Miss Universe 1966
Miss Universe 1966, the 15th Miss Universe pageant, was 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.
| Miss Universe 1966 | |
|---|---|
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| Date | 16 July 1966 | 
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States | 
| Broadcaster | CBS | 
| Entrants | 58 | 
| Placements | 15 | 
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Margareta Arvidsson | 
| Congeniality | Elizabeth Sanchez  Paquita Torres  | 
| Best National Costume | Aviva Israeli  | 
| Photogenic | Margareta Arvidsson  | 
Results
    

Miss Universe 1966 participating nations and results
Placements
    
| Final results | Contestant | 
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1966 | |
| 1st Runner-up | 
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| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up | |
| 4th Runner-up | 
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| Top 15 | 
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Contestants
    
 Argentina - Elba Beatriz Baso
 Aruba - Sandra Fang
 Austria - Renate Polacek
 Bahamas - Sandra Zoe Jarrett
 Belgium - Mireille De Man
 Bermuda - Marie Clarissa Trott
 Bolivia - María Elena Borda
 Brazil - Ana Cristina Ridzi †
 Canada - Marjorie Anne Schofield
 Ceylon - Lorraine Roosmalecocq
 Chile - Stella Dunnage Roberts
 Colombia - Edna Margarita Rudd Lucena
 Costa Rica - María Virginia Oreamuno
 Cuba - Lesbia Murrieta
 Curaçao - Elizabeth Sanchez
 Denmark - Gitte Fleinert
 Ecuador - Martha Cecilia Andrade Alominia
 England - Janice Carol Whiteman
 Finland - Satu Charlotta Ostring
 France - Michele Boule
 Germany - Marion Heinrich
 Greece - Katia Balafouta
 Guam - Barbara Jean Perez
 Guyana - Umblita Van Sluytman †
 Holland - Margo Isabelle Domen
 Iceland - Erla Traustadóttir
 India - Yasmin Daji
 Ireland - Gladys Waller
 Israel - Aviva Israeli
 Italy - Paola Bossalino
 Jamaica - Beverly Savory
 Japan - Atsumi Ikeno
 Lebanon - Yolla Georges Harb
 Luxembourg - Gigi Antinori
 Malaysia - Helen Lee
 Morocco - Joelle Lesage
 New Zealand - Heather Gettings
 Norway - Siri Gro Nilsen
Okinawa - Yoneko Kiyan
 Panama - Dionisia Broce
 Paraguay - Mirtha Martínez Sarubbi
 Peru - Madeleine Hartog-Bel
 Philippines - Maria Clarinda Garces Soriano
 Puerto Rico - Carol Barajadas
 Scotland - Linda Ann Lees
 Singapore - Margaret Van Meel
 South Africa - Lynn Carol De Jager
 South Korea - Yoon Gui-young
 Spain - Paquita Torres Pérez
 Surinam - Joyce Magda Leysner
 Sweden - Margareta Arvidsson
  Switzerland - Hedy Frick
 Thailand - Cheranand Savetanand
 Trinidad and Tobago - Kathleen Hares
 Turkey - Nilgun Arslaner
 United States - Maria Judith Remenyi
 Venezuela - Magally Beatriz Castro Egui
 Wales - Christine Heller
Notes
    
    Awards
    
 Curaçao - Miss Amity (Elizabeth Sanchez)
 Spain - Miss Amity (Paquita Torres)
 Sweden - Miss Photogenic (Margareta Arvidsson)
 Israel - Best National Costume (Aviva Israeli)
General References
    
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1966". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
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