Miss Universe 1969
{{Short description|18th Miss Universe pageant}}
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo =
| winner = Gloria Diaz
| represented = Philippines
| date = 19 July 1969
|image= Abreu Sodré-Miss Universo e misses II (1969) (cropped).jpg
|caption= Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969
| presenters = {{hlist|Bob Barker|June Lockhart}}
| venue = Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
| entrants = 61
| placements = 15
| debuts =
| withdraws = {{Hlist|Haiti|Lebanon|Okinawa|South Africa|United States Virgin Islands}}
| returns = Suriname
| congeniality = Zohra Boufaden (Tunisia)
| best national costume = Sangduen Manwong (Thailand)
| photogenic = Carole Robinson (New Zealand)
| before = 1968
| next = 1970
}}
Miss Universe 1969 was the 18th Miss Universe pageant, 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, second Southeast Asian and third Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.{{cite news|title=Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe |work=The New York Times |date=July 20, 1969 |url=http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/07/20/90113279.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112182554/http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/07/20/90113279.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2013 }}File:Abreu Sodré-Miss Universo e misses II (1969).jpg
Results
=Placements=
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! Placement ! Contestant |
Miss Universe 1969
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1st Runner-Up
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2nd Runner-Up
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3rd Runner-Up
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4th Runner-Up
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Top 15
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Contestants
File:Miss Universe 1969 Map.PNGSixty-one contestants competed for the title.
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!Country/Territory !Contestant !Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}} !Hometown |
{{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina
|Lidia Pepe |23 |
{{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles|1959}} Aruba
|– |
{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia
|Joanne Barret |19 |
{{flagicon|Austria}} Austria
|18 |
{{flagicon|Bahamas|1964}} Bahamas
|21 |
{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium
|Danièle Roels{{Cite news|date=12 July 1969|title=Zeven „schonen", deelneemsters aan de komende „Miss Universe" verkiezing in Miami Beach|language=nl|pages=1|work=Leeuwarder courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010618190:mpeg21:p001|access-date=18 October 2023|via=Delpher}} |19 |
{{flagicon|Bermuda}} Bermuda
|20 |
{{flagicon|Bolivia}} Bolivia
|– |
{{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles|1959}} Bonaire
|23 |
{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Brazil
|18 |
{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada
|20 |
{{flagicon|Dominion of Ceylon|1951}} Ceylon
|Marlene Seneveratne |– |
{{flagicon|Chile}} Chile
|Mónica Larson |25 |
{{flagicon|Colombia}} Colombia
|Margarita Reyes{{Cite news|date=12 November 1968|title=Del Valle la nueva soberana|language=es|pages=1, 14–16|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pRQfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CowEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6935%2C1872965|access-date=18 October 2023|trans-title=The new sovereign from Valle|via=Google News Archive}} |19 |Cali |
{{flagicon|Congo-Kinshasa|1966}} Congo-Kinshasa
|Jeanne Mokomo |– |
{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Costa Rica
|Clara Freda Antillón |18 |
{{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles|1959}} Curaçao
|21 |
{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark
|Jeanne Perfeldt |21 |
{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic
|Rocío García |18 |
{{flagicon|Ecuador}} Ecuador
|20 |
{{flagicon|England}} England
|Myra Van Heck |22 |
{{flagicon|Finland}} Finland
|Harriet Eriksson |22 |
{{flagicon|France}} France
|24 |
{{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece}} Greece
|Irene Diamantoglou |18 |
{{flagicon|Guam}} Guam
|Anita Johnston |18 |
{{flagicon|Holland}} Holland
|Welmoed Hollenberg |21 |
{{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} Honduras
|Viena Paredes |18 |
{{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} Hong Kong
|Christine Tam |18 |
{{flagicon|Iceland}} Iceland
|María Baldursdóttir |22 |
{{flagicon|India}} India
|Kavita Bhambani |18 |
{{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland
|Patricia Byrne |25 |
{{flagicon|Israel}} Israel
|Chava Levy |19 |
{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy
|Diana Coccorese |23 |Rome |
{{flagicon|Jamaica}} Jamaica
|Carol Gerrow |– |
{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan
|Kikuyo Osuka |18 |
{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg
|Marie Antoniette Bertinelli |– |
{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Malaysia
|Rosemary Wan |20 |
{{flagicon|Malta}} Malta
|Natalie Quintana |– |
{{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico
|Gloria Hernández |20 |
{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand
|Carole Robinson |22 |
{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} Nicaragua
|Soraya Herrera |18 |
{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway
|Pia Walker |20 |Oslo |
{{flagicon|Peru}} Peru
|María Julia Mantilla |19 |
{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} Philippines
|Gloria Diaz{{Cite web|last=Villano|first=Alexa|date=19 July 2019|title=LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon|url=http://r3.rappler.com/life-and-style/specials/miss-universe/235698-gloria-diaz-miss-universe-icon|access-date=18 October 2023|website=Rappler|language=en}} |18 |
{{flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952}} Puerto Rico
|18 |
{{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland
|Sheena Drumond |18 |
{{flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore
|Mavis Young |18 |
{{flagicon|South Korea|1948}} South Korea
|Lim Hyun-jung |20 |
{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} Spain
|Amparo Rodrigo |19 |
{{flagicon|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)}} Surinam
|Greta Natsier |– |
{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
|Brigitta Lindloff |22 |
{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Switzerland
|Patrice Sollner |24 |
{{flagicon|Thailand}} Thailand
|20 |
{{flagicon|Tunisia|1959}} Tunisia
|Zohra Boufaden{{Cite news|date=17 July 1969|title=Stuntman has close call|language=en|pages=16|work=The Miami News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114903965/the-miami-news/|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Newspapers.com}} |21 |
{{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey
|Azra Balkan |– |
{{flagicon|United States}} United States
|Wendy Dascomb{{cite news |date=May 25, 1969 |title=Wendy Dascomb, Stratford College Student, Named Miss U.S.A. 1969 |page=1 |work=The Danville Register |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/23421112/ |access-date=23 July 2023}} |19 |
{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Uruguay
|Julia Möller{{Cite web|last=|date=6 August 2016|title=Las confesiones de Julia Möller|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/sabado-show/confesiones-julia-moeller.html|access-date=1 May 2025|website=El Pais|language=es}} |20 |
{{flagicon|Venezuela|1954}} Venezuela
|María José Yéllici |24 |
{{flagicon|Wales}} Wales
|22 |
{{flagicon|West Germany}} West Germany
|Gesine Froese{{Cite web|date=5 May 2019|title=5. Mai 1969: Eine Nürnbergerin ist die Schönste|url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/5-mai-1969-eine-nurnbergerin-ist-die-schonste-1.8863909|access-date=1 May 2025|website=Nürnberger Nachrichten|language=de}} |22 |
{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia
|21 |
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References
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