Miss Universe 1966

Miss Universe 1966
Date	July 16, 1966
Presenters	Jack Linkletter
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	58
Placements	15
Debuts	Guam, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago
Withdraws	Australia, British Guiana, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Mexico, Portugal, Tunisia, Uruguay
Returns	Argentina, Chile, Lebanon, Morocco, Singapore, Suriname
Winner	Margareta Arvidsson Sweden

Participating Nations and Results.

Miss Universe 1966, the 15th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden. It took place on 16 July 1966 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1966	Sweden - Margareta Arvidsson
1st runner-up	Finland - Satu Charlotta Östring
2nd runner-up	Thailand - Cheranand Savetanand
3rd runner-up	India - Yasmin Daji
4th runner-up	Israel - Aviva Israeli
Top 15	Colombia - Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena  Denmark - Gitte Fleinert  England - Janice Carol Whiteman  Germany - Marion Heinrich  Holland - Marge Domen  Norway - Siri Gro Nilsson  Peru - Madeline Hartog Bel Houghton  Philippines - Maria Clarinda Garces Soriano  Spain - Paquita Torres  USA - Maria Remenyi

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Curaçao - Elizabeth Sanchez  Spain - Paquita Torres
Miss Photogenic	Sweden - Margareta Arvidsson
Best National Costume	Israel - Aviva Israeli

Contestants

Argentina - Elba Beatriz Baso  Aruba - Sandra Fang  Austria - Renate Polacek  Bahamas - Sandra Zoe Jarrett  Belgium - Mireille De Man  Bermuda - Marie Clarissa Trott  Bolivia - Maria Elena Borda  Brazil - Ana Cristina Ridzi  Canada - Marjorie Anne Schofield  Ceylon - Lorraine Roosmalecocq  Chile - Stella Dunnage Roberts  Colombia - Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena  Costa Rica - Maria Virginia Oreamuno  Cuba - Lesbia Murrieta  Curaçao - Elizabeth Sanchez  Denmark - Gitte Fleinert  Ecuador - Martha Cecilia Andrade Alominia  England - Janice Carol Whiteman  Finland - Satu Charlotta Ostring  France - Michele Boule  Germany - Marion Heinrich  Greece - Katia Balafouta  Guam - Barbara Jean Perez  Guyana - Umblita Van Sluytman  Holland - Margo Isabelle Domen  Iceland - Erla Traustadottir  India - Yasmin Daji  Ireland - Gladys Waller  Israel - Aviva Israeli

Italy - Paola Bossalino  Jamaica - Beverly Savory  Japan - Atsumi Ikeno  Korea - Yoon Gui-Young  Lebanon - Yolla Harb  Luxembourg - Gigi Antinori  Malaysia - Helen Lee  Morocco - Joelle Lesage  New Zealand - Heather Gettings  Norway - Siri Gro Nilsen  Okinawa - Yoneko Kiyan  Panama - Dionisia Broce  Paraguay - Mirtha Martinez Sarubbi  Peru - Madeline Hartog-Bel Houghton  Philippines - Maria Clarinda Garces Soriano  Puerto Rico - Carol Barajadas  Scotland - Linda Ann Lees  Singapore - Margaret Van Meel  South Africa - Lynn Carol De Jager  Spain - Paquita Torres Perez  Suriname - Joyce Magda Leysner  Sweden - Margareta Arvidsson  Switzerland - Hedy Frick  Thailand - Jeeranun Savettanun  Trinidad & Tobago - Kathleen Hares  Turkey - Nilgun Arslaner  USA - Maria Judith Remenyi  Venezuela - Magally Beatriz Castro Egui  Wales - Christine Heller

Panel of Judges

Sigmar Bernadotte Anthony Delano Felipe Hilsman

Dong Kingman Suki Nemanhaman Earl Wilson Armi Kuusela

External links

• Judges