Miss Universe 1960

Miss Universe 1960
Date	9 July 1960
Presenters	Charles Collingwood
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Entrants	43
Placements	15
Debuts	Jordan Portugal Spain Tunisia
Withdrawals	Guatemala Hawaii Mexico Poland Thailand Turkey
Returns	Chile Finland Hong Kong Lebanon Morocco New Zealand Paraguay South Africa Surinam Switzerland Venezuela
Winner	Linda Bement  United States
Congeniality	Myint Myint May  Burma
Photogenic	Daniela Bianchi  Italy
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Miss Universe 1960, the 9th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 9 July 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Linda Bement of United States became the third American to win the crown and was handed over the title by Akiko Kojima of Japan.

Results

Miss Universe 1960 participating nations and results

Placements

Contestants

Notes

Replacement

•  Denmark — Antje Moller was dethroned at 16 years old and was replaced by Lizzie Ellinor Hess.

Did not compete

•  Cameroon - Sale Assouen
•  Haiti - Claudinette Fourchard
•  Mexico - Lorena Velásquez
•  Poland - Marzena Malinowska
•  Tahiti - Maria Flohr

Awards

•  Burma - Miss Amity (Myint Myint May)
•  Italy - Miss Photogenic (Daniela Bianchi)

General references

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1960". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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