MISS UNIVERSE 1969

saturday, july 19, 1969

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

61 contestants

PRESENTERS: bob barker & june lockhart 

entertainment: HAL FRAZIER

Results

1  PHILIPPINES  Gloria Maria Aspillera Díaz

2  FINLAND  Harriet Marita Eriksson (3rd RU Europe '69, winner Scandinavia '70)

3  AUSTRALIA  Joanne Barret

4  ISRAEL  Chava Levy

5  JAPAN  Kikuyo Osuka

 

Top 15

AUSTRIA  Eva Rueber-Staier (winner World '69)

BRAZIL  Vera Lúcia Fischer

CHILE  Mónica Cecilia Larson Teuber

COLOMBIA  Margarita Maria Reyes Zawadsky

NORWAY  Patricia "Pia" Ingrid Walker (Europe '69, Scandinavia '70)

PERU  Maria Julia Mantilla Mayer

SWEDEN  Birgitta Lindloff

SWITZERLAND  Patrice Sollner (2nd RU Maja '69, World '71)

USA  Wendy Jane Dascomb

YUGOSLAVIA  Natasa Kosir

 

Awards

Miss Amity  TUNISIA

Miss Photogenic  NEW ZEALAND

Best National Costume  THAILAND

 

10 Best in Swimsuit - AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, FINLAND, ISRAEL, PERU, PHILIPPINES, USA, YUGOSLAVIA

 

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Lidia Esther Pepe

ARUBA  Jeanette Geerman

BAHAMAS  Joan Bowe

BELGIUM  Danièle Roels

BERMUDA  Maxine S. Bean (International '71)

BOLIVIA  Luz Maria Rojas

BONAIRE  Julia Edviga Nicolaas

CANADA  Jacquie Perrin (World '69, International '70)

CEYLON  Marlene Beverly Seneveratne (Asia '68)

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF  Jeanne Mokomo

COSTA RICA  Clara Freda Antillón

CURACAO  Yvonne Wardekker

DENMARK  Jeanne Perfeldt (1st RU Europe '69, World '69, 4th RU Scandinavia '70, SF International '70)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Rocío García Báez

ECUADOR  Rosana Vinueza Estrada

ENGLAND  Myra Van Heck

FRANCE  Agathe Cognet

GERMANY  Gesine Froese

GREECE  Irini Diamantoglou

GUAM  Anita Johnston

HOLLAND  Welmoed Hollenberg

HONDURAS  Viena Paredes Zelaya

HONG KONG  Christine Tam Mei-Mei

ICELAND  Maria Baldursdóttir (Europe '69, 2nd RU Scandinavia '70)

INDIA  Kavita Bhambani

IRELAND  Patricia Byrne

ITALY  Diana Coccorese

JAMAICA  Carol Gerrow

KOREA  Lim Hyun-jung

LUXEMBOURG  Marie Antoniette Bertinelli

MALAYSIA  Rosemary Wan Chow Mui

MALTA  Natalie Quintana

MEXICO  Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo (World '69)

NEW ZEALAND  Carole Robinson (SF World '69)

NICARAGUA  Soraya Herrera Chávez

PUERTO RICO  Aida Betancourt

SCOTLAND  Sheena Drumond (SF World-United Kingdom '69)

SINGAPORE  Mavis Young Siew Kim

SPAIN  María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo (4th RU Europe '69)  

SURINAM  Greta Natsier

THAILAND  Saengduean Maenwongse

TUNISIA  Zohra Boufaden (World '68)

TURKEY  Azra Balkan

URUGUAY   Julia Moller

VENEZUELA  María José de las Mercedes Yellici Sanchis

WALES  Shirley Jones (2nd RU Maja-Great Britain, SF Charming Int'l-Great Britain '72)


WITHDREW:

VIRGIN ISLANDS  Janet Pickering


NO SHOWS:

ANTIGUA  Patsy Isaac

LEBANON  Lily Bissar (underage)

MOROCCO  Rahima Hachti

ST.VINCENT  Norlon Baynes


DEBUTS: -

WITHDRAWALSHaiti, Lebanon, Okinawa, South Africa, Virgin Islands

RETURNSSurinam


JUDGES:

01- David Merrick - American theatrical producer.

02- Eileen Ford - Beauty expert and founder of Ford Models.

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

04- Norma Nolan - Miss Universe 1962 from Argentina.

05- Dong Kingman - Chinese-American artist.

06- Gino di Grandi - Owner of an international public relations organization.

07- Yousuf Karsh - Canadian portrait photographer.

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

09- Chiyo Tanaka - Author and one of Japan's leading fashion authorities.

10- Monique van Vooren - Belgian-American actress.

11- Peter de Maerek - Director of Belgian Tourist Bureau.

12- Earl Wilson - International columnist.