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 and second Southeast Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.[1]

Miss Universe 1969
Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969
Date19 July 1969
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS (WTVJ)
Entrants61
Placements15
Withdrawals
  • Haiti
  • Lebanon
  • Okinawa
  • South Africa
  • United States Virgin Islands
ReturnsSuriname
WinnerGloria Diaz
 Philippines
CongenialityZohra Boufaden
 Tunisia
Best National CostumeSangduen Manwong
 Thailand
PhotogenicCarole Robinson
 New Zealand
← 1968
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Miss Universe 1969 finalists in Brazil.

Results edit

Placements edit

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1969
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
  •   Japan – Kikuyo Osuka
Top 15

Contestants edit

 
Miss Universe 1969 participating countries and territories

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
  Argentina Lidia Pepe 23 Corrientes
  Aruba Jeannette Geerman Paradera
  Australia Joanne Barret 19 Sydney
  Austria Eva Rueber-Staier 18 Styria
  Bahamas Joan Bowe 21 Georgetown
  Belgium Danièle Roels[2] 19 Hainaut
  Bermuda Maxine Bean 20 Hamilton
  Bolivia Luz María Rojas[3] Cochabamba
  Bonaire Julia Nicolaas 23 Kralendijk
  Brazil Vera Fischer 18 Blumenau
  Canada Jacquie Perrin 20 Toronto
  Ceylon Marlene Seneveratne Colombo
  Chile Mónica Larson 25 Santiago
  Colombia Margarita Reyes[4] 19 Cali
  Congo-Kinshasa Jeanne Mokomo Kinshasa
  Costa Rica Clara Freda Antillón 18 San José
  Curaçao Yvonne Wardekker 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 24 Paris
  Germany Gesine Froese 22 Bavaria
  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[5] 18 Manila
  Puerto Rico Aída Betancourt 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
  Suriname Greta Natsier Paramaribo
  Sweden Brigitta Lindloff 22 Västra Götaland
   Switzerland Patrice Sollner 24 Aargau
  Thailand Sangduen Manwong 20 Bangkok
  Tunisia Zohra Boufaden 21 Tunis
  Turkey Azra Balkan Istanbul
  United States Wendy Dascomb[6] 19 Danville
  Uruguay Julia Möller 20 Montevideo
  Venezuela María José Yéllici 24 Aragua
  Wales Shirley Jones 22 Colwyn Bay
  Yugoslavia Nataša Košir 21 Belgrade

Notes edit

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References edit

  1. ^ "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Villano, Alexa (19 July 2019). "LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon". Rappler. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. ^ "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.