Miss World 1968

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

Miss World 1968, the 18th edition Miss World pageant, was 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.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1968
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
5th runner-up
6th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants

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)
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