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- ↑ "History of Miss International". miss-international.org. Retrieved October 13, 2020.(1978 winner: Katherine Patricia Ruth)
- ↑ "1978 Miss International Beauty Pageant". veestarz.com. November 10, 1978. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ↑ "The question of a back-to-back win in Miss International". voltairetayag.com. November 11, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
