Miss International 1964

Miss International 1964
Date	August 14, 1964
Venue	Long Beach, California, USA
Entrants	42
Debuts	Guam
Withdrawals	Bolivia, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Paraguay, Uruguay, West Indies
Returns	Liberia
Winner	Gemma Cruz  Philippines
Congeniality	Melinda Rae Johnson  USA (Washington)
Photogenic	Vera Lúcia Couto dos Santos  Brazil

Miss International 1964, the 5th Miss International pageant, was held on August 14, 1964 in Long Beach, California, USA. 40 contestants competed in this pageant. Gemma Cruz from the Philippines was crowned the winner of the pageant by outgoing titleholder, Gudrun Bjarnadottir from Iceland. Cruz made history receiving the first Miss International title for the country (the first major title) and in Asia.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1964	Philippines - Gemma Cruz
1st runner-up	United States - Linda Ann Taylor
2nd runner-up	Brazil - Vera Lúcia Couto dos Santos
3rd runner-up	England - Tracy Ingram
4th runner-up	Finland - Maila Maria Östring
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Viviana Rosa Dellavedova  Germany - Monika Brugger  Iceland - Elisabeth Sigridur Ottosdóttir  Israel - Daphna Chrisholm Noy  Japan - Naoko Matsui  Korea - Lee Hyeng-jin  New Zealand - Helen Frances Iggo  Ceylon - Kathleen Foenander  Sweden - Birgitta Alverljung  Venezuela - Lisla Silva Negrón

Contestants

Argentina - Viviana Dellavedova  Australia - Janice Taylor  Austria - Erika Augustin  Belgium - Eliane Stockmans  Brazil - Vera Lúcia Couto dos Santos  Canada - Jane Kmita  Ceylon - Kathleen Foenander  Colombia - Leonor Duplat Sanjuán  Denmark - Alice Bjorn Andersen  Dominican Republic - Mildred Almonte Rouas  Ecuador - Maria Mendoza Velez  England - Tracy Ingram (real name: Iris Ord)  Finland - Maila Östring  France - Brigitte Pradel  Germany - Monika Brugger  Greece - Maria Schinaraki  Guam - Doris Sablan  Holland - Henny van der Berg  Iceland - Elisabeth Ottosdóttir  Ireland - Joan Power  Israel - Daphna Chrisholm Noy

Japan - Naoko Matsui  Korea - Lee Hye-jin (real name: Lee Kwang-ja)  Liberia - Norma Dorothy Davis  Luxembourg - Jeanny Hubert  New Zealand - Helen Iggo  Nicaragua - Ileana del Carmen Rojas Arana  Norway - Inger Sande  Panama - Gloria Navarrete  Peru - Gladys González  Philippines - Gemma Cruz  Puerto Rico - Zoe Foy Santiago  Scotland - Dorothy Smallman  South Africa - Lorraine Mason  Spain - Lucia Pilar Herrera  Sweden - Birgitta Alverljung  Taiwan - Philippina Chao Ling-yu  Tahiti - Lea Avaemai  Turkey - Ayten Ornek  USA - Linda Taylor  Venezuela - Lisla Negrón  Wales - Pamela Martin

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1964