miss world 1968

thursDAY, november 14, 1968

Lyceum Ballroom, London, england

54 participants 

PRESENTER:  Michael Aspel

entertainment:  Gene Pitney

Results

1  AUSTRALIA  Penelope Vaughn Plummer

2  UNITED KINGDOM  Kathleen Winstanley

3  ISRAEL  Miri Zamir

4  COLOMBIA  Beatriz Eutiquia Sierra Gonzalez

5  PHILIPPINES  Arene "Pinky" Cecilia Annas Amabuyok


Top 7

6  NICARAGUA  Margine Davidson Morales (Universe '68)

7  GUYANA  Adrienne Harris


Top 15

ARGENTINA  Viviana Roldan

AUSTRIA  Brigitte Krüger (Universe '68, 1st RU Europe '68)

FRANCE  Nelly Gallerne (SF International '68)

GERMANY  Margot Schmalzriedt (International '68)

IRELAND  June MacMahon (Europe '69)

SWEDEN  Gunilla Friden (1st RU Scandinavia '69)  

THAILAND  Pinnarut Tananchai

YUGOSLAVIA  Ivona Puhlera


Remainder

BAHAMAS  Rose Helena Simms Dauchot

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

BRAZIL  Angela Carmelia Stecca

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

CEYLON  Nilanthie Wijesinghe

CHILE  Carmen Smith

COSTA RICA  Ida Patricia Diers Heitman

CYPRUS  Diana Dimitropoulou

DENMARK  Yet Schaufuss (Scandinavia '69)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Ingrid Maria García de Cano

ECUADOR  Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen

FINLAND  Leena Sipilä

GHANA  Lovell Rosebud Wordie

GIBRALTAR  Sandra Sanguinetti

GREECE  Lia Malta

HOLLAND  Alida Grootenboer

INDIA  Jane Coelho

ITALY  Maria Pia Giamporcaro  

JAMAICA  Karlene Waddell

JAPAN  Ryoko Miyoshi

KENYA  Josephine Moraa Moikobu

KOREA  Ji-eun Lee  (real name: Young-chae Lee)

LEBANON  Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old, but was allowed to compete)

LIBERIA  Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell

LUXEMBOURG  Irene Siedler

MALTA  Ursulina "Lina" Grech

MEXICO  Ana María Magaña (International '69)

MOROCCO  Zakia Chamouch

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

NIGERIA  Foluke Ogundipe

NORWAY  Hedda Lie (International '68, 3rd RU Scandinavia '69)

PERU  Ana Rosa Berninzon Devéscovi

SOUTH AFRICA  Mitsianna Stander

SWITZERLAND  Jeanette Biffiger (Universe '68, Europe '68, 3rd RU International '69)

TUNISIA  Zohra Boufaden (Universe '69)

TURKEY  Mine Kurkcuoglu

UGANDA  Joy Lehai Kanyarutokye

USA  Johnine Leigh Avery

VENEZUELA  Maria Dolores "Cherry" Núñez Rodríguez


DISQUALIFIED:

LEBANON  Leila "Lili" Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old, but was allowed to stay in the pageant)


WITHDREW:

SPAIN  María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo


NO SHOWS:

ICELAND  Helga Jonsdóttir

HONDURAS  Lillian Carol Heyer

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO  Elisabeth Tavares

SINGAPORE  Jenny Wong Ser Wan

MALAYSIA  Ramlah Alang

TANZANIA  Zena Suleiman

CZECHOSLOVAKIA  Jarmila Teplanova

BOLIVIA

PANAMA  

SYRIA

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO


REPLACED:

FRANCE  Maryvonne Lachaze

LUXEMBOURG  Lucienne Micheline Krier


DEBUTSThailand

WITHDRAWALSCzechoslovakia, Gambia, Honduras, Iceland, Lebanon, Panama, Portugal, Tanzania

RETURNS Bahamas, Colombia, India, Liberia, Nicaragua


JUDGES:

1- Peter Dimmock, General Manager of BBC Broadcasts and Chairman of the Judges.

2- Graham Hill, British Formula One world champion.

3- Lady Elizabeth Anson, from the high British society.

4- Richard Todd, British actor of Irish origin.

5- Reita Faria, Miss World 1966 from India.

6- Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and film producer.

7- The High Commissioner of Ghana in the UK, Sir Anthony Seth.

8- The British football player John Hore.

9- And the Hungarian orchestra conductor, Istvan Kertesz.