Miss Universe 1968

Miss Universe 1968
Date	13 July 1968
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	65
Placements	15
Debuts	Congo-Kinshasa, Malta, Yugoslavia
Withdrawals	Cuba, Panama, Paraguay
Returns	Australia, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Ceylon, Thailand, Tunisia
Winner	Martha Vasconcellos  Brazil

Miss Universe 1968, the 17th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil was crowned by Sylvia Hitchcock of the USA at the end of the event.

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1968	Brazil - Martha Vasconcellos
1st runner-up	Curaçao - Anne Braafheid
2nd runner-up	Finland - Leena Brusin
3rd runner-up	Venezuela - Peggy Kopp
4th runner-up	USA - Dorothy Anstett
Semi-finalists	Canada - Nancy Wilson  Chile - Dánae Salas Sarradell  England - Jennifer Summers  France - Elizabeth Cadren  Greece - Miranta Zafiropoulou  Israel - Miriam Fridman  Norway - Tone Knaran  Sweden - Anne Hellqvist  Thailand - Apantree Prayuttasenee  Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojšić

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Japan - Yasuyo Iino
Miss Photogenic	Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojšić
Best National Costume	Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo González

Order of announcements

Top 15[1] Venezuela U.S.A. Greece Yugoslavia Chile Israel Dominion of Canada Norway Curaçao Thailand England Brazil Finland France Sweden

Top 5[2] Brazil Curaçao Finland U.S.A. Venezuela

Contestants

Argentina - María del Carmen Jordán Vidal  Aruba - Sandra Croes  Australia - Laureen Jones  Austria - Brigitte Kruger  Bahamas - Brenda Fountain  Belgium - Sonja Doumen  Bermuda - Victoria Martin  Bolivia - Roxana Bowles Chávez  Bonaire - Ilse Maria De Jong  Brazil - Marta Maria Cordeiro Vasconcelos  Canada - Nancy Wilson  Ceylon - Sheila Jayatilleke  Chile - Dánae Monserrat Salas Sarradell  Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo González  Congo-Kinshasa - Elizabeth Tavares  Costa Rica - Ana María Rivera  Curaçao - Anne Marie Braafheid  Denmark - Gitte Broge  Dominican Republic - Ana María Ortiz Pérez  Ecuador - Priscila Álava González  England - Jennifer Lowe Summers  Finland - Leena Marketta Brusiin  France - Elizabeth Cadren  Germany - Lilian Atterer  Greece - Miranta Zafiropoulou  Guam - Arlene Vilma Chaco  Haiti - Claudie Paquin  Holland - Nathalie Heyl  Honduras - Nora Idalia Guillén  Hong Kong - Tammy Yung  Iceland - Helen Knuttsdóttir  India - Anjum Mumtaz Barg  Ireland - Tiffany Scales

Israel - Miriam Friedman  Italy - Cristina Businari  Jamaica - Marjorie Bromfield  Japan - Yasuyo Iino  Korea - Kim Yoon-jung  Lebanon - Sonia Faris  Luxembourg - Lucienne Krier  Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali  Malta - Kathlene Farrugia  Mexico - Perla Olivia Aguirre Muñoz  New Zealand - Christine Mary Antunovic  Nicaragua - Margine Davidson Morales  Norway - Tone Knaran  Okinawa - Sachie Kawamitsu  Peru - María Esther Brambilla  Philippines - Rosario "Charina" Rosello Zaragoza  Puerto Rico - Marylene Carrasquillo  Scotland - Helen Davidson  Singapore - Yasmin Saif  South Africa - Monica Fairall  Spain - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo  Sweden - Anne-Marie Hellqvist   Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger  Thailand - Apantree Prayuttasenee  Tunisia - Rekaia Dekhil  Turkey - Zumal Aktan  Uruguay - Graciela Minarrieta  USA - Dorothy Catherine Anstett  Venezuela - Peggy Kopp Arenas  Virgin Islands - Sadie Sargeant  Wales - Judith Radford  Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsic

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1966:  England - Jennifer Lowe Summers (semi-finalist, as  United Kingdom) 1967:  Lebanon - Sonia Faris 1967:  Tunisia - Rekaia Dekhil 1968:  Canada - Nancy Wilson 1968:  Nicaragua - Margine Davidson Morales (6th runner-up) 1968:  Austria - Brigitte Kruger (semi-finalist) 1968:  Belgium - Sonja Doumen 1968:  New Zealand - Christine Mary Antunovic 1968:   Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger 1971:  South Africa - Monica Fairall (semi-finalist) Miss International 1968:  Costa Rica - Ana María Rivera 1968:  Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali 1969:  Canada - Nancy Wilson 1969:   Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger (3rd runner-up) 1969:  Denmark - Gitte Broge 1969:  Iceland - Helen Knuttsdóttir 1969:  Tunisia - Rekaia Dekhil 1970:  Norway - Tone Knaran (semi-finalist) Maja Internacional 1970:  Tunisia - Rekaia Dekhil 1972:  Singapore - Yasmin Saif

Miss Europe 1968:  Finland - Leena Marketta Brusiin (winner, Best in African wear) 1968:  England - Jennifer Lowe Summers 1968:  France - Elizabeth Cadren 1968:  Norway - Tone Knaran (4th runner-up) 1968:  Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsic 1968:  Austria - Brigitte Kruger (1st runner-up) 1968:  Belgium - Sonja Doumen 1968:  Iceland - Helen Knuttsdóttir 1968:  Luxembourg - Lucienne Krier 1968:  Malta - Kathlene Farrugia 1968:   Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger 1971:  Germany - Lilian Atterer Miss Scandinavia 1969:  Norway - Tone Knaran (winner) 1969:  Sweden - Anne-Marie Hellqvist (2nd runner-up) Miss Asia 1968:  Guam - Arlene Vilma Chaco 1968:  New Zealand - Christine Mary Antunovic Queen of the Pacific 1969:  Canada - Nancy Wilson 1969:  Hong Kong - Tammy Yung 1971:  Singapore - Yasmin Saif (2nd runner-up, Miss Goodwill)

References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk2TRlbuf-k
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQzhhcpgrq0