Miss International 1960
Miss International 1960 | |
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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 Colombia |
Congeniality | Julia Ann Adamson British Guiana |
Photogenic | Sigridur Geirsdottir Iceland |
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
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 | British Guiana – Julia Ann Adamson |
Miss Photogenic | Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir |
Miss Popularity | Belgium – Caroline Lecerf[b] |
Preliminary Competition Winners
Awards | Contestant |
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Best in Playsuit | Day 1 — Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir Day 2 — England – Joyce Kay Day 3 — United States – Charlene Lundberg |
Best in Evening Gown | Day 1 — Colombia – Stella Márquez Day 2 — Poland – Marzena Malinowska Day 3 — Norway – Lise Hammer |
Best National Costume | Day 1 — Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio Day 2 — Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir Day 3 — Ceylon – Yvonne Gunawardene |
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