Miss Universe 1969

Miss Universe 1969
Date	19 July 1969
Presenters	Bob Barker, June Lockhart
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	61
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Haiti, Lebanon, Okinawa, South Africa, US Virgin Islands
Returns	Surinam
Winner	Gloria Diaz  Philippines
Congeniality	Zohra Boufaden  Tunisia
Best National Costume	Sangduen Manwong  Thailand
Photogenic	Carole Robinson  New Zealand

Miss Universe 1969, the 18th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1969 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Gloria Diaz of Baclaran, Parañaque Philippines was crowned by Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil at the end of the event. Diaz became the first Filipino and third Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.^[1]

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1969	Philippines - Gloria Diaz
1st runner-up	Finland - Harriet Eriksson
2nd runner-up	Australia - Joanne Barret
3rd runner-up	Israel - Chava Levy
4th runner-up	Japan - Kikuyo Osuka
Semi-finalists	Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier  Brazil - Vera Fischer  Chile - Mónica Larson  Colombia - Margarita Reyes  Norway - Patricia Walker  Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer  Sweden - Brigitta Lindloff   Switzerland - Patrice Sollner  USA - Wendy Dascomb  Yugoslavia - Nataša Košir

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Tunisia - Zohra Boufaden
Miss Photogenic	New Zealand - Carole Robinson
Best National Costume	Thailand - Sangduen Manwong
10 Best in Swimsuit	Australia - Joanne Barret  Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier  Brazil - Vera Fischer  Colombia - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky  Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson  Israel - Chava Levy  Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer  Philippines - Gloria Diaz  USA - Wendy Jane Dascomb  Yugoslavia - Nataša Košir

Order of announcements

Top 15

• Group 1: Australia, Finland, Peru, Austria, Norway, Philippines, Israel
• Group 2: USA, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Sweden, Colombia, Japan, Chile, Switzerland

Top 5

• Finland, Israel, Australia, Philippines, Japan

Judges

Edilson Cid Varela Eileen Ford Dong Kingman David Merrick

Norma Nolan - Miss Universe 1962 from Argentina Monique van Vooren Earl Wilson

Contestants

Argentina - Lidia Esther Pepe  Aruba - Jeannette Geerman  Australia - Joanne Barret  Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier  Bahamas - Joan Bowe  Belgium - Danièle Roels  Bermuda - Maxine S. Bean  Bolivia - Luz María Rojas  Bonaire - Julia Nicolaas  Brazil - Vera Fischer  Canada - Jacquie Perrin  Ceylon - Marlene Beverly Seneveratne  Chile - Mónica Larson Teuber  Colombia - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky  Congo - Jeanne Mokomo  Costa Rica - Clara Freda Antillón  Curaçao - Yvonne Wardekker  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt  Dominican Republic - Rocío García Báez  Ecuador - Rosana Vinueza Estrada †  England - Myra Van Heck  Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson  France - Agathe Cognet  Germany - Gesine Froese  Greece - Irene Diamantoglou  Guam - Anita Johnston  Holland - Welmoed Hollenberg  Honduras - Viena Paredes  Hong Kong - Christine Tam Mei-Mei  Iceland - María Baldursdóttir  India - Kavita Bhambani

Ireland - Patricia Byrne  Israel - Chava Levy  Italy - Diana Coccorese  Jamaica - Carol Gerrow  Japan - Kikuyo Osuka  Korea - Lim Hyun-jung  Luxembourg - Marie Antoniette Bertinelli  Malaysia - Rosemary Wan Chow Mui  Malta - Natalie Quintana  Mexico - Gloria Hernández  New Zealand - Carole Robinson  Nicaragua - Soraya Herrera Chávez  Norway - Patricia "Pia" Ingrid Walker  Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer  Philippines - Gloria Diaz  Puerto Rico - Aída Betancourt  Scotland - Sheena Drumond  Singapore - Mavis Young Siew Kim  Spain - María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo  Surinam - Greta Natsir  Sweden - Brigitta Lindloff   Switzerland - Patrice Sollner  Thailand - Sangduen Manwong  Tunisia - Zohra Boufaden  Turkey - Azra Balkan  Uruguay - Julia Moller  USA - Wendy Jane Dascomb  Venezuela - María José Yéllici  Wales - Shirley Jones  Yugoslavia - Nataša Košir

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1968:  Tunisia - Zohra Boufaden 1969:  Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier (Winner) 1969:  New Zealand - Carole Robinson (Semi-finalist) 1969:  Scotland - Sheena Drumond (Semi-finalist, as  United Kingdom) 1969:  Dominion of Canada - Jacquie Perrin 1969:  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt 1969:  Mexico - Gloria Hernández (Miss Photogenic) 1971:   Switzerland - Patrice Sollner Miss International 1970:  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt (Semi-finalist) 1970:  Dominion of Canada - Jacquie Perrin 1971:  Bermuda - Maxine S. Bean Miss Charming International 1972:  Wales - Shirley Jones (Semi-finalist, as  Great Britain) Maja Internacional 1969:   Switzerland - Patrice Sollner (2nd runner-up) 1970:  Wales - Shirley Jones (2nd runner-up, as  Great Britain)

Miss Europe 1969:  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt (1st runner-up) 1969:  Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson (3rd runner-up) 1969:  Malta - Natalie Quintana 1969:  Spain - María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo (4th runner-up) 1969:  Norway - Patricia "Pia" Ingrid Walker (Semi-finalist) 1969:  Iceland - María Baldursdóttir Miss Scandinavia 1970:  Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson (Winner, Miss Press) 1970:  Iceland - María Baldursdóttir (2nd runner-up) 1970:  Sweden - Brigitta Lindloff (3rd runner-up) 1970:  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt (4th runner-up) 1970:  Norway - Patricia "Pia" Ingrid Walker Miss Asia 1968:  Ceylon - Marlene Beverly Seneveratne Queen of the Pacific 1970:  Dominion of Canada - Jacquie Perrin

References

1. "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969.

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss Universe 1969