Miss Universe 1968
Encyclopedia
Miss Universe 1968, the 17th Miss Universe
pageant, was won by 20-year-old Martha Vasconcellos
of Brazil
. It took place on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
, USA
.
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant, was won by 20-year-old Martha Vasconcellos
Martha Vasconcellos
Martha Vasconcellos , is a Brazilian who became that country's second Miss Universe winner, after Ieda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's...
of Brazil
Miss Brasil
The Miss Brasil Pageant is a beauty contest that has been held almost every year since 1954 between winners of the Brazilian state pageants.It is one of the most important beauty contest of the world, with USA and Venezuela...
. It took place on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1968 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
Peggy Kopp Peggy Kopp Arenas is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on April 3, 1951. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1968, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1968 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on July 13, 1968, when she won the title... |
4th runner-up |
Dorothy Anstett Dorothy Catherine Anstett is a pageant titleholder from Kirkland, Washington who held the Miss USA 1968 title.Anstett competed in the Miss Washington pageant in July 1967 and placed first runner-up. In April of the following year she won the Miss Washington USA 1968 crown title... |
Top 15 |
Apantree Prayuttasenee Apantree Prayuttasenee , nicknamed Pui was Miss Thailand 1967. She competed in the Miss Universe 1968 pageant competition held in the USA and she placed in the Top 15.... |
Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Best National Costume |
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Contestants
- Argentina - Maria Del Carmen Jordan Vidal
- Aruba - Sandra Croes
- Australia - Laureen Jones
- Austria - Brigitte Kruger
- The Bahamas - Brenda Fountain
- Belgium - Sonja Doumen
- Bermuda - Victoria Martin
- Bolivia - Roxana Bowles Chavez
- Bonaire - Ilse Maria De Jong
- Brazil - Marta Maria Cordeiro Vasconcelos
- Canada - Nancy Wilson
- ' - Sheila Jayatilleke
- Chile - Danae Monserrat Sala Sarradell
- Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo Gonzalez
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - Elizabeth Tavares
- Costa Rica - Ana Maria Rivera
- Curaçao - Anne Marie Braafheid
- Denmark - Gitte Broge
- Dominican Republic - Ana Maria Ortiz Perez
- Ecuador - Priscila Alava Gonzalez
- Kingdom of England - Jennifer Lowe Summers
- Finland - Leena Marketta Brusiin
- Early Modern France - Elizabeth Cadren
- Germany - Lilian Atterer
- Greece - Miranta Zafiropoulou
- Guam - Arlene Vilma Chaco
- Haiti - Claudie Paquin
- ' - Nathalie Heyl
- Honduras - Nora Idalia Guillen
- Hong Kong - Tammy Yung
- Iceland - Helen Knutsdottir
- India - Anjum Mumtaz Barg
- Republic of Ireland - Tiffany Scales
- Israel - Miriam Friedman
- Italy - Cristina Businari
- Jamaica - Marjorie Bromfield
- Japan - Yasuyo Iino
- ' - Kim Yoon-jung
- Lebanon - Sonia Faris
- Luxembourg - Lucienne Krier
- Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali
- Malta - Kathlene Farrugia
- Mexico - Perla Olivia Aguirre Munoz
- New Zealand - Christine Mary Antunovic
- Nicaragua - Margine Davidson Morales
- Norway - Tone Knaran
- Okinawa Prefecture - Sachie Kawamitsu
- Peru - Maria Esther Brambilla
- Philippines - Sharina Rosello Zaragoza
- Puerto Rico - Marylene Carrasquillo
- Kingdom of Scotland - Helen Davidson
- Singapore - Yasmin Saif
- South Africa - Monica Fairall
- Spain - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo
- Sweden - Anne-Marie Hellqvist
- Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger
- Thailand - Apantree PrayuttaseneeApantree PrayuttaseneeApantree Prayuttasenee , nicknamed Pui was Miss Thailand 1967. She competed in the Miss Universe 1968 pageant competition held in the USA and she placed in the Top 15....
- Tunisia - Rekaia Dekhil
- Turkey - Zumal Aktan
- Uruguay - Graciela Minarrieta
- United States - Dorothy Catherine AnstettDorothy AnstettDorothy Catherine Anstett is a pageant titleholder from Kirkland, Washington who held the Miss USA 1968 title.Anstett competed in the Miss Washington pageant in July 1967 and placed first runner-up. In April of the following year she won the Miss Washington USA 1968 crown title...
- Venezuela - Peggy Kopp ArenasPeggy KoppPeggy Kopp Arenas is a pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on April 3, 1951. She is the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1968, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1968 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, on July 13, 1968, when she won the title...
- Virgin IslandsVirgin IslandsThe Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
- Sadie Sargeant - Wales - Judith Radford
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsic