MISS UNIVERSE 1960
saturday, july 9, 1960
Convention Hall, Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
85 contestants (42 international - 43 miss usa)
total international contestants (including miss usa): 43
PRESENTER: GEORGE DEWITT
commentators: ARTHUR GODFREY, CHARLES COLLINGWOOD, JAYNE MEADOWS
entertainment: -
Results
1 USA Linda Jeanne Bement
2 ITALY Daniela Bianchi
3 AUSTRIA Elizabeth Hodacs (SF International '60)
4 SOUTH AFRICA Nicolette Joan Caras
5 SPAIN María Teresa del Río
Top 15
BRAZIL Jean "Gina" McPherson
COLOMBIA Maria Stella Márquez Zawadzky (winner International '60)
ENGLAND Joan Ellinor Boardman (Europe '60)
GERMANY Ingrun Helgard Möckel (5th RU World '60, winner Europe '61)
GREECE Magda Pasaloglou
ISRAEL Aliza Gur
JAPAN Yayoi Furuno
KOREA Sohn Mi-hee-ja
NORWAY Ragnhild Aass (Europe '60)
SWITZERLAND Elaine Maurath (Europe '60)
Awards
Miss Amity (tied) BURMA & Louisiana (Judy Rebecca Fletcher)
Miss Photogenic ITALY
Remainder
ARGENTINA Rosemarie Lincke
BELGIUM Huberte Box (World '60)
BOLIVIA Nancy Aguirre
BURMA Myint Myint May
CANADA Edna Dianne MacVicar (3rd RU International '61)
CHILE Marinka Polhammer Espinosa *
COSTA RICA Leila Rodríguez Stahl
CUBA (FREE) Flora Laughten Hoyos
DENMARK Lizzie Ellinor Hess
ECUADOR Isabel Rolando Ceballos
FINLAND Marja-Leena Manninen (Europe '60)
FRANCE Florence Anne Marie Normand Eyrie
HOLLAND Carina Verbeek (World '60)
HONG KONG Vivien Cheung Wai-Wan
ICELAND Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir
JORDAN Helen Giatanapoulus
LEBANON Gladys Tabet
LUXEMBOURG Josee Venturi
MOROCCO Marilyne Escobar
NEW ZEALAND Lorraine Nawa Jones
PARAGUAY Mercedes Teresa Ruggia
PERU Medadit Gallino Rey
PORTUGAL María Teresa Mota Cardoso (World '59)
SURINAM Christine Jie Sam Foek
SWEDEN Birgitta Öfling
TUNISIA Marie-Louise Carrigues
URUGUAY Iris Teresa Ubal Cabrera *
VENEZUELA María Teresa "Mary" Quiroz Delgado
* Didn't show up during the final telecast because they knew they were already eliminated.
NO SHOWS:
POLAND Marzena Malinowska (expected but didn't arrive)
AUSTRALIA Pat Tudor
BRITISH GUIANA Julia Ann Adamson
CAMEROON Sale Assouen
HAITI Claudinette Fourchard (decided to get married instead)
INDONESIA Wiana Sulastini
MADAGASCAR Rajaobelina Bedovoahangy
MEXICO María de la Concepción Lorena Villar Dondé (Lorena Velásquez)
RHODESIA Jenny Lee Scott
SINGAPORE Christl D'Cruz
TAHITI Maria Flohr
TURKEY Hilal Nebahat Çehre
REPLACED:
DENMARK Antje Moller
FRANCE Rolande Claire
HOLLAND Adriana Stuijt
SPAIN Elena Herrera
DEBUTS: Jordan, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia
WITHDRAWALS: Guatemala, Hawaii, Mexico, Poland, Thailand, Turkey
RETURNS: Chile, Finland, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Morocco, New Zealand, Paraguay, South Africa, Surinam, Switzerland, Venezuela
JUDGES:
1- Miyoko Yanagita - Japanese modern artist and dress designer.
2- Maxwell Arnow - Talent executive for Columbia Pictures.
3- Russell Patterson - Artist and illustrator.
4- Jane Fisher - Wife of Miami Beach's founder.
5- Roger Zeiler - Official from the Miss Europe Contest.
6- Irwin Hasen - Cartoonist.
7- Fernando Botero - Colombian painter.
8- Dr. M.M. Hollander - Physician and cosmetic specialist from New York.
9- Vuc Vuchinich - Sculptor and portrait artist.