User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1961
Appearance
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Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1961 | |
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Date | 15 July 1961 |
Presenters | Johnny Carson |
Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
Entrants | 48 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Marlene Schmidt Germany |
Congeniality | Eleftheria Deloutsi Greece |
Photogenic | Sharon Brown United States |
Miss Universe 1961, the 10th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 15 July 1961 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Marlene Schmidt of Germany was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Linda Bement of the United States.
Results
[edit]Placements
[edit]Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1961 | |
1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up | |
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Contestants
[edit]- Argentina - Adriana Gardiazábal
- Austria - Ingrid Bayer
- Belgium - Nicole Ksinozenicki
- Bolivia - Gloria Soruco Suárez
- Brazil - Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha
- Burma - Khin Myint Myint †[1]
- Canada - Wilda Reynolds
- Ceylon - Ranjini Nilani Jayatilleke
- Chile - María Gloria Silva
- Colombia - Patricia Whitman Owin
- Cuba - Martha García Vieta
- Denmark - Jyette Nielsen
- Ecuador - Yolanda Palacios Charvet
- England - Arlette Dobson
- Finland - Ritva Tuulikki Wächter
- France - Simone Darot
- Germany - Marlene Schmidt
- Greece - Eleftheria (Ria) Deloutsi
- Guatemala - Anabelle Sáenz
- Holland - Gita Kamman
- Iceland - Kristjana Magnúsdóttir
- Ireland - Jean Russell
- Israel - Atida Pisanti
- Italy - Vivianne Romano
- Jamaica - Marguerite LeWars
- Japan - Akemi Toyama
- Korea - Seo Yang-hee
- Lebanon - Leila Antaki
- Luxembourg - Vicky Schoos
- Madagascar - Jacqueline Robertson
- Morocco - Irene Gorsse
- Norway - Rigmor Trengereid
- Paraguay - María Cristina Osnaghi Pereyra
- Peru - Carmela Stein Bedoya
- Puerto Rico - Enid del Valle
- Republic of China - Wang Li-Ling
- Rhodesia - Jonee Sierra
- Scotland - Susan Jones
- South Africa - Marina Christelis
- Spain - Pilar Gil Ramos
- Sweden - Gunilla Knutsson
- Switzerland - Liliane Burnier
- Turkey - Gülseren Uysal
- Uruguay - Susanna Lausorog Ferrari
- United States - Sharon Renee Brown
- Venezuela - Ana Griselda Vegas Albornoz
- Virgin Islands - Priscila Bonilla
- Wales - Rosemarie Frankland †
Awards
[edit]- Greece - Miss Amity (Eleftheria Deloutsi)
- United States - Miss Photogenic (Sharon Brown)
References
[edit]- ^ Htwe, Nien Ei Ei (28 September 2009). "Former 'Miss Burma' winner passes away". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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