Miss World 1963


Miss World 1963, the 13th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 November 1963 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. The winner was Carole Crawford of Jamaica. She was crowned by Miss World 1962, Catharina Lodders of Holland.

Results

Final resultsContestant
Miss World 1963
  • ' – Carole Crawford
1st Runner-up
  • ' – Elaine Miscall
    • 2nd Runner-up
  • ' – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
    • 3rd Runner-up
  • ' – Aino Korwa
    • 4th Runner-up
  • ' – Grete Qviberg
    • Top 7
  • ' – Muguette Fabris
  • ' – Diana Westbury
    • Top 14
  • ' – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
  • ' – Jennifer Anne Fonseka
  • ' – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
  • ' – Choi Keum-shil
  • ' – Ethel Zoe Norman
  • ' – Catherine Loh
  • ' – Michele Metrinko

    • Contestants

  • ' – Diana Sarti
  • ' – Sonja Russ
  • ' – Irène Godin
  • ' – Rosario Lopera
  • ' – Vera Lúcia Ferreira Maia
  • ' – Jane Kmita
  • ' – Jennifer Ann Fonseka
  • ' – María del Pilar Aguirre
  • ' – María Eugenia Cucalón Venegas
  • ' – Maro Zorna
  • ' – Aino Korwa
  • ' – Marja-Liisa Ståhlberg
  • ' – Muguette Fabris
  • ' – Susie Gruner
  • ' – Athanasia Idromenou
  • ' – Hanny Ijsbrants
  • ' – María Ragnarsdóttir
  • ' – Joan Power
  • ' – Sara Talmi
  • ' – Carole Joan Crawford
  • ' – Miyako Harada
  • ' – Despo Drakolakis
  • ' – Choi Keum-shil
  • ' – Ethel Zoe Norman
  • ' – Catherine Paulus
  • ' – Catherine Loh
  • ' – Beatriz Martínez Solórzano
  • ' – Elaine Miscall
  • ' – Gina Onyejiaka
  • ' – Lucía Buonnani
  • ' – Maria Penedo
  • ' – Louise Crous
  • ' – Encarnación Zalabardo
  • ' – Virginia Blanche Hardjo
  • ' – Grete Qviberg
  • ' – Claudine Younes
  • ' – Gulseren Kocaman
  • ' – Diana Westbury
  • ' – Michele Metrinko
  • ' – Milagros Galíndez

    Debuts

  • Chile, Colombia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria competed in Miss World for the first time.

    Returning countries

  • Tunisia last competed in 1958.
  • Peru last competed in 1959.
  • Bolivia, Ceylon, Suriname, and Turkey last competed in 1961.

    Other notes

  • Denmark placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe 1963.
  • Ceylon becomes a finalist for the second time, last in 1953.
  • United Kingdom placed as 1st runner-up in Miss International 1963