Miss World 1962

Miss World 1962 was the 12th Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom, on 8 November 1962. Rosemarie Frankland of the United Kingdom crowned Catharina Lodders of Holland at the conclusion of the event. Lodders was the second woman from Holland to win Miss World title after Corine Rottschäfer in 1959.

Background

Selection of participants

Returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the return of Canada, Jamaica, Jordan, and Portugal. Jamaica and Portugal last competed in 1959, Canada and Jordan last completed in 1960. Bolivia, Ceylon, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Suriname withdrew from the competition due to their national organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Miss Turkey 1962, Zeynep Ziyal, withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.

Results

Contestants

Thirty-three contestants competed for the title.

Country

Contestant

Age

Hometown

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Judges

The performances of Miss World 1962 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, are:

Lord John Jacob Astor — Anglo-American journalist and owner of The Times of London
Grace Fields — British actress, singer and comedian
Leslie McDonnell — Scottish writer
Bob Hope — American actor and comedian
Charles Eade — journalist and member of the Council of the Commonwealth Press Union
Lady Margaret Simons-Kimberley, of the British High Society.
Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby — British conservative politician
Jenifer Unite-Armstrong-Jones — wife of Mayor Ronald Armstrong-Jones
Richard Todd — Irish-born British film actor