# Miss Universe 1963

Miss Universe 1963 was the 12th Miss Universe pageant held on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Norma Nolan of Argentina. This marks the first time that a Miss Universe titleholder marks the same placement as the 1962 World Cup champion. Fifty countries and territories participated.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1963 | Brazil – Iêda Maria Vargas |
| 1st runner-up | Denmark – Aino Korva |
| 2nd runner-up | Ireland – Marlene McKeown |
| 3rd runner-up | Philippines – Lalaine Bennett |
| 4th runner-up | South Korea – Kim Myoung-ja |
| Top 15 | Argentina – Olga Galuzzi  Austria – Gertrude Bergner  Colombia – María Cristina Álvarez  Finland – Riitta Kautiainen  France – Monique Lemaire  West Germany – Helga Carla Ziesemer  Italy – Gianna Serra  Japan – Noriko Ando  South Africa – Ellen Liebenberg  United States – Marite Ozers |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Amity | Scotland – Grace Taylor |
| Miss Photogenic | Ireland – Marlene McKeown |
| Best National Costume | Israel – Sherin Ibrahim |

## Contestants

Fifty contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Argentina | Olga Galuzzi | 23 | Buenos Aires |
| Austria | Gertrude Bergner | 19 | Vienna |
| Bahamas | Sandra Louise Young | 19 | Nassau |
| Belgium | Irene Godin | 19 | Liège |
| Bolivia | Ana María Velasco | – | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Brazil | Iêda Maria Vargas | 18 | Porto Alegre |
| British Guiana | Gloria Blackman-Miller | – | Georgetown |
| Canada | Jane Kmita | 24 | Regina |
| Ceylon | Manel De Silva | 24 | Kandy |
| Colombia | María Cristina Álvarez | 18 | Bogotá |
| Costa Rica | Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa | 18 | San José |
| Cuba | Alicia Margit Chia | 19 | Havana |
| Curaçao | Philomena Zielinski | 18 | Willemstad |
| Denmark | Aino Korva | 20 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Carmen Abinader | – | Santiago de los Caballeros |
| Ecuador | Patricia Córdova | 19 | Quito |
| Finland | Riitta Kautiainen | 18 | Helsinki |
| France | Monique Lemaire | 18 | Paris |
| West Germany | Helga Ziesemer | 19 | Nuremberg |
| Greece | Despina Orgeta | 20 | Athens |
| Holland | Else Onstenk | 21 | Arnhem |
| Iceland | Theódóra Þórðardóttir | 18 | Reykjanesbær |
| Ireland | Marlene McKeown | 18 | Belfast |
| Israel | Sherin Ibrahim | 19 | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Gianna Serra | 19 | Rome |
| Jamaica | June Maxine Bowman | – | Kingston |
| Japan | Noriko Ando | 23 | Tokyo |
| Luxembourg | Mia Dahm | – | Luxembourg City |
| Morocco | Selma Rahal | – | Casablanca |
| New Zealand | Regina Scandrett | 18 | Christchurch |
| Nicaragua | Leda Sánchez | 20 | Carazo |
| Norway | Eva Carlberg | 20 | Oslo |
| Okinawa | Reiko Uehara | 25 | Okinawa |
| Paraguay | Amelia Benítez | – | Asunción |
| Peru | Dora Toledano | 18 | Iquitos |
| Philippines | Lalaine Bennett | 19 | Quezon City |
| Puerto Rico | Jeanette Blascoechea | 18 | San Juan |
| Scotland | Grace Taylor | 20 | Motherwell |
| South Africa | Ellen Liebenberg | 20 | Cape Town |
| South Korea | Kim Myoung-ja | 20 | Seoul |
| Spain | María Rosa Pérez | 18 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Suriname | Brigida Hagens | 18 | Paramaribo |
| Sweden | Kerstin Margareta Jonsson | 21 | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Diane Tanner | 25 | Geneva |
| Trinidad | Jean Stoddart | 18 | San Fernando |
| Turkey | Guler Samuray | 22 | Istanbul |
| United States | Marite Ozers | 19 | Chicago |
| Uruguay | Graciela Pintos | – | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Irene Morales | 18 | Achaguas |
| Wales | Maureen Thomas | 22 | Pontypool |