Miss Universe 1969
| Miss Universe 1969 | |
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Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969 | |
| Date | 19 July 1969 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| Broadcaster | CBS (WTVJ) |
| Entrants | 61 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals |
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| Returns | Suriname |
| Winner | Gloria Diaz Philippines |
| Congeniality | Zohra Boufaden (Tunisia) |
| Best National Costume | Sangduen Manwong (Thailand) |
| Photogenic | Carole Robinson (New Zealand) |
Miss Universe 1969 was the 18th Miss Universe pageant, held on 19 July 1969 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Gloria Diaz of the Philippines was crowned by Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil at the end of the event. Diaz became the first Filipino, second Southeast Asian and third Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.[1]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1969 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Lidia Pepe | 23 | Corrientes |
| Aruba | Jeannette Geerman[3] | – | Paradera |
| Australia | Joanne Barret | 19 | Sydney |
| Austria | Eva Rueber-Staier | 18 | Styria |
| Bahamas | Joan Bowe[4] | 21 | Georgetown |
| Belgium | Danièle Roels[5] | 19 | Hainaut |
| Bermuda | Maxine Bean[6] | 20 | Hamilton |
| Bolivia | Luz María Rojas[7] | – | Cochabamba |
| Bonaire | Julia Nicolaas[8] | 23 | Kralendijk |
| Brazil | Vera Fischer | 18 | Blumenau |
| Canada | Jacquie Perrin | 20 | Toronto |
| Ceylon | Marlene Seneveratne | – | Colombo |
| Chile | Mónica Larson | 25 | Santiago |
| Colombia | Margarita Reyes[9] | 19 | Cali |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Jeanne Mokomo | – | Kinshasa |
| Costa Rica | Clara Freda Antillón | 18 | San José |
| Curaçao | Yvonne Wardekker[10] | 21 | Willemstad |
| Denmark | Jeanne Perfeldt | 21 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Rocío García | 18 | Samaná |
| Ecuador | Rosana Vinueza | 20 | Guayaquil |
| England | Myra Van Heck | 22 | London |
| Finland | Harriet Eriksson | 22 | Turku |
| France | Agathe Cognet[5] | 24 | Paris |
| Greece | Irene Diamantoglou | 18 | Athens |
| Guam | Anita Johnston | 18 | Hagåtña |
| Holland | Welmoed Hollenberg | 21 | Amsterdam |
| Honduras | Viena Paredes | 18 | Choluteca |
| Hong Kong | Christine Tam | 18 | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | María Baldursdóttir | 22 | Reykjanesbær |
| India | Kavita Bhambani | 18 | Bombay |
| Ireland | Patricia Byrne | 25 | Dublin |
| Israel | Chava Levy | 19 | Haifa |
| Italy | Diana Coccorese | 23 | Rome |
| Jamaica | Carol Gerrow | – | Kingston |
| Japan | Kikuyo Osuka | 18 | Aichi |
| Luxembourg | Marie Antoniette Bertinelli | – | Esch-sur-Alzette |
| Malaysia | Rosemary Wan | 20 | Petaling Jaya |
| Malta | Natalie Quintana | – | Gżira |
| Mexico | Gloria Hernández | 20 | Guanajuato |
| New Zealand | Carole Robinson | 22 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | Soraya Herrera | 18 | Tipitapa |
| Norway | Pia Walker | 20 | Oslo |
| Peru | María Julia Mantilla | 19 | Trujillo |
| Philippines | Gloria Diaz[11] | 18 | Parañaque |
| Puerto Rico | Aída Betancourt[12] | 18 | Río Piedras |
| Scotland | Sheena Drumond | 18 | Coatbridge |
| Singapore | Mavis Young | 18 | Singapore |
| South Korea | Lim Hyun-jung | 20 | Seoul |
| Spain | Amparo Rodrigo | 19 | Valencia |
| Surinam | Greta Natsier | – | Paramaribo |
| Sweden | Brigitta Lindloff | 22 | Västra Götaland |
| Switzerland | Patrice Sollner | 24 | Aargau |
| Thailand | Sangduen Manwong | 20 | Phra Nakhon |
| Tunisia | Zohra Boufaden[13] | 21 | Tunis |
| Turkey | Azra Balkan | – | Istanbul |
| United States | Wendy Dascomb[14] | 19 | Danville |
| Uruguay | Julia Möller[15] | 20 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | María José Yéllici | 24 | Aragua |
| Wales | Shirley Jones[16] | 22 | Colwyn Bay |
| West Germany | Gesine Froese[17] | 22 | Bavaria |
| Yugoslavia | Nataša Košir[18] | 21 | Novo Mesto |
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References
- ^ "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e The Age. The Age.
- ^ "Jeanette Geerman, Miss Aruba 1969". Aruba Esso News. 20 June 1969. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
- ^ "Among the fairest in the Universe". The Bermuda Recorder. 2 August 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Bermuda National Library.
- ^ a b "Zeven "schonen", deelneemsters aan de komende "Miss Universe" verkiezing in Miami Beach". Leeuwarder courant (in Dutch). 12 July 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Miss Bermuda 1969". The Bermuda Recorder. 6 June 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Bermuda National Library.
- ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Tica Nicolaas Miss Bonaire". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 8 April 1969. p. 9. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Del Valle la nueva soberana" [The new sovereign from Valle]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 12 November 1968. pp. 1, 14–16. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Miss Curacao 1969". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 23 June 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Delpher.
- ^ Villano, Alexa (19 July 2019). "LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon". Rappler. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Reinas de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Stuntman has close call". The Miami News. 17 July 1969. p. 16. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wendy Dascomb, Stratford College Student, Named Miss U.S.A. 1969". The Danville Register. Associated Press. May 25, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Las confesiones de Julia Möller". El Pais (in Spanish). 6 August 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "Miss Wales is from Colwyn". The North Wales Weekly News. 12 June 1969. p. 9. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "5. Mai 1969: Eine Nürnbergerin ist die Schönste". Nürnberger Nachrichten (in German). 5 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ Kek, Franci (3 February 2019). "Nataša Košir Mušič, miss Jugoslavije 1968: Obisk v Beli hiši in pri milijonarjih". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 1 May 2025.