| Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1960 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 July 1960 |
| Presenters | Charles Collingwood |
| Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| Entrants | 43 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Linda Bement  United States |
| Congeniality | Myint Myint May  Burma |
| Photogenic | Daniela Bianchi  Italy |
Miss Universe 1960, the 9th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 9 July 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Linda Bement of United States became the third American to win the crown and was handed over the title by Akiko Kojima of Japan.
Results edit
Placements edit
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1960 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up |
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| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up |
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| Top 15 |
Contestants edit
Argentina - Rose Marie Lincke
Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs
Belgium - Huberte Bax
Bolivia - Nancy Aguirre
Brazil - Jean Gina MacPherson
Burma - Myint Myint May
Canada - Edna Dianne McVicar
Chile - Marinka Polhammer Espinoza
Colombia - Stella Márquez
Costa Rica - Leila Rodríguez
Cuba - Flora Lauten Hoyos
Denmark - Lizzie Ellinor Hess
Ecuador - Isabel Rolando Ceballos
England - Joan Ellinor Boardman
Finland - Maija-Leena Manninen
France - Florence Anne Marie Normand Eyrie
Germany - Ingrun Helgard Moeckel
Greece - Magda Passaloglou
Holland - Carina Verbeek
Hong Kong - Vivian Cheung
Iceland - Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir
Israel - Aliza Gur
Italy - Daniela Bianchi
Japan - Yayoi Furuno[1]
Jordan - Helen Giatanapoulus
Korea - Sohn Miheeja
Lebanon - Gladys Tabet
Luxembourg - Marie Venturi
Morocco - Marilyn Escobar
New Zealand - Lorraine Nawa Jones
Norway - Ragnhild Aass
Paraguay - Mercedes Teresa Ruggia
Peru - Medallit Gallino
Portugal - Maria Teresa Motta Cardoso
South Africa - Nicolette Joan Caras
Spain - María Teresa del Río
Surinam - Christine Jie Sam Foek
Sweden - Birgitta Öfling
Switzerland - Elaine Maurath
Tunisia - Marie Louise Carrigues
Uruguay - Iris Teresa Ubal Cabrera
USA - Linda Jeanne Bement †
Venezuela - Mary Quiróz Delgado
Notes edit
Replacement edit
- Denmark — Antje Moller was dethroned at 16 years old and was replaced by Lizzie Ellinor Hess.
Did not compete edit
Cameroon - Sale Assouen
Haiti - Claudinette Fourchard
Mexico - Lorena Velásquez
Poland - Marzena Malinowska
Tahiti - Maria Flohr
Awards edit
- Burma - Miss Amity (Myint Myint May)
- Italy - Miss Photogenic (Daniela Bianchi)
General References edit
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1960". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
References edit
- ^ "Pageant Has Its Hassles". Reading Eagle. July 2, 1960. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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