Miss International 1960

Miss International 1960
Date	August 12, 1960
Presenters	Byron Palmer
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Winner	Stella Márquez Colombia
Congeniality	Julia Ann Adamson British Guiana
Photogenic	Sigridur Geirsdottir Iceland

Miss International 1960, the first edition of the Miss International pageant, was held on 12 August 1960 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 52 contestants competed for the title. Stella Márquez of Colombia became the first Miss International and the first Latina titleholder in this line of pageants.

Later in 1964, Marquez would obtain the license for Binibining Pilipinas, becoming the national director for Miss Universe in the Philippines.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1960	Colombia – Stella Márquez
1st Runner-up	India – Iona Pinto
2nd Runner-up	Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdottir
3rd Runner-up	England – Joyce Kay
4th Runner-up	United States – Charlene Lundberg
Top 15	Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs Israel – Lili Dajani Italy – Maria Grazia Jacomell Japan – Michiko Takagi Paraguay – Gretel Hedger Carvallo Philippines – Edita Resurreccion Vital Poland – Marzena Malinowska Singapore – Christl D'Cruz Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio West Germany – Helga Kirsch

Contestants

• Argentina - Slavica Lazaric
• Australia - Joan Stanbury
• Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs
• Belgium - Caroline Lecerf
• Bolivia - Edmy Arana Ayala
• Borneo - Elizabeth Voon (from North Borneo)
• Brazil - Magda Renate Pfrimer
• British Guiana - Julia Ann Adamson
• Canada - Margaret Powell
• Ceylon - Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene
• China - Janet Lin Chin-Yi
• Colombia - Stella Márquez
• Denmark - Sonja Menzel
• Ecuador - Magdalena Dávila Varela
• England - Joyce Kay
• Finland - Marketta Nieminen
• France - Jeanne Rossi
• Greece - Kiki Kotsaridou
• Holland - Katinka Bleeker
• Hong Kong - Lena Woo
• Iceland - Sigridur Geirsdóttir
• India - Iona Pinto
• Indonesia - Wiana Sulastini
• Israel - Lili Dajani
• Italy - Maria Grazia Jacomelli
• Japan - Michiko Takagi
• Jordan - Gulnar Tucktuck
• Korea - Kim Chung-ja
• Lebanon - Juliana Reptsik
• Luxembourg - Liliane Mueller
• Malaya - Tunku Puan Zanariah
• Morocco - Raymonde Valle
• Norway - Lise Hammer
• Paraguay - Gretel Hedger Carvallo
• Peru - Irma Vargas Fuller
• Philippines - Edita Resurreccion Vital
• Poland - Marzena Malinowska
• Portugal - Maria Josabete Silva Santos
• Puerto Rico - Carmen Sara Latimer
• Singapore - Christl D’Cruz
• South Africa - Nona Sherriff
• South Pacific - Patricia Apoliona (from Honolulu)
• Spain - Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez
• Sweden - Gunilla Elm
• Switzerland - Mylene Delapraz
• Tahiti - Teura Marguerite Teuira
• Tunisia - Habiba Ben Abdallah
• Turkey - Guler Kivrak
• Uruguay - Beatriz Liñares
• United States - Charlene Lundberg
• Venezuela - Gladys Ascanio
• West Germany – Helga Kirsch

Notes

• Janet Lin Chin-Yi of Taiwan competed as Miss China.

Did not compete

• Hawaii - Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew)
• Yugoslavia - Tania Velic

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1960