| Miss Universe 1969 | |
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) Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Diaz | |
| Date | 19 July 1969 |
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| Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 61 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals |
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| Returns | Surinam |
| Winner | Gloria Diaz Philippines |
| Congeniality | Zohra Boufaden .svg.png){kind=small} Tunisia |
| Best National Costume | Sangduen Manwong  Thailand |
| Photogenic | Carole Robinson  New Zealand |
Miss Universe 1969, the 18th Miss Universe pageant, was 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 third Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.[1]
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Miss Universe 1969 participating nations and results
Results
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Special Awards
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Top 10 Best in Swimsuit Competition |
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Contestants
Argentina - Lidia Esther Pepe.svg.png)
Aruba - Jeannette Geerman.svg.png)
Australia - Joanne Barret
Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier.svg.png)
Bahamas - Joan Bowe.svg.png)
Belgium - Danièle Roels
Bermuda - Maxine S. Bean
Bolivia - Luz María Rojas- Bonaire - Julia Nicolaas
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Brazil - Vera Fischer.svg.png)
Canada - Jacquie Perrin.svg.png)
Ceylon - Marlene Beverly Seneveratne
Chile - Mónica Larson Teuber
Colombia - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky.svg.png)
Congo - Jeanne Mokomo
Costa Rica - Clara Freda Antillón- Curaçao - Yvonne Wardekker
Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt
Dominican Republic - Rocío García Báez
Ecuador - Rosana Vinueza Estrada †
England - Myra Van Heck
Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson
France - Agathe Cognet
Germany - Gesine Froese.svg.png)
Greece - Irene Diamantoglou
Guam - Anita Johnston
Holland - Welmoed Hollenberg
Honduras - Viena Paredes.svg.png)
Hong Kong - Christine Tam Mei-Mei
Iceland - María Baldursdóttir
India - Kavita Bhambani
Ireland - Patricia Byrne
Israel - Chava Levy
Italy - Diana Coccorese
Jamaica - Carol Gerrow.svg.png)
Japan - Kikuyo Osuka
Korea - Lim Hyun-jung
Luxembourg - Marie Antoniette Bertinelli
Malaysia - Rosemary Wan Chow Mui
Malta - Natalie Quintana
Mexico - Gloria Hernández
New Zealand - Carole Robinson
Nicaragua - Soraya Herrera Chávez
Norway - Patricia "Pia" Ingrid Walker
Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer
Philippines - Gloria Maria Diaz.svg.png)
Puerto Rico - Aída Betancourt
Scotland - Sheena Drumond
Singapore - Mavis Young Siew Kim.svg.png)
Spain - María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo.svg.png)
Surinam - Greta Natsir
Sweden - Brigitta Lindloff
Switzerland - Patrice Sollner
Thailand - Sangduen Manwong.svg.png)
Tunisia - Zohra Boufaden
Turkey - Azra Balkan
United States - Wendy Jane Dascomb
Uruguay - Julia Möller.svg.png)
Venezuela - María José Yéllici.svg.jpg)
Wales - Shirley Jones.svg.png)
Yugoslavia - Nataša Košir
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Notes
Withdrawals
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General references
- "Miss Universe: 1960–1969". pageantopolis.com. Don West. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
References
- ^ "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.