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Miss Universe 1968

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]

Miss Universe 1968
Martha Vasconcellos, Miss Universe 1968
Date13 July 1968
PresentersBob Barker[1]
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS (WTVJ)
Entrants65
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerMartha Vasconcellos
 Brazil
CongenialityYasuyo Lino
 Japan
Best National CostumeLuz Elena Restrepo González
 Colombia
PhotogenicDaliborka Stojšić
 Yugoslavia
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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
 ArgentinaMaría del Carmen Jordán Vidal23Buenos Aires
 ArubaSandra Croes18Oranjestad
 AustraliaLaureen Jones21Sydney
 AustriaBrigitte Krüger24Vienna
 BahamasBrenda Fountain20Nassau
 BelgiumSonja Doumen[2]20Dilsen-Stokkem
 BermudaVictoria Martin23Pembroke Parish
 BoliviaRoxana Bowles[3]18Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 BonaireIlse De Jong18Kralendijk
 BrazilMartha Vasconcellos20Salvador
 CanadaNancy Wilson19Chatham-Kent
 CeylonSheila Jayatilleke18Colombo
 ChileDánae Salas22Santiago
 ColombiaLuz Elena Restrepo[4]18Barranquilla
 Congo-KinshasaElizabeth Tavares20Kinshasa
 Costa RicaAna María Rivera19San José
 CuraçaoAnne Marie Braafheid21Willemstad
 DenmarkGitte Broge20Copenhagen
 Dominican RepublicAna María Ortiz–Santo Domingo
 EcuadorPriscila Álava18Guayaquil
 EnglandJennifer Lowe Summers22London
 FinlandLeena Brusiin22Helsinki
 FranceElizabeth Cadren22Paris
 GermanyLilian Atterer20Bavaria
 GreeceMiranta Zafiropoulou22Athens
 GuamArlene Vilma Chaco21Agana
 HaitiClaudie Paquin18Port-au-Prince
 HollandNathalie Heyl21The Hague
 HondurasNora Guillén19Tegucigalpa
 Hong KongTammy Yung18Hong Kong
 IcelandHelen Knuttsdóttir18Reykjavík
 IndiaAnjum Mumtaz Barg23Hyderabad
 IrelandTiffany Scales22Dublin
 IsraelMiriam Friedman18Tel Aviv
 ItalyCristina Businari18Rome
 JamaicaMarjorie Bromfield–Kingston
 JapanYasuyo Lino18Tokyo
 LebanonSonia Fares18Beirut
 LuxembourgLucienne Krier18Esch-sur-Alzette
 MalaysiaMaznah Ali20Johor Bahru
 MaltaKathlene Farrugia22Qormi
 MexicoPerla Aguirre18Mexico City
 New ZealandChristine Antunovic18Auckland
 NicaraguaMargine Davidson20Matagalpa
 NorwayTone Knaran18Oslo
OkinawaSachie Kawamitsu19Naha
 PeruMaría Esther Brambilla19Lima
 PhilippinesRosario Zaragoza[5]18Quezon City
 Puerto RicoMarylene Carrasquillo18Santurce
 ScotlandHelen Davidson22Glasgow
 SingaporeYasmin Saif19Singapore
 South AfricaMonica Fairall20Durban
 South KoreaKim Yoon-jung18Seoul
 SpainYolanda Legarreta18Basque Country
 SwedenAnne-Marie Hellqvist18Hallsberg
  SwitzerlandJeannette Biffiger19Zürich
 ThailandApantree Prayutsenee20Phra Nakhon
 TunisiaRekaia Dekhil20Tunis
 TurkeyZuhal Aktan18Istanbul
 United StatesDorothy Anstett[6]21Kirkland
 United States Virgin IslandsSadie Sargeant19Charlotte Amalie
 UruguayGraciela Minarrieta20Montevideo
 VenezuelaPeggy Kopp18Caracas
 WalesJudith Radford19Swansea
 YugoslaviaDaliborka Stojsic23Belgrade

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "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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