miss INTERNATIONAL 1961
FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1961
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
52 ENTRANTS
Results
1 HOLLAND Constance "Stanny" van Baer
2 BRAZIL Vera Maria Brauner Menezes
3 SPAIN Maria Del Carmen Cervera Fernández (3rd RU Europe '61, 2nd RU World '61)
4 CANADA Edna Dianne MacVicar (Universe '60)
5 ICELAND Sigrun Ragnarsdóttir (Europe '61)
Top 15
CEYLON Kamala Athauda
REPUBLIC OF CHINA Dolly Ma
FINLAND Marja Ryönä
GERMANY Renate Moller
IRELAND Irene Ruth Kane (SF World '60)
ISRAEL Dalia Lion
MALAYA Helen Tan Hong Lean
NORWAY Aase Marie Schmedling
PANAMA Angela María Alcové
PARAGUAY Gladys Fernández
Awards
Friendship URUGUAY
Photogenic HOLLAND
Most Popular Girl TAHITI (voted by parade viewers)
Preliminary competition winners
Playsuit
Day 1 - HOLLAND
Day 2 - SPAIN
Day 3 - AUSTRIA
Evening Gown
Day 1 - CANADA
Day 2 - ICELAND
Day 3 - PARAGUAY
National Costume
Day 1 - PANAMA
Day 2 - BRAZIL
Day 3 - MALAYA
Remainder
ARGENTINA Alicia Care
AUSTRALIA Rosemary Fenton
AUSTRIA Iris Kosch
BELGIUM Jacqueline Oroi (World '61, Europe '62)
BOLIVIA Carmen Anze
BRITISH GUIANA Hermione Clair Brown
BURMA Minnie Pu
COLOMBIA Vilma Kohlgruber Duque
DENMARK Jytte Nielsen (Nations '63)
ECUADOR Elaine Ortega Hougen (Universe '62, World '62)
ENGLAND Nicky Allen
FRANCE Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien (4th RU Europe '60)
GREECE Ioanna Berouka
GUATEMALA Ileana Polasek Alzamora
HONG KONG Judy Chang
INDIA Diana Valentine
ITALY Anna Vincenzini
JAPAN Atsuko Kyoto
KOREA Ok-ja Lee
LEBANON Eleanor Abi Karam
LUXEMBOURG Elfie Klein
MADAGASCAR Ellysserre Ratahirisoa
MOROCCO Monique Auglade
NEW ZEALAND Leone Mary Main (6th RU World '61)
PERU Norma González Miranda
PHILIPPINES Pilar Arciaga
PUERTO RICO Ivette Monagas
SCOTLAND Annie Carnie Jinks
SOUTH AFRICA Dina Maria Robbertse
SWEDEN Elizabeth Morena Oden
SWITZERLAND Michele Rossellat
TAHITI Tahia Piehi
TURKEY Aydan Demirel
USA Jo Ann Marie Dyer
URUGUAY Mónica Moore Davie
VENEZUELA Gloria Liluè Charjù
WALES Barbara Wilcock
DISQUALIFIED:
COSTA RICA Ramona Sanchez (real name: Reona Herz, a 15 year-old American impostor)
NO SHOW:
SINGAPORE Julie Koh Moot-Lei (ill with hepatitis) (Universe '62)
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Donna Lee Kelley
DEBUTS: Burma, Guatemala, Ireland, Madagascar, New Zealand, Panama, Scotland, Wales
WITHDRAWALS: Borneo, Indonesia, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Pacific, Tunisia