Miss Universe 1969

Miss Universe 1969, the 18th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1969 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Gloria Diaz of the Philippines was crowned by Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil at the end of the event. Diaz became the first Filipino and second Southeast Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.[1]

Miss Universe 1969 participating nations and results
Miss Universe 1969 finalists in Brazil.
Miss Universe 1969
Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969
Date19 July 1969
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants61
Placements15
Withdrawals
ReturnsSurinam
WinnerGloria Diaz
 Philippines
CongenialityZohra Boufaden
 Tunisia
Best National CostumeSangduen Manwong
 Thailand
PhotogenicCarole Robinson
 New Zealand

Results

Placements
Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1969
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
Top 15

Special Awards
Award Winners
Best National Costume
Miss Photogenic
Miss Congeniality
Top 10
Best in Swimsuit Competition

Contestants
Country/Territory Contestant Hometown
 ArgentinaLidia PepeCorrientes
 ArubaJeannette GeermanParadera
 AustraliaJoanne BarretSydney
 AustriaEva Rueber-StaierStyria
 BahamasJoan BoweGeorgetown
 BelgiumDanièle RoelsHainaut
 BermudaMaxine S. BeanHamilton
 BoliviaLuz María RojasCochabamba
 BonaireJulia NicolaasKralendijk
 BrazilVera FischerBlumenau
 CanadaJacquie PerrinToronto
 CeylonMarlene SeneveratneColombo
 ChileMónica LarsonSantiago
 ColombiaMargarita ReyesCali
 CongoJeanne MokomoKinshasa
 Costa RicaClara Freda AntillónSan José
 CuraçaoYvonne WardekkerWillemstad
 DenmarkJeanne PerfeldtCopenhagen
 Dominican RepublicRocío García BáezSamaná
 EcuadorRosana Vinueza †Guayaquil
 EnglandMyra Van HeckLondon
 FinlandHarriet ErikssonTurku
 FranceAgathe CognetParis
 GermanyGesine FroeseBavaria
 GreeceIrene DiamantoglouAthens
 GuamAnita JohnstonHagåtña
 HollandWelmoed HollenbergAmsterdam
 HondurasViena ParedesCholuteca
 Hong KongChristine TamHong Kong
 IcelandMaría BaldursdóttirReykjanesbær
 IndiaKavita BhambaniBombay
 IrelandPatricia ByrneDublin
 IsraelChava LevyHaifa
 ItalyDiana CoccoreseRome
 JamaicaCarol GerrowKingston
 JapanKikuyo OsukaAichi
 KoreaLim Hyun-jungSeoul
 LuxembourgMarie Antoniette BertinelliEsch-sur-Alzette
 MalaysiaRosemary WanPetaling Jaya
 MaltaNatalie QuintanaGżira
 MexicoGloria HernándezGuanajuato
 New ZealandCarole RobinsonAuckland
 NicaraguaSoraya HerreraManagua
 NorwayPia WalkerOslo
 PeruMaría Julia MantillaTrujillo
 PhilippinesGloria DiazManila
 Puerto RicoAída BetancourtRío Piedras
 ScotlandSheena DrumondCoatbridge
 SingaporeMavis Young Siew KimSingapore
 SpainAmparo RodrigoValencia
 SurinamGreta NatsierParamaribo
 SwedenBrigitta LindloffVästra Götaland
 SwitzerlandPatrice SollnerAargau
 ThailandSangduen ManwongBangkok
 TunisiaZohra BoufadenTunis
 TurkeyAzra BalkanIstanbul
 UruguayJulia MöllerMontevideo
 USAWendy DascombDanville
 VenezuelaMaría José YélliciAragua
 WalesShirley JonesColwyn Bay
 YugoslaviaNataša KoširBelgrade

Notes

Withdrawals

Returns

Replacements

General references
  • "Miss Universe: 1960–1969". pageantopolis.com. Don West. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

References
  1. "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.
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