Miss Universe 1968

Miss Universe 1968
Date 13 July 1968
Presenters Bob Barker
Venue Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA United States
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants 65
Placements 15
Debuts Congo-Kinshasa, Malta, Yugoslavia
Withdrawals Cuba, Panama, Paraguay
Returns Australia, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Ceylon, Thailand, Tunisia
Winner Martha Vasconcellos
 Brazil

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

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1968
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Semi-finalists

Special awards

Awards Contestant
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume
  •  Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo González

Order of announcements

Top 15[1]

  1. Venezuela
  2. U.S.A.
  3. Greece
  4. Yugoslavia
  5. Chile
  6. Israel
  7. Dominion of Canada
  8. Norway
  9. Curaçao
  10. Thailand
  11. England
  12. Brazil
  13. Finland
  14. France
  15. Sweden

Top 5[2]

  1. Brazil
  2. Curaçao
  3. Finland
  4. U.S.A.
  5. Venezuela

Contestants

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World
Miss International
Maja Internacional

Miss Europe
  • 1968:  Finland - Leena Marketta Brusiin (winner, Best in African wear)
  • 1968:  England - Jennifer Lowe Summers
  • 1968:  France - Elizabeth Cadren
  • 1968:  Norway - Tone Knaran (4th runner-up)
  • 1968:  Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsic
  • 1968:  Austria - Brigitte Kruger (1st runner-up)
  • 1968:  Belgium - Sonja Doumen
  • 1968:  Iceland - Helen Knuttsdóttir
  • 1968:  Luxembourg - Lucienne Krier
  • 1968:  Malta - Kathlene Farrugia
  • 1968:   Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger
  • 1971:  Germany - Lilian Atterer
Miss Scandinavia
  • 1969:  Norway - Tone Knaran (winner)
  • 1969:  Sweden - Anne-Marie Hellqvist (2nd runner-up)
Miss Asia
Queen of the Pacific

References

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