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Miss International 1960
Miss International 1960 | |
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![]() The pageant was held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium | |
Date | August 12, 1960 |
Presenters | Byron Palmer |
Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States |
Entrants | 52 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts |
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Withdrawals | |
Winner | Stella Márquez![]() |
Congeniality | Julia Ann Adamson ![]() |
Photogenic | Sigridur Geirsdottir ![]() |
Miss International 1960, the 1st Miss International pageant, was held on August 12, 1960 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States.[1] 52 contestants competed for the title. Stella Márquez of Colombia was crowned as the first Miss International.[1]
Background
Miss International was created due to internal conflicts with the Miss Universe pageant.[2]
Results
Miss International 1960 participating nations and results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss International 1960 | |
1st Runner-up | |
2nd Runner-up | |
3rd Runner-up |
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4th Runner-up |
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Top 15 |
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Special Awards
Awards | Contestant |
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Miss Friendship | ![]() |
Miss Photogenic | ![]() |
Miss Popularity | ![]() |
Preliminary Competition Winners
Awards | Contestant |
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Best in Playsuit | Day 1 — ![]() Day 2 — ![]() Day 3 — ![]() |
Best in Evening Gown | Day 1 — ![]() Day 2 — ![]() Day 3 — ![]() |
Best National Costume | Day 1 — ![]() Day 2 — ![]() Day 3 — ![]() |
Contestants
Argentina - Slavica Lazaric
Australia - Joan Stanbury
Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs
Belgium - Caroline Lecerf
Bolivia - Edmy Arana Ayala
Borneo - Elizabeth Voon (from North Borneo)
Brazil - Magda Renate Pfrimer
British Guiana - Julia Ann Adamson
Canada - Margaret Powell
Ceylon - Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene
China - Janet Lin Chin-Yi[c]
Colombia - Stella Márquez
Denmark - Sonja Menzel
Ecuador - Magdalena Dávila Varela
England - Joyce Kay
Finland - Marketta Nieminen
France - Jeanne Rossi
Greece - Kiki Kotsaridou
Holland - Katinka Bleeker
Hong Kong - Lena Woo
Iceland - Sigridur Geirsdóttir
India - Iona Pinto
Indonesia - Wiana Sulastini
Israel - Lili Dajani
Italy - Maria Grazia Jacomelli
Japan - Michiko Takagi
Jordan - Gulnar Tucktuck
Korea - Kim Chung-ja
Lebanon - Juliana Reptsik
Luxembourg - Liliane Mueller
Malaya - Tengku Zanariah Tengku Ahmad
Morocco - Raymonde Valle
Norway - Lise Hammer
Paraguay - Gretel Hedger Carvallo
Peru - Irma Vargas Fuller
Philippines - Edita Resurreccion Vital
Poland - Marzena Malinowska
Portugal - Maria Josabete Silva Santos
Puerto Rico - Carmen Sara Latimer
Singapore - Christl D’Cruz
South Africa - Nona Sherriff
South Pacific - Patricia Apoliona (from Honolulu)
Spain - Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez
Sweden - Gunilla Elm
Switzerland - Mylene Delapraz
Tahiti - Teura Marguerite Teuira
Tunisia - Habiba Ben Abdallah
Turkey - Guler Kivrak
Uruguay - Beatriz Liñares
United States - Charlene Lundberg
Venezuela - Gladys Ascanio
West Germany – Helga Kirsch
Did not compete
Hawaii - Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew)
Yugoslavia - Tania Velic
Notes
References
- ^ a b c "Srta. Colombia® 1959 María Stella Márquez" (in Spanish). Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ Associated Press (August 22, 1959). "Pageant shifted". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Long Beach, California. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Current Events". Vol. 6. 1960. p. 78-81.
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(help) - ^ "Miss Photogenic". Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma. August 11, 1960. p. 12. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ Ofer Aderet, 'Half-Breed': The Secrets of Miss Israel Finalist Born to an Arab Father and Jewish Mother Haaretz 5 September 2021
External links
Categories:
- Miss International
- 1960 beauty pageants
- Beauty pageants in the United States
- 1960 in California
- 20th century in Los Angeles County, California