Miss Universe 1968

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Miss Universe 1968
Martha Vasconcellos.jpg
Martha Vasconcellos
Date13 July 1968
Presenters Bob Barker [1]
Venue Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants65
Placements15
Debuts
  • Congo-Kinshasa
  • Malta
  • Yugoslavia
Withdrawals
  • Cuba
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
Returns
  • Australia
  • Ceylon
  • Ecuador
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Lebanon
  • Nicaragua
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
Winner Martha Vasconcellos
Brazil
CongenialityYasuyo Iino (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 conclusion 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

Contestants from Guam, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia Miss Universe 1968 contestants.jpg
Contestants from Guam, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia

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 Croes [2] 18 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Laureen Jones [3] 21 Sydney
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Brigitte Krüger24 Vienna
Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg Bahamas Brenda Fountain [4] 20 Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Sonja Doumen [5] 20 Dilsen-Stokkem
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda Victoria Martin [6] 23 Pembroke Parish
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Roxana Bowles [7] 18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Bonaire Ilse De Jong [8] 18 Kralendijk
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil Martha Vasconcellos [9] 20Salvador
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Nancy Wilson [10] 19 Chatham-Kent
Flag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg Ceylon Sheila Jayatilleke [11] 18 Colombo
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Dánae Salas22 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Luz Elena Restrepo [12] 18 Barranquilla
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966-1971).svg Congo-Kinshasa Elizabeth Tavares [13] 20 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 [14] 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 Summers [15] 22 London
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Leena Brusiin [16] 22 Helsinki
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Elizabeth Cadren [17] 22 Paris
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece Miranta Zafiropoulou [18] 22 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg Guam Arlene Vilma Chaco [19] 21 Agana
Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg Haiti Claudie Paquin [20] 18 Port-au-Prince
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland Nathalie Heyl [21] 21 The Hague
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras Nora Guillén [22] 19 Tegucigalpa
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg Hong KongTammy Yung [11] 18 Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Helen Knuttsdóttir [23] 18 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg India Anjum Mumtaz Barg [24] 23 Hyderabad
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Tiffany Scales [25] 22 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Miriam Friedman [26] 18 Tel Aviv
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Cristina Businari [27] 18 Rome
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Marjorie Bromfield– Kingston
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan Yasuyo Iino [28] 18 Tokyo
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Sonia Fares [29] 18 Beirut
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Lucienne Krier [30] 18 Esch-sur-Alzette
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Maznah Ali [31] 20 Johor Bahru
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Kathlene Farrugia [32] 22 Qormi
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico Perla Aguirre [33] 18 Mexico City
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Christine Antunovic [34] 18 Auckland
Flag of Nicaragua (1908-1971).svg Nicaragua Margine Davidson [35] 20 Matagalpa
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Tone Knaran [36] 18 Oslo
USCAR flag of the Ryukyu Islands, 1954 (unofficial).svg OkinawaSachie Kawamitsu [19] 19 Naha
Flag of Peru.svg Peru María Esther Brambilla [37] 19 Lima
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines Rosario Zaragoza [38] 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 Saif [39] 19 Singapore
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa Monica Fairall [40] 20 Durban
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg South Korea Kim Yoon-jung [11] 18 Seoul
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain Yolanda Legarreta [41] 18 Basque Country
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Anne-Marie Hellqvist [42] 18 Hallsberg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Jeannette Biffiger [43] 19 Zürich
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Apantree Prayutsenee [44] 20 Phra Nakhon
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg Tunisia Rekaia Dekhil20 Tunis
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Zuhal Aktan [45] 18 Istanbul
Flag of the United States.svg United States Dorothy Anstett [46] 21 Kirkland
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands Sadie Sargeant [47] 19 Charlotte Amalie
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Graciela Minarrieta20 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela Peggy Kopp [48] 18 Caracas
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales Judith Radford [49] 19 Swansea
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Lilian Atterer [50] 20 Bavaria
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia Daliborka Stojsic [51] 23 Belgrade

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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