Miss Universe 1969 was the 18th Miss Universe pageant, held on 19 July 1969 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Gloria Diaz of the Philippines was crowned by Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil at the end of the event. Diaz became the first Filipino and second Southeast Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.[1]
| Miss Universe 1969 | |
|---|---|
 Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969 | |
| Date | 19 July 1969 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| Broadcaster | CBS (WTVJ) |
| Entrants | 61 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals |
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| Returns | Suriname |
| Winner | Gloria Diaz Philippines |
| Congeniality | Zohra Boufaden (Tunisia) |
| Best National Costume | Sangduen Manwong (Thailand) |
| Photogenic | Carole Robinson (New Zealand) |
Results
editPlacements
edit| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1969 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
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Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
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Lidia Pepe | 23 | Corrientes |
 Aruba
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Jeannette Geerman | – | Paradera |
 Australia
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Joanne Barret | 19 | Sydney |
 Austria
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Eva Rueber-Staier | 18 | Styria |
 Bahamas
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Joan Bowe | 21 | Georgetown |
 Belgium
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Danièle Roels[2] | 19 | Hainaut |
 Bermuda
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Maxine Bean | 20 | Hamilton |
 Bolivia
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Luz María Rojas[3] | – | Cochabamba |
| Bonaire
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Julia Nicolaas | 23 | Kralendijk |
 Brazil
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Vera Fischer | 18 | Blumenau |
 Canada
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Jacquie Perrin | 20 | Toronto |
 Ceylon
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Marlene Seneveratne | – | Colombo |
 Chile
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Mónica Larson | 25 | Santiago |
 Colombia
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Margarita Reyes[4] | 19 | Cali |
 Congo-Kinshasa
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Jeanne Mokomo | – | Kinshasa |
 Costa Rica
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Clara Freda Antillón | 18 | San José |
| Curaçao
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Yvonne Wardekker | 21 | Willemstad |
 Denmark
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Jeanne Perfeldt | 21 | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic
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Rocío García | 18 | Samaná |
 Ecuador
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Rosana Vinueza | 20 | Guayaquil |
 England
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Myra Van Heck | 22 | London |
 Finland
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Harriet Eriksson | 22 | Turku |
 France
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Agathe Cognet | 24 | Paris |
 West Germany
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Gesine Froese | 22 | Bavaria |
 Greece
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Irene Diamantoglou | 18 | Athens |
 Guam
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Anita Johnston | 18 | Hagåtña |
 Holland
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Welmoed Hollenberg | 21 | Amsterdam |
 Honduras
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Viena Paredes | 18 | Choluteca |
 Hong Kong
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Christine Tam | 18 | Hong Kong |
 Iceland
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María Baldursdóttir | 22 | Reykjanesbær |
 India
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Kavita Bhambani | 18 | Bombay |
 Ireland
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Patricia Byrne | 25 | Dublin |
 Israel
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Chava Levy | 19 | Haifa |
 Italy
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Diana Coccorese | 23 | Rome |
 Jamaica
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Carol Gerrow | – | Kingston |
 Japan
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Kikuyo Osuka | 18 | Aichi |
 Luxembourg
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Marie Antoniette Bertinelli | – | Esch-sur-Alzette |
 Malaysia
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Rosemary Wan | 20 | Petaling Jaya |
 Malta
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Natalie Quintana | – | Gżira |
 Mexico
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Gloria Hernández | 20 | Guanajuato |
 New Zealand
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Carole Robinson | 22 | Auckland |
 Nicaragua
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Soraya Herrera | 18 | Tipitapa |
 Norway
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Patricia Walker | 20 | Oslo |
 Peru
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María Julia Mantilla | 19 | Trujillo |
 Philippines
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Gloria Diaz[5] | 18 | Manila |
 Puerto Rico
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Aída Betancourt | 18 | Río Piedras |
 Scotland
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Sheena Drumond | 18 | Coatbridge |
 Singapore
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Mavis Young | 18 | Singapore |
 South Korea
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Lim Hyun-jung | 20 | Seoul |
 Spain
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Amparo Rodrigo | 19 | Valencia |
 Suriname
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Greta Natsier | – | Paramaribo |
 Sweden
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Brigitta Lindloff | 22 | Västra Götaland |
 Switzerland
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Patrice Sollner | 24 | Aargau |
 Thailand
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Sangduen Manwong | 20 | Bangkok |
 Tunisia
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Zohra Boufaden | 21 | Tunis |
 Turkey
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Azra Balkan | – | Istanbul |
 United States
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Wendy Dascomb[6] | 19 | Danville |
 Uruguay
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Julia Möller | 20 | Montevideo |
 Venezuela
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María José Yéllici | 24 | Aragua |
 Wales
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Brenda Maige | 22 | Colwyn Bay |
 Yugoslavia
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Nataša Košir | 21 | Novo Mesto |
Notes
edit- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References
edit- ^ "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.
- ^ "Zeven „schonen", deelneemsters aan de komende „Miss Universe" verkiezing in Miami Beach". Leeuwarder courant (in Dutch). 12 July 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Delpher.
- ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Del Valle la nueva soberana" [The new sovereign from Valle]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 12 November 1968. pp. 1, 14–16. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Villano, Alexa (19 July 2019). "LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon". Rappler. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Wendy Dascomb, Stratford College Student, Named Miss U.S.A. 1969". The Danville Register. Associated Press. May 25, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.