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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo = LBarena.jpg
| caption = The pageant was held at the [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center|Long Beach Municipal Auditorium]]
| winner = [[Stella Márquez]]
| represented = Colombia
| date = August 12, 1960
| presenters = [[Byron Palmer]]
| venue = [[Long Beach Municipal Auditorium]], [[Long Beach, California]], [[United States]]
| congeniality = Julia Ann Adamson <br> British Guiana
| photogenic = Sigridur Geirsdottir <br> Iceland
| entrants = 52
| placements = 15
| next = [[Miss International 1961|1961]]
|debuts={{Hlist|[[Argentina]]| [[Australia]]|[[Austria]]| [[Belgium]]|[[Bolivia]]|[[North Borneo|Borneo]]|[[Brazil]]| [[British Guiana]]|[[Canada]]| [[Ceylon]]|[[China]]| [[Colombia]]|[[Denmark]]| [[Ecuador]]|[[England]]| [[Finland]]|[[France]]| [[Greece]]| [[Netherlands|Holland]]|[[Hong Kong]]|[[Iceland]]|[[India]]| [[Indonesia]]|[[Israel]]| [[Italy]]|[[Japan]]|[[Jordan]]| [[South Korea|Korea]]| [[Lebanon]]|[[Luxembourg]]| [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]]| [[Morocco]]|[[Norway]]| [[Paraguay]]|[[Peru]]| [[Philippines]]|[[Poland]]| [[Portugal]]|[[Puerto Rico]]| [[Singapore]]|[[South Africa]]| [[Hawaii|South Pacific]]| [[Spain]]|[[Sweden]]| [[Switzerland]]|[[Tahiti]]| [[Tunisia]]|[[Turkey]]| [[Uruguay]]|[[United States]]| [[Venezuela]]|[[West Germany]]}}|withdrawals={{Hlist|[[Hawaii]]|[[Yugoslavia]]}}
}}

'''Miss International 1960''', the 1st [[Miss International]] pageant, was held on August 12, 1960 at the [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center|Long Beach Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Long Beach, California]], [[United States]].<ref name=colombia>{{cite web|url=https://www.srtacolombia.org/es/reinas/srta-colombiar-1959-maria-stella-marquez|title=Srta. Colombia® 1959 María Stella Márquez|language=es|publisher=[[Miss Colombia|Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia]]|access-date=July 8, 2021}}</ref> 52 contestants competed for the title. [[Stella Araneta|Stella Márquez]] of [[Colombia]] was crowned as the first Miss International.<ref name=colombia/>

[[Miss International]] was created due to internal conflicts with the [[Miss Universe]] pageant.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rG1YAAAAIBAJ&pg=7398,2385942&dq=&hl=en|title=Pageant shifted|access-date=July 8, 2021|newspaper=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]]|date=August 22, 1959|author=[[Associated Press]]|location=[[Long Beach, California]]}}</ref>

==Results==
[[File:Miss International 1960 Map.PNG|thumb|Miss International 1960 participating nations and results]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss International 1960'''
|
* '''{{COL}}''' – '''[[Stella Araneta|Stella Márquez]]'''<ref name=colombia/>
|-
| 1st Runner-Up 
|
* {{IND}} – Iona Pinto † <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_sdkcan5dJoC|magazine=Current Events|volume=6|page=78-81|year=1960 |title=Current Events }}</ref>
|-
| 2nd Runner-Up 
|
* {{ISL}} – [[Sirry Steffen|Sigridur Geirsdottir]] † {{efn|Sigridur<!--Geirsdottir is not a last name--> was also named "Miss Photogenic".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rG1YAAAAIBAJ&pg=7398,2385942&dq=&hl=en|title=Miss Photogenic|access-date=July 8, 2021|newspaper=[[Lawton Constitution]]|date=August 11, 1960|location=[[Lawton, Oklahoma]]|page=12|url-access=subscription}}</ref>}}
|-
| 3rd Runner-Up
|
* {{ENG}} – Joyce Kay
|-
| 4th Runner-Up
|
* {{USA}} – Charlene Lundberg
|-
| Top 15
|
* {{AUT}} – Elizabeth Hodacs
* {{ISR}} – Lili Dajani<ref>Ofer Aderet,  [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-secrets-of-miss-israel-contestant-born-to-an-arab-father-and-a-jewish-mother-1.10176722 'Half-Breed': The Secrets of Miss Israel Finalist Born to an Arab Father and Jewish Mother]  [[Haaretz]] 5 September 2021</ref>
* {{ITA}} – Maria Grazia Jacomell
* {{flag|Japan|1870}} – Michiko Takagi
* {{PAR}} – Gretel Hedger Carvallo
* {{flag|Philippines|1936}} – Edita Resurreccion Vital
* {{POL}} – Marzena Malinowska
* {{SIN}} – Christl D'Cruz
* {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Gladys Ascanio]]
* {{flag|West Germany}} – Helga Kirsch
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 33em;"
|+Special Awards
!Awards
!Contestant
|-
| style="width: 30%;" | {{center|Miss Friendship}}
|{{flag|British Guiana}} – Julia Ann Adamson
|-
|{{center|Miss Photogenic}}
|{{flag|Iceland}} – Sigridur Geirsdóttir †
|-
|{{center|Miss Popularity}}
|{{flag|Belgium}} – Caroline Lecerf{{efn|Voted by parade viewers.}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 33em;"
|+Preliminary Competition Winners
!Awards
!Contestant
|-
| style="width: 30%;" | {{center|Best in Playsuit}}
|Day 1: {{flag|Iceland}} – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † <br>Day 2: {{flag|England}} – Joyce Kay<br>Day 3: {{flag|United States}} – Charlene Lundberg
|-
|{{center|Best in Evening Gown}}
|Day 1: {{flag|Colombia}} – Stella Márquez<br>Day 2: {{flag|Poland}} – Marzena Malinowska<br>Day 3: {{flag|Norway}} – Lise Hammer
|-
|{{center|Best National Costume}}
|Day 1: {{flag|Venezuela}} – Gladys Ascanio<br>Day 2: {{flag|Iceland}} – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † <br>Day 3: {{flag|Ceylon}} – Yvonne Gunawardene
|}

==Contestants==
{{plainlist}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* {{flag|Argentina}} – Slavica Lazaric
* {{flag|Australia}} – Joan Stanbury
* {{flag|Austria}} – Elizabeth Hodacs
* {{flag|Belgium}} – Caroline Lecerf
* {{flag|Bolivia}} – Edmy Arana Ayala
* {{flag|North Borneo|name=Borneo}} – Elizabeth Voon (from [[North Borneo]])
* {{flag|Brazil|1960}} – Magda Renate Pfrimer
* {{flag|British Guiana}} – Julia Ann Adamson
* {{flag|Canada|1957}} – Margaret Powell
* {{flag|Ceylon|1951}} – Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene
* {{flag|Republic of China|name=China Rep.}} – Janet Lin Chin-Yi{{efn|Chin-Yi competed as "Miss China".}}
* {{flag|Colombia}} – {{strong|[[Stella Márquez]]}}
* {{flag|Denmark}} – Sonja Menzel
* {{flag|Ecuador}} – Magdalena Dávila Varela
* {{flag|England}} – Joyce Kay
* {{flag|Finland}} – Marketta Nieminen
* {{flag|France}} – Yvette Suzanne Degrémont
* {{flag|Greece|old}} – Kiki Kotsaridou
* {{flag|Holland}} – Katinka Bleeker
* {{flag|Hong Kong|1910}} – Lena Woo
* {{flag|Iceland}} – [[Sirry Steffen|Sigridur Geirsdóttir]] †
* {{flag|India}} – Iona Pinto †
* {{flag|Indonesia}} – Wiana Sulastini
* {{flag|Israel}} – Lili Dajani
* {{flag|Italy}} – Maria Grazia Jacomelli
* {{flag|Japan|1870}} – Michiko Takagi
* {{flag|Jordan}} – Gulnar Tucktuck
* {{flag|South Korea}} – Kim Chung-ja
* {{flag|Lebanon}} – Juliana Reptsik
* {{flag|Luxembourg}} – Liliane Mueller
* {{flag|Malaya}} – [[Tunku Puan Zanariah|Zanariak Zena Ahmad]] †
* {{flag|Morocco}} – Raymonde Valle
* {{flag|Norway}} – Lise Hammer
* {{flag|Paraguay}} – Gretel Hedger Carvallo
* {{flag|Peru}} – Irma Vargas Fuller
* {{flag|Philippines|1936}} – Edita Resurreccion Vital
* {{flag|Poland}} – Marzena Malinowska
* {{flag|Portugal}} – Maria Josabete Silva Santos
* {{flag|Puerto Rico}} – Carmen Sara Latimer
* {{flag|Singapore}} – Christl D’Cruz
* {{flag|South Africa|1928}} – Nona Sherriff
* {{flag|Hawaii|name=South Pacific}} – Patricia Apoliona (from [[Honolulu]])
* {{flag|Spain}} – Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez
* {{flag|Sweden}} – Gunilla Elm
* {{flag|Switzerland}} – Mylene Delapraz
* {{flag|Tahiti}} – Teura Marguerite Teuira
* {{flag|Tunisia}} – Habiba Ben Abdallah
* {{flag|Turkey}} – Guler Kivrak
* {{flag|Uruguay}} – Beatriz Liñares
* {{flag|United States}} – Charlene Lundberg
* {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Gladys Ascanio]]
* {{flag|West Germany}} – Helga Kirsch
}}
{{endplainlist}}

===Did not compete===
* {{flag|Hawaii}} – Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew)
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}} – Tania Velic

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111227161840/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Int_1960.htm Pageantopolis - Miss International 1960]

{{Miss International}}
{{Miss International 1960 delegates}}

[[Category:Miss International|1960]]
[[Category:1960 beauty pageants]]
[[Category:Beauty pageants in the United States]]
[[Category:1960 in California]]
[[Category:20th century in Los Angeles County, California]]