Miss International 1961
Miss International 1961 | |
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Date | July 28, 1961 |
Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States |
Entrants | 52 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Winner | Stanny van Baer Holland |
Congeniality | Mónica Moore Davie Uruguay |
Photogenic | Stanny van Baer Holland |
Miss International 1961, the 2nd Miss International was held on July 28, 1961 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 52 contestants competed in the pageant. Stam van Baer from Holland was crowned as Miss International 1961 by outgoing titleholder, Stella Marquez from Colombia.
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss International 1961 | |
1st Runner-up |
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2nd Runner-up |
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3rd Runner-up |
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4th Runner-up |
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Top 15 |
Special Awards
Awards | Contestant |
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Miss Friendship | Uruguay – Mónica Moore Davie |
Miss Photogenic | Holland – Stanny van Baer |
Miss Popularity | Tahiti – Tahia Piehi[a] |
Preliminary Competition Winners
Awards | Contestant |
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Best in Playsuit | Day 1 — Holland – Stanny van Baer Day 2 — Spain – Carmen Cervera Day 3 — Austria – Iris Kosch |
Best in Evening Gown | Day 1 — Canada – Edna MacVicar Day 2 — Iceland – Sigrun Ragnarsdóttir Day 3 — Paraguay – Gladys Fernández |
Best National Costume | Day 1 — Panama – Angela Alcové Day 2 — Brazil – Vera Menezes Day 3 — Malaya – Helen Tan |
Contestants
- Argentina - Alicia Care
- Australia - Rosemary Fenton
- Austria - Iris Kosch
- Belgium - Jacqueline Oroi
- Bolivia - Carmen Anze
- Brazil - Vera Maria Brauner Menezes
- British Guiana - Hermione Clair Brown
- Burma - Minnie Pu
- Canada - Edna Dianne MacVicar
- Ceylon - Kamala Athauda
- Colombia - Vilma Kohlgruber Duque
- Denmark - Jytte Nielsen
- Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen
- England - Nicky Allen
- Finland - Marja Ryönä
- France - Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien
- Greece - Ioanna Berouka
- Guatemala - Ileana Polasek Alzamora
- Holland - Stam van Baer
- Hong Kong - Judy Chang
- Iceland - Sigrun Ragnarsdóttir
- India - Diana Valentine
- Ireland - Irene Ruth Kane
- Israel - Dalia Lion
- Italy - Anna Vincenzini
- Japan - Atsuko Kyoto
- Korea - Lee Ok-ja
- Lebanon - Eleanor Abi Karam
- Luxembourg - Elfie Klein
- Madagascar - Ellysserre Ratahirisoa
- Malaya - Helen Tan Hong Lean
- Morocco - Monique Auglade
- New Zealand - Leone Mary Main
- Norway - Aase Marie Schmedling
- Panama - Angela María Alcové
- Paraguay - Gladys Fernández
- Peru - Norma González Miranda
- Philippines - Pilar Arciaga
- Puerto Rico - Ivette Monagas
- Scotland - Annie Carnie Jinks
- South Africa - Dina Maria Robbertse
- Spain - Maria Del Carmen Cervera Fernández
- Sweden - Elizabeth Morena Oden
- Switzerland - Michele Rossellat
- Tahiti - Tahia Piehi
- Taiwan - Dolly Ma
- Turkey - Aydan Demirel
- Uruguay - Mónica Moore Davie
- United States - Jo Ann Marie Dyer
- Venezuela - Gloria Lilue
- Wales - Barbara Wilcock
- West Germany - Renate Moller
Withdrawals
- Costa Rica - Ramona Sanchez (disqualified after identity determined to be Reona Herz, a 15-year-old American)
- Singapore - Julie Koh Moot-Lei (ill with hepatitis)
Notes
- ^ Voted by parade viewers.
External links
Categories:
- Miss International
- 1961 in California
- 1961 beauty pageants
- 20th century in Los Angeles County, California