Katherine Ruth

Katherine Patricia Ruth, from California, is the second United States delegate to win the Miss International beauty title.^[1]

Katherine won the international pageant in 1978 in Tokyo, Japan, four years after United States won its first title in 1974.

References

Miss International titleholders (1960–1979)

Stella Márquez (1960) Stam van Baer (1961) Tania Verstak (1962) Guðrún Bjarnadóttir (1963) Gemma Cruz (1964) Ingrid Finger (1965) Mirta Massa (1967) Maria da Glória Carvalho (1968) Valerie Holmes (1969) Aurora Pijuan (1970) Jane Hansen (1971) Linda Hooks (1972) Anneli Björkling (1973) Brucene Smith (1974) Lidija Manić (1975) Sophie Perin (1976) Pilar Medina (1977) Katherine Ruth (1978) Melanie Marquez (1979)

Complete list (1960–1979) (1980–1999) (2000–2019)

Miss USA of international pageants

Miss Universe	Miriam Stevenson (1954) Carol Morris (1956) Linda Bement (1960) Sylvia Hitchcock (1967) Shawn Weatherly (1980) Chelsi Smith (1995) Brook Lee (1997) Olivia Culpo (2012)

Miss World	Marjorie Wallace (1973) Gina Tolleson (1990) Alexandria Mills (2010)

Miss Earth	-

Miss International	Brucene Smith (1974) Katherine Ruth (1978) Christie Claridge (1982)

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