Miss International 1962

Miss International 1962
Date	August 18, 1962
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Entrants	50
Placements	15
Debuts	Dominican Republic Liberia Nicaragua West Indies
Withdrawals	Burma Denmark France Guatemala Hong Kong Madagascar Peru Spain
Returns	Jordan Singapore
Winner	Tania Verstak Australia
Congeniality	Sue Burgess England
Photogenic	Tania Verstak Australia

Miss International 1962, the 3rd Miss International pageant, was held on August 18, 1962 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Tania Verstak from Australia was crowned as Miss International 1962 by outgoing titleholder, Stam van Baer from Holland.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1962	Australia – Tania Verstak
1st Runner-up	Argentina – Maria Bueno
2nd Runner-up	Panama – Ana Maruri
3rd Runner-up	Holland – Catharina Lodders
4th Runner-up	United States – Carolyn Joyner
Top 15	Ecuador – Margarita Arosemena Gómez England – Sue Burgess Finland – Eeva Malinen Germany – Erni Jung Iceland – Maria Gudmundsdóttir Ireland – Mona Burrows Israel – Nurit Newman Japan – Kaoru Maki Taiwan – Anne Yui Fang Venezuela – Olga Antonetti

Special Awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	England – Sue Burgess
Miss Photogenic	Australia – Tania Verstak Israel – Nurit Newman (first runner-up) United States – Carolyn Joyner (second runner-up) Italy – Maria Vianello (third runner-up) Philippines – Cynthia Lucero (fourth runner-up)
Miss Popularity	Scotland – Elizabeth Burns

Preliminary Competition Winners

Awards	Contestant
Best in Playsuit	Day 1 — Israel – Nurit Newman Day 2 — Argentina – Maria Bueno Day 3 — South Africa – Aletta Strydom
Best in Evening Gown	Day 1 — Australia – Tania Verstak Day 2 — United States – Carolyn Joyner Day 3 — Holland – Catharina Lodders
Best National Costume	Day 1 — Scotland – Elizabeth Burns Day 2 — Ireland – Mona Burrows Day 3 — Taiwan – Anne Yui Fang

Contestants

• Argentina - Maria Bueno
• Australia - Tania Verstak
• Austria - Inge Jaklin
• Belgium - Danièle Defrère
• 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
• Ecuador - Margarita Arosemena Gómez
• England - Sue Burgess
• Finland - Eeva Malinen
• Germany - Erni Jung
• Greece - Ioanna Delakou
• Holland - Catharina Johanna Lodders
• Iceland - Maria Gudmundsdóttir
• India - Sheila Chonkar
• Ireland - Mona Burrows
• Israel - Nurit Newman
• Italy - Maria Vianello
• Japan - Kaoru Maki
• Jordan - Vivian Nazzal
• Korea - Sohn Yang-ja
• Lebanon - Mona Slim
• Liberia - Agnes Anderson
• Luxembourg - Brita Gerson
• Malaya - Brenda Maureen Alvisse
• Morocco - Therese Gonzalez
• New Zealand - Maureen Waaka †
• Nicaragua - María Hasbani
• Norway - Beate Brevik Johansen
• Panama - Ana Cecilia Maruri
• Paraguay - Gloria Alderete Irala
• Philippines - Cynthia Lucero Ugalde
• Puerto Rico - Agnes Toro
• Scotland - Elizabeth Burns
• Singapore - Nancy Liew
• South Africa - Aletta Strydom
• Sweden - Karin Hyldgaard Jensen
• Switzerland - Rosemarie Loeliger
• Tahiti - Tatiana Flohr
• Taiwan - Anne Yui Fang
• Turkey - Güler Samuray
• Uruguay - Silvia Romero
• United States - Carolyn Joyner
• Venezuela - Olga Antonetti Nuñez †
• Wales - Diane Thomas
• West Indies - Anne Marie Sutherland (Port of Spain, Trinidad)

Notes

Withdrawals

• Borneo - Jane Lim (due to illness)
• France - Michèle Wargnier (fainted during the preliminaries)
• Haiti - Mireille Hollant
• Spain - Acidalia Medina

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1962