Miss International 1961

Miss International 1961
Date	July 28, 1961
Venue	Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Winner	Stam van Baer  Holland
Congeniality	Mónica Moore Davie  Uruguay
Photogenic	Constance van Baer  Holland

Miss International 1961 was held on July 28, 1961 in Long Beach, California, USA. 52 contestants competed in the pageant. Stam van Baer from Holland was crowned as Miss International 1961 by outgoing titleholder, Stella Marquez from Colombia.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1961	Holland - Stam van Baer
1st runner-up	Brazil - Vera Brauner Menezes
2nd runner-up	Spain - Maria Cervera Fernández
3rd runner-up	Canada - Edna MacVicar
4th runner-up	Iceland - Sigrun Ragnarsdóttir
Semi-finalists	Finland - Marja Ryönä  Germany - Renate Moller  Ireland - Irene Kane  Israel - Dalia Lion  Malaysia - Helen Tan Hong Lean  Norway - Aase Schmedling  Panama - Angela Alcové  Paraguay - Gladys Fernández  Ceylon - Kamala Athauda  Taiwan - Dolly Ma

Contestants

Argentina - Alicia Care  Australia - Rosemary Fenton  Austria - Iris Kosch  Belgium - Jacqueline Oroi  Bolivia - Carmen Anze  Brazil - Vera Maria Brauner Menezes  British Guiana - Hermione Clair Brown  Burma - Minnie Pu  Canada - Edna Dianne MacVicar  Ceylon - Kamala Athauda  Colombia - Vilma Kohlgruber Duque  Denmark - Jytte Nielsen  Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen  England - Nicky Allen  Finland - Marja Ryönä  France - Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien  Germany - Renate Moller  Greece - Ioanna Berouka  Guatemala - Ileana Polasek Alzamora  Holland - Stam van Baer  Iceland - Sigrun Ragnarsdóttir  India - Diana Valentine  Ireland - Irene Ruth Kane  Israel - Dalia Lion  Italy - Anna Vincenzini  Japan - Atsuko Kyoto  Korea - Lee Ok-ja

Lebanon - Eleanor Abi Karam  Luxembourg - Elfie Klein  Madagascar - Ellysserre Ratahirisoa  Malaya - Helen Tan Hong Lean  Morocco - Monique Auglade  New Zealand - Leone Mary Main  Nicaragua - María Hasbani  Norway - Aase Marie Schmedling  Panama - Angela María Alcové  Paraguay - Gladys Fernández  Peru - Norma González Miranda  Philippines - Pilar Arciaga  Puerto Rico - Ivette Monagas  Scotland - Annie Carnie Jinks  South Africa - Dina Maria Robbertse  Spain - Maria Del Carmen Cervera Fernández  Sweden - Elizabeth Morena Oden   Switzerland - Michele Rossellat  Tahiti - Tahia Piehi  Taiwan - Dolly Ma  Turkey - Aydan Demirel  Uruguay - Mónica Moore Davie  USA - Jo Ann Marie Dyer  Venezuela - Gloria Lilue  Wales - Barbara Wilcock

Notes

Withdrawals

•  Costa Rica - Ramona Sanchez (real name: Reona Herz, a 15 year-old American impostor)
•  Singapore - Julie Koh Moot-Lei (ill with hepatitis)

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1961