Miss International 1970

Miss International 1970
Date	May 16, 1970
Venue	Exposition Hall Fairgrounds, Osaka, Japan
Entrants	47
Placements	15
Debuts	Bulgaria, Hawaii
Withdrawals	Brazil, Colombia, Israel, Jamaica, Morocco, Thailand, Tunisia
Returns	Chile, Congo-Kinshasa, Turkey, Yugoslavia
Winner	Aurora Pijuan  Philippines
Congeniality	Jossie Salinas  Nicaragua
Photogenic	Karen Papworth  Australia

Miss International 1970, the 10th Miss International pageant, was held on May 16, 1970 at the Exposition Hall Fairgrounds in Osaka, Japan. 47 contestants competed for the pageant. Aurora Pijuan from Philippines was crowned Miss International 1970 at the end of the event by outgoing titleholder, Valerie Holmes from Britain.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1970	Philippines - Aurora Pijuan
1st runner-up	Argentina - Margarita Briese
2nd runner-up	Australia - Karen Papworth
3rd runner-up	Japan - Toshie Suda
4th runner-up	New Zealand - Susan Greaves
Semi-finalists	Costa Rica - Haydée Brenes  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt  Ecuador - Lourdes Hernández  Germany - Silke Kahl  Iceland - Erla Hardardóttir  India - Patricia D’Souza  Norway - Tone Knaran  Thailand - Panarat Pisutthisak  USA - Randi Blesener  Yugoslavia - Zdenka Marn

Contestants

Argentina - Margarita Marta Briese  Australia - Karen Patricia Papworth  Austria - Ilse Wolfgang  Belgium - Heidi LeLeu  Bolivia - Nelly Zenteno Pereira  Britain - Jacqueline "Jackie" Francesca Molloy  Bulgaria - (unknown)  Canada - Jacquie Perrin  Ceylon - Shirlene Minerva De Silva  Chile - Berta Goldsmith  Congo-Kinshasa - (unknown)  Costa Rica - Haydée Brenes  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt  Ecuador - Lourdes Hernández  Finland - Irene Karvola  France - Dominique Pasquier  Germany - Silke Maria Kahl  Greece - Katerina Sakka  Guam - Flora C. Baza  Hawaii - Yvonne Haunani Young  Holland - Marjolein Abbing  Hong Kong - Cecilia W. Buckley  Iceland - Erla Hardardóttir  India - Patricia D’Souza

Indonesia - Louise Maengkom  Ireland - (unknown)  Italy - Rossela Ambrosiani  Japan - Toshie Suda  Korea - Kim In-sook  Luxembourg - Gaby Fejean  Malaysia - Lucy Lee  Malta - Cecile Aguis  Mexico - Lidia Goni  New Zealand - Susan Frances Greaves  Nicaragua - Jossie Salinas  Norway - Tone Knaran  Philippines - Aurora Pijuan  Portugal - Maria do Rosário de Freitas  Singapore - Margaret Tan Quee Lin  Spain - Maria García  Sweden - Rita Rudolfsson Bengtsson   Switzerland - Yolanda Gahwiler  Thailand - Panarat Pisutthisak  Turkey - Meral Ekmekcioglu  USA - Randi Susan Blesener  Venezuela - Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani  Yugoslavia - Zdenka Marn

Notes

Did not compete

•  Brazil - Nara Rubia Vieira Monteiro
•  Colombia - Myriam Bellini Ayala

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1970