# Miss Universe 1966

Miss Universe 1966 was the 15th Miss Universe pageant, held on 16 July 1966 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand crowned her successor Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1966 | Sweden – Margareta Arvidsson |
| 1st runner-up | Finland – Satu Charlotta Östring |
| 2nd runner-up | Thailand – Cheranand Savetanand |
| 3rd runner-up | India – Yasmin Daji |
| 4th runner-up | Israel – Aviva Israeli |
| Top 15 | Colombia – Edna Margarita Rudd  Denmark – Gitte Fleinert  England – Janice Whiteman  West Germany – Marion Heinrich  Holland – Margo Domen  Norway – Siri Gro Nilsson  Peru – Madeline Hartog-Bel  Philippines – Maria Clarinda Soriano  Spain – Paquita Torres  United States – Maria Remenyi |

## Contestants

Fifty-eight contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Argentina | Elba Beatriz Baso | 20 | Buenos Aires |
| Aruba | Sandra Fang | – | Oranjestad |
| Austria | Renate Polacek | 21 | Vienna |
| Bahamas | Sandra Zoe Jarrett | 19 | Nassau |
| Belgium | Mireille De Man | 18 | Brussels |
| Bermuda | Marie Clarissa Trott | 20 | Hamilton |
| Bolivia | María Elena Borda | – | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Brazil | Ana Cristina Ridzi | 19 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Canada | Marjorie Anne Schofield | 18 | Burlington |
| Ceylon | Lorraine Roosmalecocq | 20 | Colombo |
| Chile | Stella Dunnage | 20 | Bíobío |
| Colombia | Edna Margarita Rudd | 19 | Bogotá |
| Costa Rica | María Virginia Oreamuno | – | Cartago |
| Cuba | Lesbia Murrieta | 20 | Miami, Florida |
| Curaçao | Elizabeth Sanchez | 18 | Willemstad |
| Denmark | Gitte Fleinert | 18 | Copenhagen |
| Ecuador | Martha Cecilia Andrade | – | Quito |
| England | Janice Whiteman | 21 | Southampton |
| Finland | Satu Charlotta Ostring | 19 | Tampere |
| France | Michele Boule | 19 | Cannes |
| West Germany | Marion Heinrich | 19 | Mönchengladbach |
| Greece | Katia Balafouta | 21 | Athens |
| Guam | Barbara Jean Perez | 20 | Agana |
| Guyana | Umblita Van Sluytman | 20 | Georgetown |
| Holland | Margo Domen | 18 | The Hague |
| Iceland | Erla Traustadóttir | 22 | Garðabær |
| India | Yasmin Daji | 19 | Kanpur |
| Ireland | Gladys Waller | 21 | Dublin |
| Israel | Aviva Israeli | 18 | Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Paola Bossalino | 20 | Rome |
| Jamaica | Beverly Savory | – | Kingston |
| Japan | Atsumi Ikeno | 18 | Yao |
| Lebanon | Yolla Harb | 18 | Beirut |
| Luxembourg | Gigi Antinori | 19 | Luxembourg City |
| Malaysia | Helen Lee | 18 | Ipoh |
| Morocco | Joelle Lesage | – | Rabat |
| New Zealand | Heather Gettings | 20 | Auckland |
| Norway | Siri Gro Nilsen | 21 | Oslo |
| Okinawa | Yoneko Kiyan | 24 | Okinawa |
| Panama | Dionisia Broce | 19 | Panama City |
| Paraguay | Mirtha Martínez | 18 | Alto Paraguay |
| Peru | Madeleine Hartog-Bel | 20 | Piura |
| Philippines | Maria Clarinda Soriano | 20 | Bacoor |
| Puerto Rico | Carol Barajadas | 18 | Santurce |
| Scotland | Linda Ann Lees | 20 | Glasgow |
| Singapore | Margaret Van Meel | 19 | Singapore |
| South Africa | Lynn De Jager | 19 | Pretoria |
| South Korea | Yoon Gui-young | – | Seoul |
| Spain | Paquita Torres | 18 | Málaga |
| Suriname | Joyce Leysner | 22 | Paramaribo |
| Sweden | Margareta Arvidsson | 18 | Gothenburg |
| Switzerland | Hedy Frick | 18 | Schwyz |
| Thailand | Cheranand Savetanand | 24 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Kathleen Hares | 20 | Port of Spain |
| Turkey | Nilgun Arslaner | 18 | Istanbul |
| United States | Maria Remenyi | 20 | El Cerrito |
| Venezuela | Magally Castro | 18 | Calabozo |
| Wales | Christine Heller | 22 | Cardiff |