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Miss Universe 1967, the 16th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1967 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Sylvia Hitchcock of United States was crowned by Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden at the end of the event, This was Bob Barker's first Miss Universe pageant as host.
Source: Wikipedia
Sylvia Louise Hitchcock
Born: January 31, 1946 H
averhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: August 15, 2015 (aged 69) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Other names: Sylvia Carson
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Title: Miss Alabama USA 1967 Miss USA 1967 Miss Universe 1967
Spouse(s): William Carson (m. 1970)
Children: 3
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Major competition(s): Miss Alabama USA 1967 (Winner) Miss USA 1967 (Winner) Miss Universe 1967 (Winner)
Personal life
Hitchcock was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and grew up on a chicken farm in Miami, Florida.[1][2] She attended Palmetto High School, Miami-Dade Junior College and studied art at the University of Alabama.[3][4] A junior at the University when she won the Miss USA title, Hitchcock chose not to complete her degree.[5] Sylvia was a member of Chi Omega sorority.
Hitchcock married William Carson, the inventor of a fruit harvesting machine, in 1970. They had three children, Jonathan, Christianne and Will, and seven grandchildren.[4]
Career
Hitchcock, who had previously competed in local pageants in Florida, represented Alabama at the Miss USA 1967 pageant. She was chosen as one of the fifteen best in swimsuit and won the Miss USA title on May 22.[6] In July she became the first Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title since Linda Bement in 1960.[3]
Hitchcock also appeared in the 1968 Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1968.
After relinquishing her title she tried modeling in New York City but became disillusioned with the city and returned to Miami where she worked for a television station.[4] In 1972 she was one of a panel of twelve judges for the Miss Universe 1972 pageant won by Kerry Anne Wells.[7]
Death
She resided in Lake Wales, Florida until her death from cancer on August 15, 2015. She was 69 years old.
