MISS UNIVERSE 1968

saturday, july 13, 1968

Convention Hall, Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

65 contestants

PRESENTERS: bob barker & june lockhart 

entertainment: TONY SANDLER & RALPH YOUNG

Results

1  BRAZIL  Marta Maria Cordeiro Vasconcelos

2  CURACAO  Anne Marie Braafheid

3  FINLAND  Leena Marketta Brusiin (winner Europe '68)

4  VENEZUELA  Peggy Kopp Arenas

5  USA  Dorothy Catherine Anstett

 

Top 15

CANADA  Nancy Wilson (World '68, International '69, Queen of the Pacific '69)

CHILE  Danae Montserrat Sala Sarradell

ENGLAND  Jennifer Lowe Summers (SF World-United Kingdom '66, Europe '68)

FRANCE  Elizabeth Cadren (Europe '68)

GREECE  Miranta Zafiropoulou

ISRAEL  Miriam Friedman

NORWAY  Tone Knaran (3rd RU Europe '68, winner Scandinavia '69, SF International '70)

SWEDEN  Anne-Marie Hellqvist (2nd RU Scandinavia '69)

THAILAND  Apantree Prayutsenee

YUGOSLAVIA  Daliborka Stojsic (Europe '68)

 

Awards

Miss Amity  JAPAN

Miss Photogenic  YUGOSLAVIA

Best National Costume  COLOMBIA

 

15 Best in Swimsuit - BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CURACAO, CANADA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GREECE, ISRAEL, KOREA, NICARAGUA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWEDEN, THAILAND, USA, YUGOSLAVIA

 

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Maria del Carmen Jordán Vidal

ARUBA  Sandra Croes

AUSTRALIA  Lauren Jones

AUSTRIA  Brigitte Krüger (SF World '68, 2nd RU Europe '68)

BAHAMAS  Brenda Fountain

BELGIUM  Sonja Doumen (Europe '68, World '68)

BERMUDA  Victoria Martin

BOLIVIA  Roxana Bowles Chávez

BONAIRE  Ilse Maria de Jong

CEYLON  Sheila Jayatilleke

COLOMBIA  Luz Elena Restrepo González

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF  Elizabeth Tavares

COSTA RICA  Ana María Rivera (International '68)

DENMARK  Gitte Broge (International '69)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Ana Maria Ortíz Mendoza

ECUADOR  Priscila Alava González

GERMANY  Lilian Atterer (Europe '71)

GUAM  Arlene Vilma Chaco (Asia '68)

HAITI  Claudie Paquin

HOLLAND  Nathalie Heyl

HONDURAS  Nora Idalia Guillén

HONG KONG  Tammy Yung Yan-Yan (Queen of the Pacific '69)

ICELAND  Helen Knutsdóttir (Europe '68, International '69)

INDIA  Anjum Mumtaz Barg

IRELAND  Tiffany Scales

ITALY  Cristina Businari

JAMAICA  Marjorie Bromfield

JAPAN  Yasuyo Iino

KOREA  Yoon-jung Kim 

LEBANON  Sonia Faris  (World '67)

LUXEMBOURG  Lucienne Krier (Europe '68)

MALAYSIA  Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali (International '68)

MALTA  Kathlene Farrugia (Europe '68)

MEXICO  Perla Olivia Aguirre Muñoz

NEW ZEALAND  Christine Mary Antunovic (Asia '68, World '68)

NICARAGUA  Margine Davidson Morales (6th RU World '68)

OKINAWA  Sachie Kawamitsu

PERU  Maria Esther Brambilla

PHILIPPINES  Rosario "Sharina" Rosello Zaragoza

PUERTO RICO  Marylene Carrasquillo

SCOTLAND  Helen Davidson

SINGAPORE  Yasmin Saif (Queen of the Pacific '71, Maja '72)

SOUTH AFRICA  Monica Fairall (SF World '71)

SPAIN  Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo

SWITZERLAND  Jeannette Biffiger (Europe '68, World '68, 3rd RU International '69)

TUNISIA  Rekaia Dekhil (World '67, International '69, Maja '70)

TURKEY  Zumal Aktan

URUGUAY   Graciela Minarrieta

VIRGIN ISLANDS  Sadie Sargeant

WALES  Judith Radford


NO SHOWS:

ANTIGUA  Valerie Lake

GRENADA  Gail Renwick

GUYANA  Judy Beharrysingh

MOROCCO  Zakia Chamouch (underage)

ST VINCENT  Joy Bennette


DEBUTS: Democratic Republic of Congo, Malta, Yugoslavia

WITHDRAWALS:  Cuba, Panama, Paraguay

RETURNS:  Australia, Ceylon, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Thailand, Tunisia


JUDGES:

01- Hideo Den - News commentator from Japan.

02- Lady Sara Carter - Fashion authority and wife of Ambassador of Guyana.

03- Yousuf Karsh - Canadian portrait photographer.

04- Edilson Cid Varela - Brazilian newspaper publisher and director of TV Brasilia.

05- Miriam Stevenson - Miss Universe 1954 from the USA.

06- Earl Wilson - International syndicated columnist.

07- Edwin Acosta Rubio - Venezuelan newspaper and advertising executive.

08- Orna Porat - Israeli actress.

09- Dong Kingman - Chinese-American artist.