Miss Universe 1968

Miss Universe 1968, the 17th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil was crowned by Sylvia Hitchcock of the United States at the end of the event.

Miss Universe 1968
Date	13 July 1968
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS, WTVJ
Entrants	65
Placements	15
Debuts	Congo-Kinshasa Malta Yugoslavia
Withdrawals	Cuba Panama Paraguay
Returns	Australia Ceylon Ecuador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Lebanon Nicaragua Thailand Tunisia
Winner	Martha Vasconcellos  Brazil
Congeniality	Yasuyo Lino  Japan
Best National Costume	Luz Elena Restrepo González  Colombia
Photogenic	Daliborka Stojšić  Yugoslavia

Results

Miss Universe 1968 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1968	Brazil – Martha Vasconcellos
1st Runner-up	Curaçao – Anne Braafheid
2nd Runner-up	Finland – Leena Brusin
3rd Runner-up	Venezuela – Peggy Kopp
4th Runner-up	USA – Dorothy Anstett
Top 15	Canada – Nancy Wilson  Chile – Dánae Salas Sarradell  England – Jennifer Summers  France - Elizabeth Cadren  Greece – Miranta Zafiropoulou  Israel – Miriam Fridman  Norway – Tone Knaran  Sweden – Anne Hellqvist  Thailand – Apantree Prayutsenee  Yugoslavia – Daliborka Stojšić

Special Awards

Special Awards	Winners
Best National Costume	Colombia – Luz Elena Restrepo González
Miss Photogenic	Yugoslavia – Daliborka Stojsic
Miss Amity	Japan – Yasuyo Lino

Contestants

•  Argentina - María del Carmen Jordán Vidal
•  Aruba - Sandra Croes
•  Australia - Laureen Jones
•  Austria - Brigitte Kruger
•  Bahamas - Brenda Fountain
•  Belgium - Sonja Doumen
•  Bermuda - Victoria Martin
•  Bolivia - Roxana Bowles Chávez
•  Bonaire - Ilse Maria De Jong
•  Brazil - Marta Maria Cordeiro Vasconcelos
•  Canada - Nancy Wilson
•  Ceylon - Sheila Jayatilleke
•  Chile - Dánae Monserrat Salas Sarradell
•  Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo González
•  Congo-Kinshasa - Elizabeth Tavares
•  Costa Rica - Ana María Rivera
•  Curaçao - Anne Marie Braafheid
•  Denmark - Gitte Broge
•  Dominican Republic - Ana María Ortiz
•  Ecuador - Priscila Álava González
•  England - Jennifer Lowe Summers
•  Finland - Leena Marketta Brusiin
•  France - Elizabeth Cadren
•  Germany - Lilian Atterer
•  Greece - Miranta Zafiropoulou
•  Guam - Arlene Vilma Chaco
•  Haiti - Claudie Paquin
•  Holland - Nathalie Heyl
•  Honduras - Nora Idalia Guillén
•  Hong Kong - Tammy Yung
•  Iceland - Helen Knuttsdóttir
•  India - Anjum Mumtaz Barg
•  Ireland - Tiffany Scales
•  Israel - Miriam Friedman
•  Italy - Cristina Businari
•  Jamaica - Marjorie Bromfield
•  Japan - Yasuyo Lino †
•  Korea - Kim Yoon-jung
•  Lebanon - Sonia Faris
•  Luxembourg - Lucienne Krier
•  Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali
•  Malta - Kathlene Farrugia
•  Mexico - Perla Olivia Aguirre Muñoz
•  New Zealand - Christine Mary Antunovic
•  Nicaragua - Margine Davidson Morales
•  Norway - Tone Knaran
• Okinawa - Sachie Kawamitsu
•  Peru - María Esther Brambilla
•  Philippines - Rosario "Charina" Rosello Zaragoza
•  Puerto Rico - Marylene Carrasquillo
•  Scotland - Helen Davidson
•  Singapore - Yasmin Saif
•  South Africa - Monica Fairall †
•  Spain - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo
•  Sweden - Anne-Marie Hellqvist
•   Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger
•  Thailand - Apantree Prayutsenee
•  Tunisia - Rekaia Dekhil
•  Turkey - Zuhal Aktan
•  Uruguay - Graciela Minarrieta
•  USA - Dorothy Catherine Anstett
•  Venezuela - Peggy Kopp Arenas
•  Virgin Islands - Sadie Sargeant
•  Wales - Judith Radford
•  Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsic

Notes

Withdrawals

•  Cuba
•  Panama
•  Paraguay – Maria Eugenia Torres

General References

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1968". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2018.

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