Miss Universe 1960

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.

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

Results

Miss Universe 1960 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1960	United States – Linda Bement †
1st Runner-up	Italy – Daniela Bianchi
2nd Runner-up	Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs
3rd Runner-up	South Africa – Nicolette Caras
4th Runner-up	Spain – María Teresa del Río
Top 15	Brazil – Jean Gina MacPherson  Colombia – Stella Márquez  England – Joan Ellinor Boardman  Germany – Ingrun Helgard Moeckel  Greece – Magda Passaloglou  Israel – Aliza Gur  Japan – Yayoi Furuno  Korea – Sohn Miheeja  Norway – Ragnhild Aass   Switzerland – Elaine Maurath

Contestants

•  Argentina - Rose Marie Lincke
•  Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs
•  Belgium - Huberte Bax
•  Bolivia - Nancy Aguirre
•  Brazil - Jean Gina MacPherson
•  Burma - Myint Myint May
•  Canada - Edna Dianne McVicar
•  Chile - Marinka Polhammer Espinoza
•  Colombia - Stella Márquez
•  Costa Rica - Leila Rodríguez
•  Cuba - Flora Lauten Hoyos
•  Denmark - Lizzie Ellinor Hess
•  Ecuador - Isabel Rolando Ceballos
•  England - Joan Ellinor Boardman
•  Finland - Maija-Leena Manninen
•  France - Florence Anne Marie Normand Eyrie
•  Germany - Ingrun Helgard Moeckel
•  Greece - Magda Passaloglou
•  Holland - Carina Verbeek
•  Hong Kong - Vivian Cheung
•  Iceland - Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir
•  Israel - Aliza Gur
•  Italy - Daniela Bianchi
•  Japan - Yayoi Furuno[1]
•  Jordan - Helen Giatanapoulus
•  Korea - Sohn Miheeja
•  Lebanon - Gladys Tabet
•  Luxembourg - Marie Venturi
•  Morocco - Marilyn Escobar
•  New Zealand - Lorraine Nawa Jones
•  Norway - Ragnhild Aass
•  Paraguay - Mercedes Teresa Ruggia
•  Peru - Medallit Gallino
•  Portugal - Maria Teresa Motta Cardoso
•  South Africa - Nicolette Joan Caras
•  Spain - María Teresa del Río
•  Surinam - Christine Jie Sam Foek
•  Sweden - Birgitta Öfling
•   Switzerland - Elaine Maurath
•  Tunisia - Marie Louise Carrigues
•  Uruguay - Iris Teresa Ubal Cabrera
•  USA - Linda Jeanne Bement †
•  Venezuela - Mary Quiróz Delgado

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.

References

1. "Pageant Has Its Hassles". Reading Eagle. July 2, 1960. Retrieved 17 April 2016.