User:Mauriziok/Miss International 1968
| Mauriziok/Miss International 1968 | |
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| Date | October 9, 1968 |
| Venue | Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan |
| Entrants | 49 |
| Placements | 15 |
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| Returns | |
| Winner | Maria Carvalho Brazil |
| Congeniality | Ana María Urenda Amelunge  Bolivia |
| Best National Costume | Rosario Barraza Villa  Colombia |
| Photogenic | Rungtip Pinyo  Thailand |
Miss International 1968, the 8th Miss International pageant, was held on October 9, 1968, at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the first overseas hosting of the Miss International pageant after staging in Long Beach, California since its inception in 1960. Maria Carvalho from Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Mirta Massa from Argentina.
Results[edit]
Placements[edit]
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss International 1968 | |
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| 2nd Runner-up |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants[edit]
Argentina - Ana Inés Puiggros
Australia - Monique Denise Hughes
Austria - Huberta Kessler
Belgium - Janine Patteeuw
Bolivia - Ana Maria Urenda Amelunga
Brazil - Maria Carvalho
Canada - Patricia Lane
Ceylon - Manel Eriyagama
China - Christina Hui Ling-Ling
Colombia - Rosario Barraza Villa
Congo-Kinshasa - Marie-Josée Basoko
Costa Rica - Ana Maria Rivera
Denmark - Dorrit Frantzen
Ecuador - Enriqueta Valdez Fuentes
England - Gloria Best
Finland - Satu Sinikka Kostiainen
France - Nelly Gallerne
Germany - Margot Schmalzriedt
Greece - Fani Sakantani
Holland - Cecille van der Lelie
Hong Kong - Christina Hui Ling-Ling
India - Sumita Sem
Indonesia - Sylvia Taliwongso
Ireland - Frances Clarke
Israel - Daniela Hod
Italy - Vanna Torri
Japan - Yoko Sunami
Korea - Kim Hee-ja
Luxembourg - Mady Reiter
Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali
New Zealand - Aroha T. H. Manawatu
Nicaragua - Nadia Leets Lacayo
Norway - Hedda Lie
Philippines - Nenita Tuazon Ramos
Puerto Rico - Elsa Maria Schroeder Méndez
Scotland - Marie Smith
Singapore - Madeleine Teo Kim Neo
South Africa - Mary Winifred McDonald
Spain - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo
Sweden - Annika Hemminge
Switzerland - Irene Stierli
Tahiti - Haniarii Viola Teriitahi
Thailand - Rungtip Pinyo
Turkey - Gul Ustun
Uruguay - Soledad Gandos
United States - Karen Ann MacQuarrie
Venezuela - Yovann Josefina Navas Ravelo
Wales - Kay House
Yugoslavia - Tatjana Albahari
External links[edit]
[[:Category:Miss International|1968]] [[:Category:1960s in Tokyo]] [[:Category:1968 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in Japan]]