1964 Kiriaki Corinna Tsopei GREECE

Miami Beach, Florida USA

1st runner-up     Brenda Blackler   ENGLAND 2nd runner-up     Ronit Rinat   ISRAEL 3rd runner-up     Siv Marta Aberg   SWEDEN 4th runner-up     Lana Yi Yu   REP.OF CHINA SEMI-FINALISTS Maria Amelia Ramirez   ARGENTINA Olga Monica Carpio Oropeza   BOLIVIA Angela Teresa Pereira de Vasconcellos   BRAZIL Sirpa Wallenius   FINLAND Edith Noel   FRANCE Emanuela Stramana   ITALY Jorunn Nystedt Barun   NORWAY Miriam Riart Brugada   PARAGUAY Bobbi Johnson   USA Mercedes Revenga de la Rosa   VENEZUELA

Miss Universe 1964 Corinne Tsopei was an incessant eater and it was claimed that she ate potatoes three times a day.  Her appetite a constant topic of conversation.  Again, controversy colored the pageant. Edna Park, Nigeria's first delegate  to Miss Universe, had written in her diary that she entered the contest to "win the crown." She collapsed after not hearing her name in the semi-finalists roster. Scotland's Doreen Swan walked out of the contest, charging that pageant rules and activities made her feel like she was in prison" It was said that the real root of the problem was that Doreen wished to go home to her boyfriend and tie the knot. It was during this pageant that the 15 semi-finalists were cut to 10.

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