Miss World 1968

Miss World 1968
Date	14 November 1968
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	53
Debuts	Thailand
Withdrawals	Malaysia, Czechoslovakia, Honduras, Iceland, Lebanon, Panama, Portugal, Seychelles, Tanzania
Returns	Bahamas, Colombia, India, Nicaragua
Winner	Penelope Plummer  Australia

Miss World 1968, the 18th edition Miss World pageant, was held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK on 14 November 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown. Madeline Hartog-Bel of Peru crowned her successor Penelope Plummer of Australia.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1968	Australia – Penelope Plummer
1st runner-up	United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley
2nd runner-up	Israel – Miri Zamir
3rd runner-up	Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González
4th runner-up	Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
5th runner-up	Guyana – Adrienne Harris
6th runner-up	Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales
Semi-finalists	Argentina – Viviana Roldán  Austria – Brigitte Krüger  France – Nelly Gallerne  Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt  Ireland – June MacMahon  Sweden – Gunilla Friden  Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai  Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera

Contestants

Argentina – Viviana Roldán  Australia – Penelope Plummer  Austria – Brigitte Krüger  Bahamas – Rose Helena Dauchot  Belgium – Sonja Doumen  Brazil – Angela Carmelia Stecca  Canada – Nancy Wilson  Ceylon – Nilanthie Wijesinghe  Chile – Carmen Smith  Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González  Costa Rica – Patricia Diers  Cyprus – Diana Dimitropoulou  Denmark – Yet Schaufuss  Dominican Republic – Ingrid García  Ecuador – Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen  Finland – Leena Sipilä  France – Nelly Gallerne  Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt  Ghana – Lovell Rosebud Wordie  Gibraltar – Sandra Sanguinetti  Greece- Lia Malta  Guyana – Adrienne Harris  Holland – Alida Grootenboer  India – Jane Coelho  Ireland – June MacMahon  Israel – Miri Zamir  Italy – Maria Pia Gianporcaro

Jamaica – Karlene Waddell  Japan – Ryoko Miyoshi  Kenya – Josephine Moikobu  Korea – Lee Ji-eun  Liberia – Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell  Luxembourg – Irene Siedler  Malta – Ursulina (Lina) Grech  Mexico – Ana María Magaña  Morocco – Zakia Chamouch  New Zealand – Christine Mary Antunovic  Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales  Nigeria – Foluke Ogundipe  Norway – Hedda Lie  Peru – Ana Rosa Berninzon Devéscovi  Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok  South Africa – Mitsianna Stander†  Sweden – Gunilla Friden   Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger  Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai  Tunisia – Zohra Boufaden  Turkey – Mine Kurkcuoglu  Uganda – Joy Lehai  United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley  United States – Johnine Leigh Avery  Venezuela – Cherry Núñez Rodríguez  Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera

Notes

Withdraws

•  Spain – María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenza

Nations not competing

•  Iceland – Helga Jonsdóttir
•  Seychelles – Marie-France Lablache

Disqualified

•  Lebanon – Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old)

External links

• Miss World official site
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1968