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Miss Universe 1969
Miss Universe 1969
	Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969
Date	19 July 1969
Presenters	Bob Barker; June Lockhart;
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS (WTVJ)
Entrants	61
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Haiti; Lebanon; Okinawa; South Africa; United States Virgin Islands;
Returns	Suriname
Winner	Gloria Diaz; Philippines
Congeniality	Zohra Boufaden (Tunisia)
Best National Costume	Sangduen Manwong (Thailand)
Photogenic	Carole Robinson (New Zealand)
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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]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1969	Philippines – Gloria Díaz
1st Runner-Up	Finland – Harriet 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 Colombia – Margarita Reyes Chile – Mónica Larson Norway – Patricia Walker Peru – María Mantilla Sweden – Brigitta Lindloff Switzerland – Patrice Sollner United States – Wendy Dascomb Yugoslavia– Natasa Kosir

Contestants

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Argentina	Lidia Pepe	23	Corrientes
Aruba	Jeannette Geerman	–	Paradera
Australia	Joanne Barret	19	Sydney
Austria	Eva Rueber-Staier	18	Styria
Bahamas	Joan Bowe	21	Georgetown
Belgium	Danièle Roels^[2]	19	Hainaut
Bermuda	Maxine Bean	20	Hamilton
Bolivia	Luz María Rojas^[3]	–	Cochabamba
Bonaire	Julia Nicolaas	23	Kralendijk
Brazil	Vera Fischer	18	Blumenau
Canada	Jacquie Perrin	20	Toronto
Ceylon	Marlene Seneveratne	–	Colombo
Chile	Mónica Larson	25	Santiago
Colombia	Margarita Reyes^[4]	19	Cali
Congo-Kinshasa	Jeanne Mokomo	–	Kinshasa
Costa Rica	Clara Freda Antillón	18	San José
Curaçao	Yvonne Wardekker	21	Willemstad
Denmark	Jeanne Perfeldt	21	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Rocío García	18	Samaná
Ecuador	Rosana Vinueza	20	Guayaquil
England	Myra Van Heck	22	London
Finland	Harriet Eriksson	22	Turku
France	Agathe Cognet	24	Paris
West Germany	Gesine Froese	22	Bavaria
Greece	Irene Diamantoglou	18	Athens
Guam	Anita Johnston	18	Hagåtña
Holland	Welmoed Hollenberg	21	Amsterdam
Honduras	Viena Paredes	18	Choluteca
Hong Kong	Christine Tam	18	Hong Kong
Iceland	María Baldursdóttir	22	Reykjanesbær
India	Kavita Bhambani	18	Bombay
Ireland	Patricia Byrne	25	Dublin
Israel	Chava Levy	19	Haifa
Italy	Diana Coccorese	23	Rome
Jamaica	Carol Gerrow	–	Kingston
Japan	Kikuyo Osuka	18	Aichi
Luxembourg	Marie Antoniette Bertinelli	–	Esch-sur-Alzette
Malaysia	Rosemary Wan	20	Petaling Jaya
Malta	Natalie Quintana	–	Gżira
Mexico	Gloria Hernández	20	Guanajuato
New Zealand	Carole Robinson	22	Auckland
Nicaragua	Soraya Herrera	18	Tipitapa
Norway	Patricia Walker	20	Oslo
Peru	María Julia Mantilla	19	Trujillo
Philippines	Gloria Diaz^[5]	18	Manila
Puerto Rico	Aída Betancourt	18	Río Piedras
Scotland	Sheena Drumond	18	Coatbridge
Singapore	Mavis Young	18	Singapore
South Korea	Lim Hyun-jung	20	Seoul
Spain	Amparo Rodrigo	19	Valencia
Suriname	Greta Natsier	–	Paramaribo
Sweden	Brigitta Lindloff	22	Västra Götaland
Switzerland	Patrice Sollner	24	Aargau
Thailand	Sangduen Manwong	20	Bangkok
Tunisia	Zohra Boufaden	21	Tunis
Turkey	Azra Balkan	–	Istanbul
United States	Wendy Dascomb^[6]	19	Danville
Uruguay	Julia Möller	20	Montevideo
Venezuela	María José Yéllici	24	Aragua
Wales	Brenda Maige	22	Colwyn Bay
Yugoslavia	Nataša Košir	21	Novo Mesto