| Winner | Lesley Langley[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Represented | United Kingdom |
| Date | 19 November 1965 |
| Presenters | David Jacobs · Michael Aspel[3] |
| Entrants | 48 |
| Placements | 16 |
| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Debuts | Costa Rica · Gambia · Malta · Rhodesia · Syria |
| Returns | Australia · Bolivia · Cyprus · French Polynesia · Israel · Jordan · Malaysia · Peru |
| Withdraws | Aruba · Montserrat · Nicaragua · Portugal · Spain · Republic of China · Turkey |
| Before | 1964 |
| Next | 1966 |
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.[1][2] 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[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.[1]
Contestants
- Argentina – Lidia Alcira Díaz
- Australia – Jan Rennison
- Austria – Ingrid Kopetzky[1]
- Belgium – Lucy Emilie Nossent
- Bolivia – Gabriela Cornel Kempff
- Brazil – Berenice Lunardi
- Canada – Carol Ann Tidey[1]
- 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[1]
- Gambia – Ndey Jagne
- Gibraltar – Rosemarie Viňales
- Greece- Maria Geka
- Honduras – Edda Inés Mungula
- Iceland – Sigrún Vignisdóttir
- Ireland – Gladys Anne Waller[1]
- 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
- Netherlands[c] – Janny de Knegt
- New Zealand – Gay Phelps[5]
- Peru – Lourdes Cárdenas Gilardi
- Rhodesia – Lesley Bunting[1]
- South Africa – Carrol Adele Davis
- South Korea[d] – Lee Eun-ah
- Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Anita van Eyck
- Sweden – Britt Marie Lindblad
- Syria – Raymonde Doucco
- Tunisia – Zeineb Ben Lamine
- United Kingdom – Lesley Langley[1][2]
- United States – Dianna Batts[1]
- Uruguay – Raquel Luz Delgado
- Venezuela – Nancy González[6]
- 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 Holland in the pageant
- ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
References
- ^ Ottawa Citizen
- ^ The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ "Miss World 1965". 19 November 1965. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. BBC Genome Project Retrieved 2016-6-24
- ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme (4 May 2020). "Güzeller canlı yayında buluştu" [Beauties met on live broadcast] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived 2 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "‘Miss New Zealand’". The Press. 8 June 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2026. – via Papers Past
- ^ "Miss Venezuela 1965". Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-02-08.