Miss Universe 1966

Miss Universe 1966 was the 15th Miss Universe pageant, held on 16 July 1966 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand crowned her successor Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event.

Miss Universe 1966
(left) Margareta Arvidsson, Miss Universe 1966, with hostess June Lockhart
Date	16 July 1966
Presenters	Pat Boone June Lockhart Jack Linkletter
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	58
Placements	15
Debuts	Guam
Withdrawals	Australia Hong Kong Mexico Portugal Tunisia Uruguay
Returns	Argentina Chile Lebanon Morocco Singapore Surinam Trinidad and Tobago
Winner	Margareta Arvidsson Sweden
Congeniality	Elizabeth Sanchez (Curaçao) Paquita Torres (Spain)[1]
Best National Costume	Aviva Israeli (Israel)
Photogenic	Margareta Arvidsson (Sweden)
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Results

Miss Universe 1966 participating nations and results

Placements

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

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Amity	Curaçao – Elizabeth Sanchez[1] Spain - Paquita Torres[1]
Miss Photogenic	Sweden – Margareta Arvidsson[2]
Best National Costume	Israel - Aviva Israeli[2]

Contestants

Fifty-eight contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Argentina	Elba Beatriz Baso[3]	20	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Sandra Fang[4]	–	Oranjestad
Austria	Renate Polacek	21	Vienna
Bahamas	Sandra Zoe Jarrett[5]	19	Nassau
Belgium	Mireille De Man[6]	18	Brussels
Bermuda	Marie Clarissa Trott[7]	20	Hamilton
Bolivia	María Elena Borda[8]	–	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Brazil	Ana Cristina Ridzi	19	Rio de Janeiro
Canada	Marjorie Anne Schofield	18	Burlington
Ceylon	Lorraine Roosmalecocq	20	Colombo
Chile	Stella Dunnage	20	Bíobío
Colombia	Edna Margarita Rudd[9]	19	Bogotá
Costa Rica	María Virginia Oreamuno	–	Cartago
Cuba	Lesbia Murrieta	20	Miami, Florida
Curaçao	Elizabeth Sanchez	18	Willemstad
Denmark	Gitte Fleinert	18	Copenhagen
Ecuador	Martha Cecilia Andrade	–	Quito
England	Janice Whiteman	21	Southampton
Finland	Satu Charlotta Ostring	19	Tampere
France	Michele Boule	19	Cannes
Greece	Katia Balafouta	21	Athens
Guam	Barbara Jean Perez	20	Agana
Guyana	Umblita Van Sluytman	20	Georgetown
Holland	Margo Domen	18	The Hague
Iceland	Erla Traustadóttir	22	Garðabær
India	Yasmin Daji	19	Kanpur
Ireland	Gladys Waller	21	Dublin
Israel	Aviva Israeli	18	Tel Aviv
Italy	Paola Bossalino	20	Rome
Jamaica	Beverly Savory	–	Kingston
Japan	Atsumi Ikeno	18	Yao
Lebanon	Yolla Harb	18	Beirut
Luxembourg	Gigi Antinori	19	Luxembourg City
Malaysia	Helen Lee	18	Ipoh
Morocco	Joelle Lesage	–	Rabat
New Zealand	Heather Gettings	20	Auckland
Norway	Siri Gro Nilsen	21	Oslo
Okinawa	Yoneko Kiyan	24	Okinawa
Panama	Dionisia Broce	19	Panama City
Paraguay	Mirtha Martínez	18	Alto Paraguay
Peru	Madeleine Hartog-Bel	20	Piura
Philippines	Maria Clarinda Soriano[10]	20	Bacoor
Puerto Rico	Carol Barajadas	18	Santurce
Scotland	Linda Ann Lees	20	Glasgow
Singapore	Margaret Van Meel	19	Singapore
South Africa	Lynn De Jager	19	Pretoria
South Korea	Yoon Gui-young	–	Seoul
Spain	Paquita Torres	18	Málaga
Surinam	Joyce Leysner	22	Paramaribo
Sweden	Margareta Arvidsson	18	Gothenburg
Switzerland	Hedy Frick	18	Schwyz
Thailand	Cheranand Savetanand[11]	24	Surat Thani
Trinidad and Tobago	Kathleen Hares	20	Port of Spain
Turkey	Nilgun Arslaner	18	Istanbul
United States	Maria Remenyi[12]	20	El Cerrito
Venezuela	Magally Castro	18	Calabozo
Wales	Christine Heller	22	Cardiff
West Germany	Marion Heinrich	19	Mönchengladbach

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant