Miss International 1960
| Miss International 1960 | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 12, 1960 |
| Presenters | Byron Palmer |
| Venue | Long Beach, California United States |
| Entrants | 52 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Winner | Stella Márquez Colombia |
| Congeniality | Julia Ann Adamson  British Guiana |
| Photogenic | Sigridur Geirsdottir  Iceland |
Miss International 1960, the 1st Miss International pageant, was held on August 12, 1960 in Long Beach, California, United States. 52 delegates competed for the title. Stella Márquez of Colombia became the first Miss International and the first Latina titleholder in this line of pageants.
Later in 1964, Marquez would obtain the license for Binibining Pilipinas, becoming the national director for Miss Universe in the Philippines.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss International 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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| Semi-finalists |
Contestants
Argentina - Slavica Lazaric
Australia - Joan Stanbury
Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs
Belgium - Caroline Lecerf
Bolivia - Edmy Arana Ayala
Borneo - Elizabeth Voon
Brazil - Magda Renate Pfrimer- British Guiana - Julia Ann Adamson
Canada - Margaret Powell
Ceylon - Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene
China - Janet Lin Chin-Yi- Colombia - Maria Stella Márquez Zawadzky
Denmark - Sonja Menzel
Ecuador - Magdalena Dávila Varela
England - Joyce Kay
Finland - Marketta Nieminen
France - Jeanne Rossi
Germany - Helga Kirsch
Greece - Kiki Kotsaridou
Holland - Katinka Bleeker
Hong Kong - Lena Woo- Iceland - Sigridur Geirsdóttir
India - Iona Pinto
Indonesia - Wiana Sulastini
Israel - Lili Dajani
Italy - Maria Grazia Jacomelli
Japan - Michiko Takagi
Jordan - Gulnar Tucktuck
Korea - Kim Chung-ja
Lebanon - Juliana Reptsik
Luxembourg - Liliane Mueller
Malaya - Zanariah (Zena) Ahmad
Morocco - Raymonde Valle
Norway - Lise Hammer
Paraguay - Gretel Hedger Carvallo
Peru - Irma Vargas Fuller
Philippines - Edita Resurreccion Vital
Poland - Marzena Malinowska
Portugal - Maria Josabete Silva Santos
Puerto Rico - Carmen Sara Latimer
Singapore - Christl D’Cruz
South Africa - Nona Sherriff
South Pacific - Patricia Apoliona (from Honolulu)
Spain - Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez
Sweden - Gunilla Elm
Switzerland - Mylene Delapraz
Tahiti - Teura Marguerite Teuira
Tunisia - Habiba Ben Abdallah
Turkey - Guler Kivrak
Uruguay - Beatriz Liñares
United States - Charlene Lundberg
Venezuela - Gladys (Laly) Ascanio Arredondo
Notes
- Janet Lin Chin-Yi of Taiwan competed as Miss China.[citation needed]
Did not compete
- Hawaii - Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew)
Yugoslavia - Tania Velic