Miss World 1965
| Miss World 1965 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 November 1965 | 
| Presenters | [1] | 
| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, United Kingdom | 
| Broadcaster | BBC | 
| Entrants | 48 | 
| Placements | 16 | 
| Debuts | 
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| Withdrawals | 
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| Returns | 
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| Winner | Lesley Langley[2][3] United Kingdom  | 
Miss World 1965 was the 15th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 19 November 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England, United Kingdom. The winner was Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom.[2][3] She was crowned by Miss World 1964, Ann Sidney of the United Kingdom. The UK became the second country to win the contest two years in succession. The first country to achieve this was Sweden when winning in 1951 and 1952. Former British winner, Rosemarie Frankland (Miss World 1961) performed a dance routine alongside Lionel Blair as part of the show's cabaret.
Background
Seletion of participants
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals
This edition marked debut of Costa Rica, the Gambia, Malta, Rhodesia[a] and Syria. And the return of Australia and French Polynesia,[b] 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.[4]
Results
| Placement | Contestant | 
|---|---|
| Miss World 1965 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| 3rd runner-up | |
| 4th runner-up | 
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| Top 7 | |
| Top 16 | 
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Judge
Miss World 1965 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, among whom included Martine Carol, a French actress.[2]
Contestants
 Argentina – Lidia Alcira Díaz
 Australia – Jan Rennison
 Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky[2]
 Belgium – Lucy Emilie Nossent
 Bolivia – Gabriela Cornel Kempff
 Brazil – Berenice Lunardi
 Canada – Carol Ann Tidey[2]
 Ceylon – Shirlene Minerva de Silva
 Colombia – Nubia Angelina Bustillo Gallo
 Costa Rica – Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández
 Cyprus – Krystalia Psara
 Denmark – Yvonne Hanne Ekman
 Ecuador – Corine Mirguett Corral
 Finland – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen
 France – Christiane Sibellin
 French Polynesia – Marie Tapare[2]
 Gambia – Ndey Jagne
 Gibraltar – Rosemarie Viňales
 Greece- Maria Geka
 Holland – Janny de Knegt
 Honduras – Edda Inés Mungula
 Iceland – Sigrún Vignisdóttir
 Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller[2]
 Israel – Shlomit Gat
 Italy – Guya Libraro
 Jamaica – Carol Joan McFarlane
 Japan – Yuko Oguchi
 Jordan – Nyla Munir Haddad
 Lebanon – Yolla George Harb
 Liberia – Melvilla Mardea Harris
 Luxembourg – Marie-Anne Geisen
 Malaysia – Clara Eunice de Run
 Malta – Wilhelmina Mallia
 Morocco – Lucette Garcia
 New Zealand – Gay Lorraine Phelps
 Peru – Lourdes Cárdenas Gilardi
 Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting[2]
 South Africa – Carrol Adele Davis
 South Korea[c] – Lee Eun-ah
 Suriname – Anita van Eyck
 Sweden – Britt Marie Lindblad
 Syria – Raymonde Doucco
 Tunisia – Zeineb Ben Lamine
 United Kingdom – Lesley Langley[2][3]
 United States – Dianna Lynn Batts[2]
 Uruguay – Raquel Luz Delgado
 Venezuela – Nancy Elizabeth González Aceituno[5]
 West Germany – Karin Schütze
Notes
- ^ After the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1963, Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe) participated for the first time this year as an independent territory
 - ^ Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
 - ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
 
References
- ^ "Miss World 1965". 19 November 1965. BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Ottawa Citizen
 - ^ a b c d The Sydney Morning Herald
 - ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
 - ^ "Miss Venezuela 1965". Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.