Miss International 1968

Miss International 1968
Date	October 9, 1968
Venue	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	49
Debuts	China, Congo-Kinshasa, Haiti, Thailand
Withdrawals	Dominican Republic, Guam, Hong Kong, Iceland, Mexico, Peru, Tahiti
Returns	Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Norway, Turkey
Winner	Maria da Glória Carvalho  Brazil
Congeniality	Ana María Urenda Amelunge  Bolivia
Best National Costume	Rosario Barraza Villa  Colombia
Photogenic	Rungtip Pinyo  Thailand

Miss International 1968, the 8th Miss International pageant, took place on October 9, 1968 at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the first overseas hosting of the Miss International pageant after staging in Long Beach, California since its inception in 1960. Maria da Gloria Carvalho from Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Mirta Massa from Argentina.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1968	Brazil - Maria da Glória Carvalho
1st runner-up	Sweden - Annika Hemminge
2nd runner-up	USA - Karen Ann MacQuarrie
3rd runner-up	Denmark - Doritt Frantzen
4th runner-up	Thailand - Rungtip Pinyo
Semi-finalists	Colombia - Rosario Barraza Villa  France - Nancy Gallerne  India - Sumita Sem  Israel - Daniela Hod  Japan - Yoko Sunami  Korea - Kim Hee-ja  Nicaragua - Nadia Leets Lacayo  Philippines - Nenita Tuazon Ramos  Scotland - Marie Smith   Switzerland - Irene Stierli

Contestants

Argentina - Ana Inés Puiggros  Australia - Monique Denise Hughes  Austria - Huberta Kessler  Belgium - Janine Patteeuw  Bolivia - Ana Maria Urenda Amelunga  Brazil - Maria da Glória Carvalho  Canada - Patricia Lane  Ceylon - Manel Eriyagama  China - Christina Hui Ling-Ling  Colombia - Rosario Barraza Villa  Congo-Kinshasa - Marie-Josée Basoko  Costa Rica - Ana Maria Rivera  Denmark - Dorrit Frantzen  Ecuador - Enriqueta Valdez Fuentes  England - Gloria Best  Finland - Satu Sinikka Kostiainen  France - Nelly Gallerne  Germany - Margot Schmalzriedt  Greece - Fani Sakantani  Guatemala - Linda Elaine Calvo  Haiti - Haniarii Viola Teriitahi  Holland - Cecille van der Lelie  India - Sumita Sem  Indonesia - Sylvia Taliwongso  Ireland - Frances Clarke

Israel - Daniela Hod  Italy - Vanna Torri  Japan - Yoko Sunami  Korea - Kim Hee-ja  Luxembourg - Mady Reiter  Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali  New Zealand - Aroha T. H. Manawatu  Nicaragua - Nadia Leets Lacayo  Norway - Hedda Lie (World '68)  Philippines - Nenita Tuazon Ramos  Puerto Rico - Elsa Maria Schroeder Méndez  Scotland - Marie Smith  Singapore - Madeleine Teo Kim Neo  South Africa - Mary Winifred McDonald  Spain - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo  Sweden - Annika Hemminge   Switzerland - Irene Stierli  Thailand - Rungtip Pinyo  Turkey - Gul Ustun  Uruguay - Soledad Gandos  USA - Karen Ann MacQuarrie  Venezuela - Jovan Navas  Wales - Kay House  Yugoslavia - Tatjana Albahari

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1968