Results

1  INDIA  Reita Faria

2  YUGOSLAVIA  Nikica Marinovic

3  GREECE  Efi Fontini Ploumbi

4  BRAZIL  Marlucci Manvailler Rocha

5  ITALY  Gigliola Carbonara

Top 7

6  USA  Denice Estelle Blair

7  NORWAY  Birgit Andersen (4th RU Scandinavia '67)

Top 15

ARGENTINA  Graciela Guardone

CANADA  Diane Coulter

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Jeanette Altagracia Dotel Montes de Ocoa (1st RU Sugar Cane '66)

FRANCE  Michèle Boulé (Universe '66)

GERMANY  Jutta Danske

GUYANA  Umblita Claire Van Sluytman (Universe '66)

SOUTH AFRICA  Johanna Maud Carter

UNITED KINGDOM  Jennifer Lowe Summers (SF Universe-England '68, Europe-England '68)

Remainder

ARUBA  Reina Patricia Hernández

BAHAMAS  Dorothy Cooper

BELGIUM  Mireille De Man (Europe '66, Universe '66)

CEYLON  Priscilla Martenstyn

CHILE  Amelia Sonia Galaz Cortés

COSTA RICA  Sonia Mora

CYPRUS  Annoula Aivaliotou

DENMARK  Irene Poller Hansen (Scandinavia '67)

ECUADOR  Alexandra Vallejo Klaere  

FINLAND  Marita Gellman (Scandinavia '67)

GAMBIA  Oumie Barry

GIBRALTAR  Grace Valverde

HOLLAND  Anneke Geerts

HONDURAS  Danira Miralda Buines

ICELAND  Audur Hardardóttir  

IRELAND  Helen McMahon

ISRAEL  Segula Gohr

JAMAICA  Yvonne Walter

JAPAN  Harumi Kobayashi

JORDAN  Vera Jalil Khamis

KOREA  Eul-sun Chung 

LEBANON  Marlene Talih

LUXEMBOURG  Mariette Sophie Stephano (Universe '64)

MALAYSIA  Merlyn Therese McKelvie

MALTA  Monica Sunnura

MEXICO  María Cecilia González Du Pree (Queen of the Pacific '68)

MOROCCO  Naima Naim

NEW ZEALAND  Heather Gettings (Universe '66, Queen of the Pacific '67)

PHILIPPINES  Vivienne Lee Austria [real name: Emraida Kelly Kiram]

SURINAM  Linda Haselhoef

SWEDEN  Gunilla Ingrid Anna Andersson (Europe '66)

SWITZERLAND  Janine Söllner

SYRIA  Feryelle Jalal (also Firyal Jelal)

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Diane DeFreitas

TURKEY  Inci Asena

VENEZUELA  Jenette "Jeannette" Kopp Arenas

Withdrew:

SPAIN  Paquita Torres Pérez (because of the presence of Miss Gibraltar)

Disqualified:

NIGERIA  Uzor Okafor (married to a Briton & a mother of two, was not nationally crowned)

NO SHOWS:

COLOMBIA  María Estelia Sáenz Calero

URUGUAY  Susana Regeden

NICARAGUA  Patricia Estela Mena Singer

PARAGUAY  Mirtha Martínez Sarubbi

THAILAND  Supaphon Nilseri

PANAMA  

SENEGAL  

RHODESIA  Gaynor Watts

AUSTRIA  Evi Rieck

BOLIVIA  Toty López

CZECHOSLOVAKIA  Dagmar Silvínová

TAHITI  Sonia Agnieray

SINGAPORE  Catherina Chang (organizers of Miss World Singapore decided to change the name of the pageant to Charity Queen one day before the finals and decided not to send the winner to MW due to budget)

REPLACED:

CEYLON  Lorraine Roosmalecocq

ITALY  Daniela Giordano

MEXICO  Ana Elena Noreña Grass

DEBUTS:  Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Philippines, Trinidad & Tobago, Yugoslavia

WITHDRAWALS:  Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Liberia, Nicaragua, Peru, Rhodesia, Tunisia, Uruguay

RETURNS:  Aruba, Chile, India, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey

JUDGES:

1- Kaarina Leskinen-Jones, Finnish model, 1st runner-up in Miss World 1962.

2- Sharmini Tiruchelvam, writer and TV presenter from Ceylon.

3- Ty Hardin, American actor.

4- Tiburcio Baja, attached to the Embassy of the Philippines.

5- Svetlana Berisova, dancer of Lithuanian origin.

6- Peter Dimmock, BBC Executive.

7- Lady Annabel Birley, from the British Socialite.

8- The Ambassador of Thailand, Prince Plerng Nobadol Rabidhadana.

9- Henry Mancini, American composer.

10- Beni Montresor, Italian film director.