach

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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