Miss World 1965


Miss World 1965 was the 15th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England, United Kingdom, on 19 November 1965. The winner was Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom. She was crowned by Miss World 1964, Ann Sidney of the United Kingdom. This is the second time in Miss World history that a country has won for two consecutive years. Former British winner Rosemarie Frankland, Miss World 1961, performed a dance routine alongside Lionel Blair as part of the show's cabaret.

Background

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked debut of Costa Rica, the Gambia, Malta, Rhodesia and Syria, and the return of Australia and French Polynesia, which last competed in 1960, and Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia and Peru in 1963. Aruba, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, and the Republic of China, withdrew from the competition. Zerrin Arbaş of Turkey withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons.

Judge

Miss World 1965 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, among whom included Martine Carol, a French actress.

Contestants

' – Lidia Alcira Díaz
  • ' – Jan Rennison' – Ingrid Kopetzky
  • ' – Lucy Emilie Nossent' – Gabriela Cornel Kempff
  • ' – Berenice Lunardi' – Carol Ann Tidey
  • ' – Shirlene Minerva de Silva' – Nubia Angelina Bustillo Gallo
  • ' – Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández' – Krystalia Psara
  • ' – Yvonne Hanne Ekman' – Corine Mirguett Corral
  • ' – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen' – Christiane Sibellin French Polynesia – Marie Tapare
  • ' – Ndey Jagne' – Rosemarie Viňales
  • '- Maria Geka' – Janny de Knegt
  • ' – Edda Inés Mungula' – Sigrún Vignisdóttir
  • ' – Gladys Anne Waller ' – Shlomit Gat
  • ' – Guya Libraro' – Carol Joan McFarlane
  • ' – Yuko Oguchi' – Nyla Munir Haddad
  • ' – Yolla George Harb' – Melvilla Mardea Harris
  • ' – Marie-Anne Geisen' – Clara Eunice de Run
  • ' – Wilhelmina Mallia' – Lucette Garcia
  • ' – Gay Phelps' – Lourdes Cárdenas Gilardi
  • ' – Lesley Bunting ' – Carrol Adele Davis
  • ' – Lee Eun-ah' – Anita van Eyck
  • ' – Britt Marie Lindblad' – Raymonde Doucco
  • ' – Zeineb Ben Lamine' – Lesley Langley
  • ' – Dianna Batts ' – Raquel Luz Delgado
  • ' – Nancy González – Karin Schütze