Miss Universe 1969

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Miss Universe 1969
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Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969
Date19 July 1969
Presenters
Venue Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster CBS (WTVJ)
Entrants61
Placements15
Withdrawals
  • Haiti
  • Lebanon
  • Okinawa
  • South Africa
  • United States Virgin Islands
ReturnsSuriname
Winner Gloria Diaz
Philippines
CongenialityZohra Boufaden (Tunisia)
Best National Costume Sangduen Manwong (Thailand)
PhotogenicCarole Robinson (New Zealand)
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Miss Universe 1969 was the 18th Miss Universe pageant, held on 19 July 1969 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Gloria Diaz of the Philippines was crowned by Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil at the end of the event. Diaz became the first Filipino and second Southeast Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world. [1]

Contents

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Miss Universe 1969 finalists in Brazil.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1969
1st Runner-Up
  • Flag of Finland.svg Finland – Harriet Eriksson
2nd Runner-Up
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia – Joanne Barret
3rd Runner-Up
  • Flag of Israel.svg Israel – Chava Levy
4th Runner-Up
  • Flag of Japan.svg Japan– Kikuyo Osuka
Top 15
  • Flag of Austria.svg Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier
  • Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil – Vera Fischer
  • Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia – Margarita Reyes
  • Flag of Chile.svg Chile – Mónica Larson
  • Flag of Norway.svg Norway – Patricia Walker
  • Flag of Peru.svg Peru – María Julia Mantilla
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden – Brigitta Lindloff
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland – Patrice Sollner
  • Flag of the United States.svg United States – Wendy Dascomb
  • Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia– Natasa Kosir

Contestants

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Miss Universe 1969 participating countries and territories

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [a] Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Lidia Pepe23 Corrientes
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Aruba Jeannette Geerman– Paradera
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Joanne Barret19 Sydney
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Eva Rueber-Staier 18 Styria
Flag of the Bahamas (1964-1973).svg  Bahamas Joan Bowe21 Georgetown
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Danièle Roels [2] 19 Hainaut
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Maxine Bean20 Hamilton
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Luz María Rojas [3] – Cochabamba
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Bonaire Julia Nicolaas23 Kralendijk
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Vera Fischer 18 Blumenau
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jacquie Perrin 20 Toronto
Flag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg  Ceylon Marlene Seneveratne– Colombo
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Mónica Larson25 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Margarita Reyes [4] 19 Cali
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966-1971).svg  Congo-Kinshasa Jeanne Mokomo– Kinshasa
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Clara Freda Antillón18 San José
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Curaçao Yvonne Wardekker21 Willemstad
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Jeanne Perfeldt21 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Rocío García18 Samaná
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Rosana Vinueza 20 Guayaquil
Flag of England.svg  England Myra Van Heck22 London
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Harriet Eriksson22 Turku
Flag of France.svg  France Agathe Cognet24 Paris
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Gesine Froese22 Bavaria
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Irene Diamantoglou18 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Anita Johnston18 Hagåtña
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Holland Welmoed Hollenberg21 Amsterdam
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Viena Paredes18 Choluteca
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Christine Tam18 Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland María Baldursdóttir22 Reykjanesbær
Flag of India.svg  India Kavita Bhambani18 Bombay
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Patricia Byrne25 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Chava Levy19 Haifa
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Diana Coccorese23 Rome
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Carol Gerrow– Kingston
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kikuyo Osuka18 Aichi
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Marie Antoniette Bertinelli– Esch-sur-Alzette
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Rosemary Wan20 Petaling Jaya
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Natalie Quintana– Gżira
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Gloria Hernández20 Guanajuato
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Carole Robinson22 Auckland
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Soraya Herrera18 Tipitapa
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Patricia Walker20 Oslo
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru María Julia Mantilla19 Trujillo
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Gloria Diaz [5] 18 Manila
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico Aída Betancourt18 Río Piedras
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Sheena Drumond18 Coatbridge
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Mavis Young18 Singapore
Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea Lim Hyun-jung20 Seoul
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Amparo Rodrigo19 Valencia
Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg  Suriname Greta Natsier– Paramaribo
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Brigitta Lindloff22 Västra Götaland
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Patrice Sollner24 Aargau
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Sangduen Manwong 20 Bangkok
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia Zohra Boufaden21 Tunis
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Azra Balkan– Istanbul
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Wendy Dascomb [6] 19 Danville
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Julia Möller 20 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela María José Yéllici24 Aragua
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Brenda Maige22 Colwyn Bay
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Nataša Košir21 Novo Mesto

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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References

  1. ↑ "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Zeven „schonen", deelneemsters aan de komende „Miss Universe" verkiezing in Miami Beach". Leeuwarder courant (in Dutch). 12 July 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via Delpher.
  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. ↑ "Del Valle la nueva soberana" [The new sovereign from Valle]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 12 November 1968. pp. 1, 14–16. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via Google News Archive.
  5. ↑ Villano, Alexa (19 July 2019). "LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon". Rappler . Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Wendy Dascomb, Stratford College Student, Named Miss U.S.A. 1969". The Danville Register . Associated Press. May 25, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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