Miss Universe 1965

Miss Universe 1965
Date	July 24, 1965
Presenters	Jack Linkletter
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	57
Placements	15
Debuts	Bermuda
Withdraws	Argentina, Chile, Grenada, Nigeria, Republic of China, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad
Returns	Cuba, Mexico, Portugal, Thailand
Winner	Apasra Hongsakula  Thailand
Congeniality	Ingrid Bethake  Germany
Best National Costume	Sue Ann Downey  USA
Photogenic	Karin Schmidt  Austria

Participating Nations and Results.

Miss Universe 1965, the 14th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand. It took place on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1965	Thailand - Apasra Hongsakula
1st runner-up	Finland - Virpi Miettinen
2nd runner-up	USA - Sue Ann Downey
3rd runner-up	Sweden - Ingrid Norman
4th runner-up	Holland - Anja Schuit
Top 15	Australia - Pauline Verey  Brazil - Maria Raquel Helena De Andrade  Canada - Carol Ann Tidey  Colombia - Maria Victoria Ocampo Gomez  Denmark - Jeannette Christjansen  Greece - Aspa Theologitou  Israel - Aliza Sedeh  Peru - Freida Holler Figalo  Philippines - Louise Vail Aurelio  South Africa - Veronika Edelgarda Hilda Prigge

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	USA - Sue Ann Downey
Miss Congeniality	Germany - Ingrid Bethake
Miss Photogenic	Austria - Karin Schmidt

Contestants

Aruba - Dorinda Croes  Australia - Pauline Verey  Austria - Karin Ingberg Schmidt  Bahamas - Janet Thompson  Belgium - Lucy Emilie Nossent  Bermuda - Sylvia Simons  Bolivia - Patricia Estensoro Terazas  Brazil - Maria Raquel Helena De Andrade  British Guiana - Cheryl Viola Cheeng  Canada - Carol Ann Tidey  Ceylon - Shirlene Minerva De Silva  Colombia - Maria Victoria Ocampo Gomez  Costa Rica - Mercedes Pinagal  Cuba - Alina De Varona  Curacao - Ninfa Elveria Palm  Denmark - Jeannette Christjansen  Dominican Republic - Clara Herrera  Ecuador - Patricia Susana Ballesteros  England - Jennifer Warren Gurley  Finland - Virpi Liisa Miettinen  France - Marie-Therese Tullio  Germany - Ingrid Bethke  Greece - Aspa Theologitou  Holland - Anja Christina Maria Schuit  Hong Kong - Joy Drake  Iceland - Bara Magnusdottir  India - Persis Khambatta  Ireland - Anne Elizabeth Neill  Israel - Aliza Sadeh

Italy - Erika Jorger  Jamaica - Virginia Hope Redpath  Japan - Mari Katayama  Korea - Kim Eun-Ji  Luxembourg - Marie-Anne Geisen  Malaysia - Patricia Augustus  Mexico - Juana Jeanine Acosta Cohen  New Zealand - Gay Lorraine Phelps  Norway - Britt Aaberg  Okinawa - Leiko Arakaki  Panama - Sonia Ines Rios  Paraguay - Stella Castell Vallet  Peru - Freida Holler Figalo  Philippines - Louise Vail Aurelio  Portugal - Maria Do Como Paraiso Sancho  Puerto Rico - Gloria Cobain Diaz  Scotland - Mary Young  South Africa - Veronika Edelgarda Hilda Prigge  Spain - Alicia Borras  Sweden - Ingrid Norman  Switzerland - Yvette Revelly  Thailand - Apassara Hongsakula  Tunisia - Dolly Allouche  Turkey - Nebahat Cehre  Uruguay - Sonia Raquel Gorbaran Barsante  USA - Sue Ann Downey  Venezuela - Maria Auxiliadora De Las Casas McGill  Wales - Joan Boull

Panel of Judges

• Troy Donahue
• Gladys Zender

External links

• Judges