Miss World 1968

Miss World 1968 was the 18th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK on 14 November 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown. Madeline Hartog-Bel of Peru crowned her successor Penelope Plummer of Australia. This is the first time that an Australian won the Miss World title.

Miss World 1968
Penelope Plummer, Miss World 1968.
Date	14 November 1968
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	53
Placements	15
Debuts	Thailand
Withdrawals	Czechoslovakia Gambia Honduras Iceland Lebanon Panama Portugal Tanzania
Returns	Bahamas Colombia India Liberia Nicaragua
Winner	Penelope Plummer Australia

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1968	Australia – Penelope Plummer
1st runner-up	United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley
2nd runner-up	Israel – Miri Zamir
3rd runner-up	Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González
4th runner-up	Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
Top 7	Guyana – Adrienne Harris Nicaragua – Margine Davidson
Top 15	Argentina – Viviana Roldán Austria – Brigitte Krüger France – Nelly Gallerne Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt Ireland – June MacMahon Sweden – Gunilla Friden Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera

Contestants

• Argentina – Viviana Roldán
• Australia – Penelope Plummer
• Austria – Brigitte Krüger
• Bahamas – Rose Helena Dauchot
• Belgium – Sonja Doumen
• Brazil – Angela Carmelia Stecca
• Canada – Nancy Wilson
• Ceylon – Nilanthie Wijesinghe
• Chile – Carmen Smith
• Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González
• Costa Rica – Patricia Diers
• Cyprus – Diana Dimitropoulou
• Denmark – Yet Schaufuss
• Dominican Republic – Ingrid García
• Ecuador – Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen
• Finland – Leena Sipilä
• France – Nelly Gallerne
• Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt
• Ghana – Lovell Rosebud Wordie
• Gibraltar – Sandra Sanguinetti
• Greece- Lia Malta
• Guyana – Adrienne Harris
• Holland – Alida Grootenboer
• India – Jane Coelho
• Ireland – June MacMahon
• Israel – Miri Zamir
• Italy – Maria Pia Gianporcaro
• Jamaica – Karlene Waddell
• Japan – Ryoko Miyoshi
• Kenya – Josephine Moikobu
• South Korea – Lee Ji-eun
• Liberia – Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell
• Luxembourg – Irene Siedler
• Malta – Ursulina Grech
• Mexico – Ana María Magaña
• Morocco – Zakia Chamouch
• New Zealand – Christine Mary Antunovic
• Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales
• Nigeria – Foluke Ogundipe
• Norway – Hedda Lie
• Peru – Ana Rosa Berninzon Devéscovi
• Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
• South Africa – Mitsianna Stander
• Sweden – Gunilla Friden
• Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger
• Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai
• Tunisia – Zohra Boufaden
• Turkey – Mine Kurkcuoglu
• Uganda – Joy Lehai
• United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley
• United States – Johnine Leigh Avery
• Venezuela – Cherry Núñez Rodríguez
• Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera

Notes

Withdraws

• Spain – María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenza

Nations not competing

• Iceland – Helga Jonsdóttir
• Seychelles – Marie-France Lablache

Disqualified

• Lebanon – Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old)

External links

• Miss World official site
• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1968