# Miss International 1962

Miss International 1962 was the 3rd Miss International pageant, held on August 18, 1962 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Tania Verstak from Australia was crowned as Miss International 1962 by outgoing titleholder, Stam van Baer from Holland.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss International 1962 | Australia – Tania Verstak |
| 1st Runner-Up | Argentina – Maria Bueno |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Panama – Ana Maruri |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Holland – Catharina Lodders |
| 4th Runner-Up | United States – Carolyn Joyner |
| Top 15 | Ecuador – Margarita Arosemena Gómez  England – Sue Burgess  Finland – Eeva Malinen  Germany – Erni Jung  Iceland – Maria Gudmundsdóttir  Ireland – Mona Burrows  Israel – Nurit Newman  Japan – Kaoru Maki  Taiwan – Anne Yui Fang  Venezuela – Olga Antonetti † |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Friendship | England – Sue Burgess |
| Miss Photogenic | Australia – Tania Verstak first runner-up: Israel – Nurit Newman second runner-up: United States – Carolyn Joyner third runner-up: Italy – Maria Vianello fourth runner-up: Philippines – Cynthia Lucero |
| Miss Popularity | Scotland – Elizabeth Burns |
Preliminary Competition Winners :
| Awards | Contestant |
| Best in Playsuit | Day 1: Israel – Nurit Newman Day 2: Argentina – Maria Bueno Day 3: South Africa – Aletta Strydom |
| Best in Evening Gown | Day 1: Australia – Tania Verstak Day 2: United States – Carolyn Joyner Day 3: Holland – Catharina Lodders |
| Best National Costume | Day 1: Scotland – Elizabeth Burns Day 2: Ireland – Mona Burrows Day 3: Taiwan – Anne Yui Fang |

## Contestants

* Argentina - Maria Bueno
* Australia - Tania Verstak
* Austria - Inge Jaklin
* Belgium - Danièle Defrère
* Bolivia - Olga Pantoja Antelo
* Brazil - Julieta Strauss
* British Guiana - Ave Henriques
* Canada - Susan Peters
* Ceylon - Jennifer Labrooy
* Colombia - Sonia Heidman Gómez
* Dominican Republic - Milagros García Duval
* Ecuador - Margarita Arosemena Gómez
* England - Sue Burgess
* Finland - Eeva Malinen
* Germany - Erni Jung
* Greece - Ioanna Delakou
* Holland - Catharina Johanna Lodders
* Iceland - Maria Gudmundsdóttir
* India - Sheila Chonkar
* Ireland - Mona Burrows
* Israel - Nurit Newman
* Italy - Maria Vianello
* Japan - Kaoru Maki
* Jordan - Vivian Nazzal
* South Korea - Sohn Yang-ja
* Lebanon - Mona Slim
* Liberia - Agnes Anderson
* Luxembourg - Brita Gerson
* Malaya - Brenda Maureen Alvisse
* Morocco - Therese Gonzalez
* New Zealand - Maureen Waaka †
* Nicaragua - María Hasbani
* Norway - Beate Brevik Johansen
* Panama - Ana Cecilia Maruri
* Paraguay - Gloria Alderete Irala
* Peru - Rosa Isabel Raschio
* Philippines - Cynthia Lucero Ugalde
* Puerto Rico - Agnes Toro
* Scotland - Elizabeth Burns
* Singapore - Nancy Liew
* South Africa - Aletta Strydom
* Sweden - Karin Hyldgaard Jensen
* Switzerland - Rosemarie Loeliger
* Tahiti - Yolanda Flohr
* Taiwan - Anne Yui Fang
* Turkey - Güler Samuray
* Uruguay - Silvia Romero
* United States - Carolyn Joyner
* Venezuela - Olga Antonetti Nuñez †
* Wales - Diane Thomas
* West Indies - Anne Marie Sutherland (Port of Spain, Trinidad)

### Withdrawals

* Borneo - Jane Lim (due to illness)
* France - Michèle Wargnier (fainted during the preliminaries)
* Haiti - Mireille Hollant
* Spain - Acidalia Medina