Miss Universe 1968

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Miss Universe 1968
Congo-Kinshasa
  • Malta
  • Yugoslavia
    • Withdrawals
    Returns
    WinnerMartha 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

    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]

    Results

    Placements

    Placement Contestant
    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/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
     Argentina María del Carmen Jordán Vidal 23 Buenos Aires
     Aruba Sandra Croes 18 Oranjestad
     Australia Laureen Jones 21 Sydney
     Austria Brigitte Krüger 24 Vienna
     Bahamas Brenda Fountain 20 Nassau
     Belgium Sonja Doumen[2] 20 Dilsen-Stokkem
     Bermuda Victoria Martin 23 Pembroke Parish
     Bolivia Roxana Bowles[3] 18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
     Bonaire Ilse De Jong 18 Kralendijk
     Brazil Martha Vasconcellos 20 Salvador
     Canada Nancy Wilson 19 Chatham-Kent
     Ceylon Sheila Jayatilleke 18 Colombo
     Chile Dánae Salas 22 Santiago
     Colombia Luz Elena Restrepo[4] 18 Barranquilla
     Congo-Kinshasa Elizabeth Tavares 20 Kinshasa
     Costa Rica Ana María Rivera 19 San José
     Curaçao Anne Marie Braafheid 21 Willemstad
     Denmark Gitte Broge 20 Copenhagen
     Dominican Republic Ana María Ortiz – Santo Domingo
     Ecuador Priscila Álava 18 Guayaquil
     England Jennifer Lowe Summers 22 London
     Finland Leena Brusiin 22 Helsinki
     France Elizabeth Cadren 22 Paris
     Germany Lilian Atterer 20 Bavaria
     Greece Miranta Zafiropoulou 22 Athens
     Guam Arlene Vilma Chaco 21 Agana
     Haiti Claudie Paquin 18 Port-au-Prince
     Holland Nathalie Heyl 21 The Hague
     Honduras Nora Guillén 19 Tegucigalpa
     Hong Kong Tammy Yung 18 Hong Kong
     Iceland Helen Knuttsdóttir 18 Reykjavík
     India Anjum Mumtaz Barg 23 Hyderabad
     Ireland Tiffany Scales 22 Dublin
     Israel Miriam Friedman 18 Tel Aviv
     Italy Cristina Businari 18 Rome
     Jamaica Marjorie Bromfield – Kingston
     Japan Yasuyo Lino 18 Tokyo
     Lebanon Sonia Fares 18 Beirut
     Luxembourg Lucienne Krier 18 Esch-sur-Alzette
     Malaysia Maznah Ali 20 Johor Bahru
     Malta Kathlene Farrugia 22 Qormi
     Mexico Perla Aguirre 18 Mexico City
     New Zealand Christine Antunovic 18 Auckland
     Nicaragua Margine Davidson 20 Matagalpa
     Norway Tone Knaran 18 Oslo
    Okinawa Prefecture Okinawa Sachie Kawamitsu 19 Naha
     Peru María Esther Brambilla 19 Lima
     Philippines Rosario Zaragoza[5] 18 Quezon City
     Puerto Rico Marylene Carrasquillo 18 Santurce
     Scotland Helen Davidson 22 Glasgow
     Singapore Yasmin Saif 19 Singapore
     South Africa Monica Fairall 20 Durban
     South Korea Kim Yoon-jung 18 Seoul
     Spain Yolanda Legarreta 18 Basque Country
     Sweden Anne-Marie Hellqvist 18 Hallsberg
      Switzerland Jeannette Biffiger 19 Zürich
     Thailand Apantree Prayutsenee 20 Phra Nakhon
     Tunisia Rekaia Dekhil 20 Tunis
     Turkey Zuhal Aktan 18 Istanbul
     United States Dorothy Anstett[6] 21 Kirkland
     United States Virgin Islands Sadie Sargeant 19 Charlotte Amalie
     Uruguay Graciela Minarrieta 20 Montevideo
     Venezuela Peggy Kopp 18 Caracas
     Wales Judith Radford 19 Swansea
     Yugoslavia Daliborka Stojsic 23 Belgrade

    Notes

    1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

    References

    1. ^
      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. Philippine Star
      . Retrieved 17 October 2023.
    6. Roanoke Times. Associated Press
      . May 20, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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