Miss World 1965

Miss World 1965
Miss World 1965
Date	19 November 1965
Presenters	David Jacobs†, Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, England
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	48
Placements	16
Debuts	Costa Rica; Gambia; Malta; Syria;
Withdrawals	Aruba; Montserrat; Nicaragua; Spain; Turkey;
Returns	Australia; Bolivia; Cyprus; Israel; Jordan; Malaysia; Peru; Rhodesia; Tahiti;
Winner	Lesley Langley; United Kingdom
	← 1964 1966 →

Miss World 1965 was the 15th edition of the Miss World pageant, held on 19 November 1965 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, England. The winner was Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom.^[2]^[3] She was crowned by Miss World 1964, Ann Sidney of 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.

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1965	United Kingdom – Lesley Langley^[2]^[3]
1st runner-up	United States – Dianna Lynn Batts^[2]
2nd runner-up	Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller^[2]
3rd runner-up	Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky^[2]
4th runner-up	Tahiti – Marie Tapare^[2]
Top 7	Canada – Carol Ann Tidey^[2] Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting^[2]
Top 16	Costa Rica – Marta Eugenia Escalante^[2] Denmark – Yvonne Hanne Ekman^[2] Finland – Raija Marja-Liisa Salminen^[2] France – Christiane Sibellin^[2] Germany – Karin Schütze^[2] Japan – Yuko Oguchi^[2] South Korea – Lee Eun-ah^[2] New Zealand – Gay Lorraine Phelps^[2] Sweden – Britt-Marie Lindblad^[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
Gambia – Ndey Jagne
West Germany – Karin Schütze
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
South Korea – Lee Eun-ah
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
Suriname – Anita van Eyck
Sweden – Britt Marie Lindblad
Syria – Raymonde Doucco
Tahiti – Marie Tapare^[2]
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

Judges

Miss World 1965 contestants were evaluated by a panel of judges, among whom included Martine Carol, a French actress.^[2]

Notes

Debuts

Costa Rica, Gambia, Malta, and Syria competed in Miss World for the first time.

Returning countries

Australia and Tahiti last competed in 1960.
Rhodesia last competed in 1961.
Bolivia, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, and Peru last competed in 1963.