Iona Pinto

Iona Pinto
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born (1936-06-17)17 June 1936
New Delhi, India
Died 11 November 2012(2012-11-11) (aged 76)
Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines
Occupation Model
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Title(s) Eve's Weekly Miss India International 1960
Eve's Weekly Miss India World 1960
Major
competition(s)		 Eve's Weekly Miss India 1960
(Winner)
(Eve's Weekly Miss India World 1960)
(Eve's Weekly Miss India International 1960)
Miss International 1960
(1st Runner Up)
Miss World 1960
(Unplaced)

Iona Pinto was an Indian model and beauty queen.[1][2]

Career and pageantry

She participated in Eve's Weekly Miss India in 1960. She was crowned the first Eve's Weekly Miss India and represented India at the first edition of Miss International in 1960. She was declared first runner up.[3] She later represented India at the Miss World 1960 pageant but remained unplaced.[4] After Miss World she returned to India and did modeling.

Personal life

She was married to Allan Vaz. She had five children.

Death

She died on June 21, 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "Miss International 1960- Pageantopolis". Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "~~~...***TiMeLeSS FeM!NA M!SS InD!A - InTERNaTIoNaL***...~~~". Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Miss International 1960- Pageantopolis". Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Miss Worl 1960- Pageantopolis". Retrieved 4 June 2014.
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