Miss World 1966 - The 16th annual beauty contest held on November 17, 1966 at the Lyceum Theater , London , UK . 51 participants fought for the title. Reita Faria , representing India , won.
| Miss World 1966 | |
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| date | November 17, 1966 |
| Leading | Michael Aspel |
| Location | Lyceum Theater , London, UK |
| Tv channel | Bbc |
| Number of countries | 51 |
| Debuted | Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago and Yugoslavia |
| Refused to participate | Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Liberia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Rhodesia, Spain, Tunisia and Uruguay |
| Are back | Aruba, Chile, India, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey |
| Winner | Reita Faria |
| Winner country |  India |
1966 Miss World Contest Countries
Content
Results
| Final result | Participant |
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| Miss World 1966 |
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| 1st vice miss |
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| 2nd vice miss |
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| 3rd vice miss |
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| 4th vice miss |
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| Finalists |
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| Semi-finalists |
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Members
| A country | A photo | Participant | Date of Birth | Hometown |
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| Argentina | Graciela Guardone | |||
| Aruba | Reina Hernandez (Reina Patricia Hernandez) | |||
| Bahamas | Dorothy Cooper | |||
| Belgium | Mireille de Man | |||
| Brazil | (Marlucci Manvailler Rocha) | |||
| Venezuela | Janett Arenas (Jeannette Kopp Arenas) | |||
| Guyana | ||||
| Gambia | Kumi Barry (Oumie Barry) | |||
| Germany | Jutta Danske | |||
| Gibraltar | Grace Valverde | |||
| Dutch Guiana | Linda Haselhoef (Linda Haselhoef) | |||
| Honduras | Danira Miralda Buines | |||
| Greece | Efi Fontini Ploumbi | |||
| Denmark | Irene Hansen (Irene Poller Hansen) | |||
| Dominican Republic | Jeanette Dotel Montes de Oca | |||
| Israel | Segula Gohr | |||
| India | Reita Faria (Reita Faria) | |||
| Jordan | Vera Jalil Khamis | |||
| Ireland | Helen McMahon | |||
| Iceland | Eidur Hardardóttir | |||
| Italy | Gigliola Carbonara | |||
| Canada | Diane Coulter | |||
| Cyprus | Annoula Alvaliotou | |||
| Costa Rica | Sonia Mora | |||
| Lebanon | ||||
| Luxembourg | Mariette Sophie Stephano | |||
| Malaysia | Merlyn Therese McKelvie | |||
| Malta | Monica Sunnura | |||
| Mexico | Maria Cecilia González DuPress | |||
| Morocco | Naima Naim | |||
| Netherlands | Anneke Geerts | |||
| New Zealand | Heather Gettings | |||
| Norway | Birgit Andersen | |||
| Syria | Feriel Jelal | |||
| United Kingdom | Jennifer Lowe Summers | |||
| USA | Denice Estelle Blair | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Diane DeFreitas | |||
| Turkey | Inji Asena | |||
| Philippines | Vivien Lee Austria | |||
| Finland | Marita Gellman | |||
| France | (Michèle Boule) | |||
| Chile | Amelia Galaz | |||
| Switzerland | Janine Solliner | |||
| Sweden | Gunilla Ingrid Anna Andersson | |||
| Sri Lanka | Priscilla Martensyn | |||
| Ecuador | Alejandra Klaere (Alejandra Vallejo Klaere) | |||
| South Africa | Johanna Maud Carter | |||
| Yugoslavia | (Nikica Marinović) | |||
| South Korea | Chung Eul-sun | |||
| Jamaica | Yvonne Walter | |||
| Japan | Harumi Kobayashi |
Returning and Debuting Countries
- The Bahamas , the Dominican Republic , Guyana , the Philippines , Trinidad and Tobago and Yugoslavia participated for the first time.
- Switzerland and Norway last participated in 1960 .
- India last participated in 1962 .
- Chile and Mexico last participated in 1963 .
- Aruba and Turkey last participated in 1964 .
Non-participating countries
- Australia
- Austria
- Colombia - Maria Estela Sáenz Calero
- Nicaragua
- Paraguay
- Spain - Pacita Torres did not protest Miss Gibraltar, Grace Valverde
- Uruguay - Susana Regeden
Disqualified
- Nigeria - Uzor Okafor at the time of participation was married to a British and had two children; also was not crowned at the national competition [1]
Participation in other competitions
Miss Universe
- 1964 : Luxembourg - Mariette Stefano [1]
- 1966 : Belgium - Mireille de Man [1]
- 1966 : Guyana - [1]
- 1966 : New Zealand - Heather Gettings [1]
- 1966 : France - [1]
Miss europe
- 1966: Belgium - Mireille de Man [2]
- 1966: Sweden - Gunilla Ingrid Andersson [2]
See also
- Miss Universe 1966
- Miss International 1966 (not held)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Miss Universe 1960-1969 . pageantopolis.com. Date of treatment November 20, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Miss Europe 1960-1969 . pageantopolis.com. Date of treatment November 20, 2017.
Links
- Miss World official website . Archived March 22, 2012.
- Pageantopolis - Official results of Miss World 1966 (inaccessible link) . Archived on August 25, 2012.