Miss Universe 1963

Miss Universe 1963
Date20 July 1963
Hosts
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants50
Placements15
Debuts
  • Bahamas
  • Curaçao
  • Okinawa
  • Trinidad and Tobago
Withdrawals
  • Dahomey
  • England
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong
  • Lebanon
  • Malaya
  • Portugal
  • Republic of China
  • Singapore
  • Tahiti
  • United States Virgin Islands
Returns
  • British Guiana
  • Denmark
  • Jamaica
  • Nicaragua
  • Suriname
WinnerIêda Maria Vargas
Brazil
CongenialityGrace Taylor (Scotland)
Best National CostumeSherin Ibrahim (Israel)
PhotogenicMarlene McKeown (Ireland)

Miss Universe 1963 was the 12th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on 20 July 1963.

At the end of the event, Norma Nolan of Argentina crowned Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil as Miss Universe 1963. It is the first victory of Brazil in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from fifty countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted by John Charles Daly, while Arlene Francis and Gene Rayburn served as backstage correspondents.