Miss Universe 1968 Explained

Winner:Martha Vasconcellos
Represented:Brazil
Date:13 July 1968
Presenters:Bob Barker
Venue:Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster:CBS (WTVJ)
Entrants:65
Placements:15
Congeniality:Yasuyo Lino (Japan)
Photogenic:Daliborka Stojšić (Yugoslavia)
Best National Costume:Luz Elena Restrepo González (Colombia)
Before:1967
Next:1969

Miss Universe 1968 was the 17th Miss Universe pageant, held on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil was crowned by Sylvia Hitchcock of the United States at the end of the event.[1]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1968
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15
  • Canada – Nancy Wilson
  • Chile – Dánae Salas
  • – Jennifer Summers
  • France - Elizabeth Cadren
  • – Miranta Zafiropoulou
  • Israel – Miriam Fridman
  • Norway – Tone Knaran
  • Sweden – Anne Hellqvist
  • Thailand – Apantree Prayutsenee
  • – Daliborka Stojšić

Contestants

Sixty-five contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
María del Carmen Jordán Vidal23Buenos Aires
Sandra Croes18Oranjestad
AustraliaLaureen Jones21Sydney
AustriaBrigitte Krüger24Vienna
BahamasBrenda Fountain20Nassau
BelgiumSonja Doumen[2] 20Dilsen-Stokkem
BermudaVictoria Martin23Pembroke Parish
Roxana Bowles[3] 18Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Ilse De Jong18Kralendijk
BrazilMartha Vasconcellos20Salvador
CanadaNancy Wilson19Chatham-Kent
Sheila Jayatilleke18Colombo
Dánae Salas22Santiago
ColombiaLuz Elena Restrepo[4] 18Barranquilla
Elizabeth Tavares20Kinshasa
Costa RicaAna María Rivera19San José
Anne Marie Braafheid21Willemstad
DenmarkGitte Broge20Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicAna María OrtizSanto Domingo
EcuadorPriscila Álava18Guayaquil
Jennifer Lowe Summers22London
FinlandLeena Brusiin22Helsinki
FranceElizabeth Cadren22Paris
Lilian Atterer20Bavaria
Miranta Zafiropoulou22Athens
Arlene Vilma Chaco21Agana
HaitiClaudie Paquin18Port-au-Prince
Nathalie Heyl21The Hague
HondurasNora Guillén19Tegucigalpa
Tammy Yung18Hong Kong
IcelandHelen Knuttsdóttir18Reykjavík
IndiaAnjum Mumtaz Barg23Hyderabad
IrelandTiffany Scales22Dublin
IsraelMiriam Friedman18Tel Aviv
ItalyCristina Businari18Rome
JamaicaMarjorie BromfieldKingston
JapanYasuyo Lino18Tokyo
LebanonSonia Fares18Beirut
LuxembourgLucienne Krier18Esch-sur-Alzette
MalaysiaMaznah Ali20Johor Bahru
MaltaKathlene Farrugia22Qormi
MexicoPerla Aguirre18Mexico City
New ZealandChristine Antunovic18Auckland
NicaraguaMargine Davidson20Matagalpa
NorwayTone Knaran18Oslo
OkinawaSachie Kawamitsu19Naha
PeruMaría Esther Brambilla19Lima
PhilippinesRosario Zaragoza[5] 18Quezon City
Puerto RicoMarylene Carrasquillo18Santurce
Helen Davidson22Glasgow
Yasmin Saif19Singapore
South AfricaMonica Fairall20Durban
Kim Yoon-jung18Seoul
SpainYolanda Legarreta18Basque Country
SwedenAnne-Marie Hellqvist18Hallsberg
SwitzerlandJeannette Biffiger19Zürich
ThailandApantree Prayutsenee20Phra Nakhon
TunisiaRekaia Dekhil20Tunis
TurkeyZuhal Aktan18Istanbul
United StatesDorothy Anstett[6] 21Kirkland
Sadie Sargeant19Charlotte Amalie
UruguayGraciela Minarrieta20Montevideo
Peggy Kopp18Caracas
Judith Radford19Swansea
Daliborka Stojsic23Belgrade

Notes

  1. News: Name Brazilian Miss Universe . 4 September 2023 . . . 14 Jul 1968 . 1 . en.
  2. News: 13 January 2018. Sonja Doumen werd 50 jaar geleden eerste Limburgse Miss België. nl. Het Belang van Limburg. 17 October 2023. PressReader.
  3. Web site: 29 July 2017 . El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean . The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor. . 17 October 2023 . El Deber . es-ES.
  4. News: 13 November 1967. Atlantico, Reina Nacional 1968. es. 1; 31. El Tiempo. 17 October 2023. Google News Archive.
  5. Web site: Lo. Ricky. 11 March 2014. Beauty is in the blood. 17 October 2023. Philippine Star. en.
  6. News: May 20, 1968 . Miss USA Says Title Means Little at Home . 4 . . . 23 July 2023.