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Mauriziok/Miss World 1968
Penelope Plummer, Miss World 1968.
Date14 November 1968
PresentersMichael Aspel
VenueLyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants53
DebutsThailand
WithdrawalsCzechoslovakia, Honduras, Iceland, Lebanon, Panama, Portugal, Tanzania
ReturnsBahamas, Colombia, India, Nicaragua
WinnerPenelope Plummer
 Australia
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1969 →

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

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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1968
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 7
Top 15

Contestants

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Notes

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Withdraws

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  •  Spain – María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenza

Nations not competing

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

Disqualified

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  •  Lebanon – Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old)
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[[:Category:Miss World]] [[:Category:1968 in London]] [[:Category:1968 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in the United Kingdom]] [[:Category:November 1968 events in the United Kingdom]]