Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1960 | |
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Date | 9 July 1960 |
Presenters | Charles Collingwood |
Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
Entrants | 43 |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Linda Bement ![]() |
Congeniality | Myint Myint May ![]() |
Photogenic | Daniela Bianchi ![]() |
Miss Universe 1960, the 9th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 9 July 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Linda Bement of United States became the third American to win the crown and was handed over the title by Akiko Kojima of Japan.
Results
editPlacements
editFinal results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1960 | |
1st Runner-up | |
2nd Runner-up |
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3rd Runner-up |
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4th Runner-up |
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Top 15 |
Contestants
edit- Argentina - Rose Marie Lincke
- Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs
- Belgium - Huberte Bax
- Bolivia - Nancy Aguirre
- Brazil - Jean Gina MacPherson
- Burma - Myint Myint May
- Canada - Edna Dianne McVicar
- Chile - Marinka Polhammer Espinoza
- Colombia - Stella Márquez
- Costa Rica - Leila Rodríguez
- Cuba - Flora Lauten Hoyos
- Denmark - Lizzie Ellinor Hess
- Ecuador - Isabel Rolando Ceballos
- England - Joan Ellinor Boardman
- Finland - Maija-Leena Manninen
- France - Florence Anne Marie Normand Eyrie
- Germany - Ingrun Helgard Moeckel
- Greece - Magda Passaloglou
- Holland - Carina Verbeek
- Hong Kong - Vivian Cheung
- Iceland - Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir
- Israel - Aliza Gur
- Italy - Daniela Bianchi
- Japan - Yayoi Furuno[1]
- Jordan - Helen Giatanapoulus
- Korea - Sohn Miheeja
- Lebanon - Gladys Tabet
- Luxembourg - Marie Venturi
- Morocco - Marilyn Escobar
- New Zealand - Lorraine Nawa Jones
- Norway - Ragnhild Aass
- Paraguay - Mercedes Teresa Ruggia
- Peru - Medallit Gallino
- Portugal - Maria Teresa Motta Cardoso
- South Africa - Nicolette Joan Caras
- Spain - María Teresa del Río
- Surinam - Christine Jie Sam Foek
- Sweden - Birgitta Öfling
- Switzerland - Elaine Maurath
- Tunisia - Marie Louise Carrigues
- Uruguay - Iris Teresa Ubal Cabrera
- USA - Linda Jeanne Bement †
- Venezuela - Mary Quiróz Delgado
Notes
editReplacement
edit- Denmark — Antje Moller was dethroned at 16 years old and was replaced by Lizzie Ellinor Hess.
Did not compete
edit- Cameroon - Sale Assouen
- Haiti - Claudinette Fourchard
- Mexico - Lorena Velásquez
- Poland - Marzena Malinowska
- Tahiti - Maria Flohr
Awards
edit- Burma - Miss Amity (Myint Myint May)
- Italy - Miss Photogenic (Daniela Bianchi)
General References
edit- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1960". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
References
edit- ^ "Pageant Has Its Hassles". Reading Eagle. July 2, 1960. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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