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Miss Universe 1969






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Miss Universe 1969
Gloria Diaz
Date19 July 1969
Presenters
  • June Lockhart
    • 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)

    ← 1968

    1970 →

    Miss Universe 1969 was the 18th Miss Universe pageant, held on 19 July 1969 at the Miami Beach AuditoriuminMiami Beach, Florida, United States. Gloria Diaz of the Philippines was crowned by Martha VasconcellosofBrazil 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

    [edit]

    Placements

    [edit]
    Placement Contestant
    Miss Universe 1969
    1st runner-up
    2nd runner-up
    3rd runner-up
    4th runner-up
    •  Japan – Kikuyo Osuka
    Top 15

    Contestants

    [edit]
    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 Pia 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 Shirley Jones 22 Colwyn Bay
     Yugoslavia Nataša Košir 21 Belgrade

    Notes

    [edit]
    1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ Villano, Alexa (19 July 2019). "LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon". Rappler. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  • ^ "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.

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