Miss Universe 1968

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Miss Universe 1968
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Martha Vasconcellos, Miss Universe 1968
Date13 July 1968
Presenters Bob Barker [1]
Venue Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster CBS (WTVJ)
Entrants65
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner Martha Vasconcellos
Brazil
CongenialityYasuyo Lino (Japan)
Best National CostumeLuz Elena Restrepo González (Colombia)
PhotogenicDaliborka Stojšić (Yugoslavia)
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Miss Universe 1968 was the 17th Miss Universe pageant, held on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil was crowned by Sylvia Hitchcock of the United States at the end of the event. [1]

Contents

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1968
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants

Sixty-five contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina María del Carmen Jordán Vidal23 Buenos Aires
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Aruba Sandra Croes18 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Laureen Jones21 Sydney
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Brigitte Krüger24 Vienna
Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg  Bahamas Brenda Fountain20 Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Sonja Doumen [2] 20 Dilsen-Stokkem
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Victoria Martin23 Pembroke Parish
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Roxana Bowles [3] 18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Bonaire Ilse De Jong18 Kralendijk
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Martha Vasconcellos 20Salvador
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nancy Wilson19 Chatham-Kent
Flag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg  Ceylon Sheila Jayatilleke18 Colombo
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Dánae Salas22 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Luz Elena Restrepo [4] 18 Barranquilla
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966-1971).svg  Congo-Kinshasa Elizabeth Tavares20 Kinshasa
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Ana María Rivera19 San José
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Curaçao Anne Marie Braafheid 21 Willemstad
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Gitte Broge20 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Ana María Ortiz– Santo Domingo
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador Priscila Álava18 Guayaquil
Flag of England.svg  England Jennifer Lowe Summers22 London
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Leena Brusiin22 Helsinki
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France Elizabeth Cadren22 Paris
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Lilian Atterer20 Bavaria
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Miranta Zafiropoulou22 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Arlene Vilma Chaco21 Agana
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti Claudie Paquin18 Port-au-Prince
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Nathalie Heyl21 The Hague
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Nora Guillén19 Tegucigalpa
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Tammy Yung18Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Helen Knuttsdóttir18 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg  India Anjum Mumtaz Barg 23 Hyderabad
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Tiffany Scales22 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Miriam Friedman18 Tel Aviv
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cristina Businari 18 Rome
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Marjorie Bromfield– Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Yasuyo Lino18 Tokyo
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Sonia Fares 18 Beirut
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Lucienne Krier18 Esch-sur-Alzette
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Maznah Ali20 Johor Bahru
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Kathlene Farrugia22 Qormi
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico Perla Aguirre18 Mexico City
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Christine Antunovic18 Auckland
Flag of Nicaragua (1908-1971).svg  Nicaragua Margine Davidson20 Matagalpa
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Tone Knaran18 Oslo
Flag of Okinawa Prefecture.svg Okinawa Sachie Kawamitsu19 Naha
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru María Esther Brambilla19 Lima
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Rosario Zaragoza [5] 18 Quezon City
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico Marylene Carrasquillo18 Santurce
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Helen Davidson22 Glasgow
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Yasmin Saif19Singapore
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Monica Fairall20 Durban
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea Kim Yoon-jung18 Seoul
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Yolanda Legarreta18 Basque Country
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anne-Marie Hellqvist18 Hallsberg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Jeannette Biffiger19 Zürich
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Apantree Prayutsenee20 Phra Nakhon
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia Rekaia Dekhil20 Tunis
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zuhal Aktan18 Istanbul
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Dorothy Anstett [6] 21 Kirkland
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Sadie Sargeant19 Charlotte Amalie
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Graciela Minarrieta20 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Peggy Kopp 18 Caracas
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Judith Radford19 Swansea
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Daliborka Stojsic23 Belgrade

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Name Brazilian Miss Universe". The Journal Times . Associated Press. 14 Jul 1968. p. 1. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Sonja Doumen werd 50 jaar geleden eerste Limburgse Miss België". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). 13 January 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2023– via PressReader.
  3. ↑ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Atlantico, Reina Nacional 1968". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 13 November 1967. pp. 1, 31. Retrieved 17 October 2023– via Google News Archive.
  5. ↑ Lo, Ricky (11 March 2014). "Beauty is in the blood". Philippine Star . Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Miss USA Says Title Means Little at Home". Roanoke Times . Associated Press. May 20, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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