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Miss Universe 1963
Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was 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 Contestants * - Olga Galuzzi * - Gertrude Bergner * - Sandra Louise Young * - Irene Godin * - Ana María Velasco Gutiérrez * - Iêda Maria Vargas * - Gloria Blackman-Miller * - Jane Kmita * - Manel De Silva * - María Cristina Álvarez González * - Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa * - Alicia Margit Chia * - Philomena Zielinski * - Aino Korva * - Carmen Benicia Abinader de Benito * - Patricia Córdova * - Riitta Anja Hellevi Kautiainen * - Monique Lemaire * - Helga Carla Ziesemer * - Despina Orgeta * - Else Onstenk * - Theódóra Þó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iêda Maria Vargas
Iêda Maria Brutto Vargas (born December 31, 1944) is a Brazilian actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach, Florida in 1963. Previously, she was Miss Brazil and was crowned by Maria Olívia Rebouças. She was the first person from her country to win a major international beauty pageant. Vargas is a native of Rio Grande do Sul. During her term she opened the Capital Plaza Mall in Landover Hills, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C."Capital Plaza Center Opened by Gov. Tawes," by Donald L. Hymes, ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'', August 8, 1963, p. A17. See also *Miss Universe 1963 Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was 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 Argent ... * List of Brazilians References External linksmissesdobrasil.com, in Portuguese 1944 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, its mainland west and south border with the North Atlantic Ocean and in the north and east, the Portugal-Spain border, constitutes the longest uninterrupted border-line in the European Union. Its archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. On the mainland, Alentejo region occupies the biggest area but is one of the least densely populated regions of Europe. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population, being also the main spot for tourists alongside Porto, the Algarve and Madeira. One of the oldest countries in Europe, its territory has been continuously settled and fought over since prehistoric tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by a United States and Thailand based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Street Journal''. It is one of the most watched pageants in the world with an estimated audience of over 500 million viewers in over 190 territories. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, Miss Universe is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization is currently owned by JKN Global Group. Telemundo has the licensing rights to air the pageant through 2023. The pageant's advocacy is "humanitarian issues and is a voice to affect positive change in the world." The current Miss Universe is Harnaaz Sandhu of India who was crowned on December 13, 2021 in Eilat, Israel. History The title "Miss Universe" was first used by the International Pageant of Pulchritude in 1926. This con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1964
Miss Universe 1964, the 13th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 1 August 1964 at the Miami Beach Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Corinna Tsopei of Greece was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil, making her the first and so far only Miss Universe from Greece. Results Placements Contestants * - María Amalia Ramírez * - Lidia Lidwina Henriquez * - Ria Lubyen * - Gloria Mackh * - Catherine Cartwright * - Danièle Defrere * - Olga Mónica del Carpio Oropeza * - Ângela Vasconcelos * - Mary Rande Holl * - Mary Lou Farrell * - Annette Dona Kulatunga * - Patricia Herrera Cigna * - Alba Ramírez Plaza * - Dora Marcela Sola * - Iris Anette de Windt * - Yvonne Mortensen * - Clara Chapuseaux Soñé * - Tanya Yela Klein Loffredo * - Brenda Blackler * - Sirpa Wallenius * - Edith Noël * - Marina Kettler * - Corinna Tsopei * - Christine Hughes * - Henny Deul * - Mary Bai * - Thelma Ingvarsdóttir * - M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe 1962
Miss Universe 1962, the 11th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 14 July 1962 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Norma Nolan of Argentina was crowned by her predecessor Marlene Schmidt of Germany. The Best National Costume were awarded for the first time. Results Placements Contestants * - Norma Nolan * - Christa Linder * - Christine Delit * - Gabriela Roca Díaz * - Maria Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti * - Marilyn McFatridge * - Yvonne D'Rozario * - Olga Lucía Botero Orozco * - Helvetia Albonico * - Aurora Prieto * - Gilette Hazoume * - Sarah Olimpia Frómeta * - Elaine Ortega Hougen * - Kim Carlton * - Anja Aulikki Järvinen * - Sabine Surget * - Gisela Karschuck * - Kristina Apostolou * - Marianne van der Hayden * - Evelyn Miot * - Shirley Pon * - Anna Geirsdóttir * - Josie Dwyer * - Yehudit Mazor Rounik * - Isa Stoppi * - Kazuko Hirano * - Seo Bum-joo * - Nouhad Cabbabe * - Fernande Kodesch * - Sarah Alhabshee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTVJ
WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Fort Lauderdale–licensed WSCV (channel 51), a flagship station of Telemundo. Both stations share studios on Southwest 27th Street in Miramar, while WTVJ's transmitter is located in Andover, Florida. History Florida's first television station The station first signed on the air on March 21, 1949, at 12:00 p.m. WTVJ was the first television station to sign on in the state of Florida, and the 16th station in the United States. Originally broadcasting on VHF channel 4, the station was founded by Wometco Enterprises (founded by Mitchell Wolfson and Sidney Meyer), a national movie theater chain that was headquartered in Miami. The station's original studio facilities were located in the former Capitol Theater on North Miami Avenue in Downtown Miami, which was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suriname (Kingdom Of The Netherlands)
Suriname was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1954 and 1975. The country had full autonomy, except in areas of defence and foreign policy, and participated on a basis of equality with the Netherlands Antilles and the Netherlands itself in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country became fully independent as the Republic of Suriname on 25 November 1975. History The origin of the administrative reform of 1954 was the 1941 Atlantic Charter (stating "the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live", and the desire for "a permanent system of general security"), which was signed by the Netherlands on 1 January 1942. Changes were proposed in the 7 December 1942 radio speech by Queen Wilhelmina. In this speech, the Queen, on behalf of the Dutch government in exile in London, expressed a desire to review the relations between the Netherlands and its colonies after the end of the war. After liberation, the governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the country's capital and largest city. , it was estimated to be the List of largest cities in Central America#Largest cities proper, second largest city in Central America. Nicaragua's multiethnic population of six million includes people of mestizo, indigenous, European and African heritage. The main language is Spanish. Indigenous tribes on the Mosquito Coast speak their own languages and English. Originally inhabited by various indigenous cultures since ancient times, the region was conquered by the Spanish Empire in the 16th century. Nicaragua gained independence from Spain in 1821. The Mosquito Coast followed a different historical path, being colonized by the English in the 17th century and later coming under B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their descenda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , established_title = Consolidation , established_date = 8th century , established_title2 = Christianization , established_date2 = 965 , established_title3 = , established_date3 = 5 June 1849 , established_title4 = Faroese home rule , established_date4 = 24 March 1948 , established_title5 = EEC accession , established_date5 = 1 January 1973 , established_title6 = Greenlandic home rule , established_date6 = 1 May 1979 , official_languages = Danish , languages_type = Regional languages , languages_sub = yes , languages = GermanGerman is recognised as a protected minority language in the South Jutland area of Denmark. , demonym = , capital = Copenhagen , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Guiana
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer. The Dutch Empire, Dutch were the first Europeans to settle there, starting in the early 17th century, when they founded the colonies of Essequibo (colony), Essequibo and Berbice, adding Demerara in the mid-18th century. In 1796, Great Britain took over these three colonies during hostilities with the French, who had occupied the Netherlands. Britain returned control to the Batavian Republic in 1802 but captured the colonies a year later during the Napoleonic Wars. The colonies were officially ceded to the United Kingdom in 1815 and consolidated into a single colony in 1831. The colony's capital was at Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown (known as Stabroek prior to 1812). The economy has become more divers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles to the east of Puerto Rico and west of the British Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas and 50 other surrounding minor islands and cays. The total land area of the territory is . The territory's capital is Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas. Previously known as the Danish West Indies of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway (from 1754 to 1814) and the independent Kingdom of Denmark (from 1814 to 1917), they were sold to the United States by Denmark for $25,000,000 in the 1917 Treaty of the Danish West I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
