Miss Universe 1962, Norma Nolan (ARGENTINA)
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 the winner by the outgoing
titleholder Marlene Schmidt of Germany.
Miss Universe 1962, Argentina – Norma Nolan
1st Runner-up, Iceland – Anna Geirsdóttir
2nd Runner-up, Finland – Anja Aulikki Järvinen
3rd Runner-up, China – Helen Liu Shiu-Man
4th Runner-up, Brazil – Maria OlÃvia Rebouças
Top 10
Colombia – Olga LucÃa Botero Orozco
Israel – Yehudit Mazor
Lebanon – Nouhad Cabbabe
United Kingdom – Kim Carlton
United States – Macel Wilson
Top 15
Austria – Christa
Linder
Canada – Marilyn
McFatridge
Haiti – Evelyn Miot
Korea – Seo Bum-joo
New Zealand – Lesley
Margaret Nichols
Norma Nolan first women from Argentina to obtain the Miss
Universe title after she had won Miss Argentina. Nolan is of Irish and Italian
descent. She was crowned Miss Argentina in 1962 from her predecessor, Adriana
Gardiazábal who was second runner up in previous pageant.
Not much is known about her after winning the Miss Universe
title, Nolan kept a largely private life after her victory. According to some
websites written by Argentines who lived during the 1960s, however, she became
a symbol to the Argentine youth, as Argentina was going through a difficult
period, having cut ties with Ecuador recently, among other things.