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Miss Universe 1969

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Miss Universe 1969
Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969
Date19 July 1969
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS (WTVJ)
Entrants61
Placements15
Withdrawals
  • Haiti
  • Lebanon
  • Okinawa
  • South Africa
  • United States Virgin Islands
ReturnsSuriname
WinnerGloria Diaz
Philippines
CongenialityZohra Boufaden (Tunisia)
Best National CostumeSangduen 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]

Miss Universe 1969 finalists in Brazil.

Results

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Placements

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

Contestants

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Miss Universe 1969 participating countries and territories

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
 Argentina Lidia Pepe 23 Corrientes
 Aruba Jeannette Geerman Paradera
 Australia Joanne Barret 19 Sydney
 Austria Eva Rueber-Staier 18 Styria
 Bahamas Joan Bowe 21 Georgetown
 Belgium Danièle Roels[2] 19 Hainaut
 Bermuda Maxine Bean 20 Hamilton
 Bolivia Luz María Rojas[3] Cochabamba
 Bonaire Julia Nicolaas 23 Kralendijk
 Brazil Vera Fischer 18 Blumenau
 Canada Jacquie Perrin 20 Toronto
 Ceylon Marlene Seneveratne Colombo
 Chile Mónica Larson 25 Santiago
 Colombia Margarita Reyes[4] 19 Cali
 Congo-Kinshasa Jeanne Mokomo Kinshasa
 Costa Rica Clara Freda Antillón 18 San José
 Curaçao Yvonne Wardekker 21 Willemstad
 Denmark Jeanne Perfeldt 21 Copenhagen
 Dominican Republic Rocío García 18 Samaná
 Ecuador Rosana Vinueza 20 Guayaquil
 England Myra Van Heck 22 London
 Finland Harriet Eriksson 22 Turku
 France Agathe Cognet 24 Paris
 West Germany Gesine Froese 22 Bavaria
 Greece Irene Diamantoglou 18 Athens
 Guam Anita Johnston 18 Hagåtña
 Holland Welmoed Hollenberg 21 Amsterdam
 Honduras Viena Paredes 18 Choluteca
 Hong Kong Christine Tam 18 Hong Kong
 Iceland María Baldursdóttir 22 Reykjanesbær
 India Kavita Bhambani 18 Bombay
 Ireland Patricia Byrne 25 Dublin
 Israel Chava Levy 19 Haifa
 Italy Diana Coccorese 23 Rome
 Jamaica Carol Gerrow Kingston
 Japan Kikuyo Osuka 18 Aichi
 Luxembourg Marie Antoniette Bertinelli Esch-sur-Alzette
 Malaysia Rosemary Wan 20 Petaling Jaya
 Malta Natalie Quintana Gżira
 Mexico Gloria Hernández 20 Guanajuato
 New Zealand Carole Robinson 22 Auckland
 Nicaragua Soraya Herrera 18 Tipitapa
 Norway Patricia Walker 20 Oslo
 Peru María Julia Mantilla 19 Trujillo
 Philippines Gloria Diaz[5] 18 Manila
 Puerto Rico Aída Betancourt 18 Río Piedras
 Scotland Sheena Drumond 18 Coatbridge
 Singapore Mavis Young 18 Singapore
 South Korea Lim Hyun-jung 20 Seoul
 Spain Amparo Rodrigo 19 Valencia
 Suriname Greta Natsier Paramaribo
 Sweden Brigitta Lindloff 22 Västra Götaland
  Switzerland Patrice Sollner 24 Aargau
 Thailand Sangduen Manwong 20 Bangkok
 Tunisia Zohra Boufaden 21 Tunis
 Turkey Azra Balkan Istanbul
 United States Wendy Dascomb[6] 19 Danville
 Uruguay Julia Möller 20 Montevideo
 Venezuela María José Yéllici 24 Aragua
 Wales Brenda Maige 22 Colwyn Bay
 Yugoslavia Nataša Košir 21 Novo Mesto

Notes

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  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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  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.