Results

1  HOLLAND  Corine Rottschaefer (winner Europe '57, SF Universe '58)

2  PERU  Maria Elena Rosell Zapata

3  ISRAEL  Ziva Shomrat  

4  UNITED KINGDOM  Anne Thelwell  

5  DENMARK  Kirsten Olsen

Top 11

ARGENTINA  Amalia Yolanda Scuffi (Universe '67)

GERMANY  Helga Meyer  

GREECE  Yakinthi Karaviti  

JAMAICA  Sheila Mechtilde Chong  

SOUTHERN RHODESIA & NYASALAND  Vivien Maxine Lentin  

SOUTH AFRICA  Moya Meaker

Remainder

AUSTRIA  Helga Knofel

BELGIUM  Diane Hidalgo (Europe '60)

BRAZIL  Dione Brito Oliveira

CANADA  Huguette Demers

FINLAND  Margit Jaatinen

FRANCE  Marie Hélène Troué

GHANA  Star Nyaniba Annan

GIBRALTAR  Viola Howells

HAWAII  Margaret Moani Keala Brumaghim  

HONDURAS  Rosemary "Rosa" Lefebre

HONG KONG  Michele Mok Ping-Ching  

ICELAND  Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir

INDIA  Fleur Ezekiel

IRELAND  Ann Fitzpatrick

ITALY  Paola Falchi

JAPAN  Chieko Ichinose

JORDAN  Ufemia Jabaji

KOREA  Jung-ae Seo 

LUXEMBOURG  Josée Pundel (Universe '59, Europe '59)

NORWAY  Berit Grundvig (Europe '59)

PARAGUAY  Elvira María Isabel dos Santos Encina

PORTUGAL  María Teresa Motoa Cardoso (Universe '60)

PUERTO RICO  Lillyanna "Lilie" Díaz

SWEDEN  Carola Håkansson

URUGUAY  Yvonne Kelly

USA  Loretta Powell

Disqualified

BERMUDA  Rosemary Powell (an impostor)

NO SHOWS:

CUBA  Irma Buesa Mas

TURKEY  Figen Özgür

MOROCCO  Raymonde Valle

TUNISIA  Habiba Bent Abdallah

CYPRUS  Lia Psara

VENEZUELA  Berta Gisela Dávila  (1st RU Miss Venezuela '57. She was appointed but she refused to compete)

REPLACED:

CANADA  Irene Dobler

HOLLAND  Peggy Erwich

NORWAY  Jorunn Kristjansen

DEBUTS:  Argentina, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia & Nyasaland (Zimbabwe), Uruguay

WITHDRAWALS: Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela

RETURNS:  Austria, Finland, Honduras, Luxembourg

JUDGES:

1– Sam Wanamaker - American-born actor who went into exile in Britain for fear of being banned from Hollywood for being a supporter of communism.

2- Oscar Santa Maria – former Brazilian politician.

3- John Spencer-Churchill - Duke of Marlborough.

4- Lady Lydford – Lady of British high society.

5- Reginald Cudlipp - Editor of the British newspaper News of the World.

6- Jill Dorothy Ireland - English actress and singer.

7- Godfrey Herbert Winn - English journalist, writer and actor.

8- Cynthia Oberholzer - South African Model.

9- Claude Berr - from the Miss Europe Committee.