Miss Universe 1969

Miss Universe 1969
Date	July 15, 1969
Presenters	Bob Barker and June Lockhart
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	61
Placements	15
Withdraws	Haiti, Lebanon, South Africa, Okinawa, Virgin Islands
Returns	Suriname
Winner	Gloria Diaz Philippines

Miss Universe 1969, the 18th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. The winner was Gloria Diaz, an eighteen year old Miss Philippines. Ms. Diaz became the first Philippine titleholder to win the title and the third Asian to do so.

Participating Nations and Results.

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1969	Philippines - Gloria Maria Aspillera Díaz
1st Runner-Up	Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson
2nd Runner-Up	Australia - Joanne Barret
3rd Runner-Up	Israel - Chava Levy
4th Runner-Up	Japan - Kikuyo Osuka
Top 15	Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier  Brazil - Vera Fischer  Chile - Monica Larson Teuber  Colombia - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky  Norway - Patricia Ingrid Walker  Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer  Sweden - Brigitta Lindloff  Switzerland - Patrice Sollner  United States - Wendy Jane Dascomb  Yugoslavia - Nataśa Kośir

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Tunisia - Zohra Boufaden
Miss Photogenic	New Zealand - Carole Robinson
Best National Costume	Thailand - Sangduen Manwong
10 Best in Swimsuit	Australia - Joanne Barret  Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier  Brazil - Vera Fischer  Colombia - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky  Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson  Israel - Chava Levy  Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer  Philippines - Gloria Diaz  USA - Wendy Jane Dascomb  Yugoslavia - Nataśa Kośir

Order of announcement of semifinalists

• Group 1: Australia, Finland, Peru, Austria, Norway, Philippines & Israel
• Group 2: USA, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Sweden, Colombia, Japan, Chile & Switzerland

Order of announcement of finalists

• Finland, Israel, Australia, Philippines & Japan

Judges

Edilson Cid Varela Eileen Ford Dong Kingman David Merrick

Norma Nolan Monique van Vooren Earl Wilson

Contestants

Argentina - Lidia Esther Pepe  Aruba - Jeannette Geerman  Australia - Joanne Barret  Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier  Bahamas - Joan Bowe  Belgium - Danièle Roels  Bermuda - Maxine S. Bean  Bolivia - Luz María Rojas  Bonaire - Julia Nicolaas  Brazil - Vera Fischer  Canada - Jacquie Perrin  Ceylon - Marlene Beverly Seneveratne  Chile - Mónica Larson Teuber  Colombia - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky  Congo-Kinshasa - Jeanne Mokomo  Costa Rica - Clara Freda Antillón  Curaçao - Yvonne Wardekker  Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt  Dominican Republic - Rocío García Báez  Ecuador - Rosana Vinueza Estrada †  England - Myra Van Heck  Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson  France - Agathe Cognet  Germany - Gesine Froese  Greece - Irene Diamantoglou  Guam - Anita Johnston  Holland - Welmoed Hollenberg  Honduras - Viena Paredes  Hong Kong - Christine Tam Mei-Mei  Iceland - Maria Baldursdóttir  India - Kavita Bhambani

Ireland - Patricia Byrne  Israel - Chava Levy  Italy - Diana Coccorese  Jamaica - Carol Gerrow  Japan - Kikuyo Osuka  Korea - Lim Hyun-jung  Luxembourg - Marie Antoniette Bertinelli  Malaysia - Rosemary Wan Chow Mui  Malta - Natalie Quintana  Mexico - Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo  New Zealand - Carole Robinson  Nicaragua - Soraya Herrera Chávez  Norway - Patricia "Pia" Ingrid Walker  Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer  Philippines - Gloria Diaz  Puerto Rico - Aída Betancourt  Scotland - Sheena Drumond  Singapore - Mavis Young Siew Kim  Spain - María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo  Suriname - Greta Natsir  Sweden - Brigitta Lindloff  Switzerland - Patrice Sollner  Thailand - Sangduen Manwong  Tunisia - Zohra Boufaden  Turkey - Azra Balkan  Uruguay - Julia Moller  USA - Wendy Jane Dascomb  Venezuela - María José Yéllici Sánchez  Wales - Shirley Jones  Yugoslavia - Nataśa Kośir

External links

• Official Miss Universe website