Miss Universe 1969

Miss Universe 1969
Date	July 19, 1969
Presenters	Bob Barker and June Lockhart
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	61
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Haiti, Lebanon, Okinawa, South Africa, Virgin Islands
Returns	Suriname
Winner	Gloria Diaz Philippines

Miss Universe 1969, the 18th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.Martha Vasconcellos crowned her successor to Gloria Diaz of the Philippines.A twenty-two-year-old Miss Philippines. Ms. Diaz became the first filipina beauty queen titleholder to win the pageant and the third Asian to do so.Gloria Diaz beat 61 contestants from all around the world.

Participating Nations and Results.

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1969	Philippines - Gloria Diaz
1st Runner-Up	Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson
2nd Runner-Up	Australia - Joanne Barret
3rd Runner-Up	Israel - Chava Levy
4th Runner-Up	Japan - Kikuyo Osuka
Top 15	Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier Brazil - Vera Fischer Chile - Monica Larson Teuber Colombia - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky Norway - Patricia Ingrid Walker Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer Sweden - Brigitta Lindloff Switzerland - Patrice Sollner USA - Wendy Jane Dascomb Yugoslavia - Nataśa Kośir

Special awards

Award	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 - Nataśa Kośir

Order of announcement of semifinalists

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

Order of announcement of finalists

• 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-Kinshasa - 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 - Maria 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 Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo
• 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
• Suriname - 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 Sánchez
• Wales - Shirley Jones
• Yugoslavia - Nataśa Kośir

External links

• Official Miss Universe website