Miss World 1968
Miss World 1968 | |
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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 |
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
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss World 1968 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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5th runner-up |
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6th runner-up |
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Top 15 |
Contestants
Argentina – Viviana Roldán Australia – Penelope Plummer Austria – Brigitte Krüger Bahamas – Rose Helena Dauchot Belgium – Sonja Doumen Brazil – Angela Carmelia Stecca Canada – Nancy Wilson Ceylon – Nilanthie Wijesinghe Chile – Carmen Smith Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González Costa Rica – Patricia Diers Cyprus – Diana Dimitropoulou Denmark – Yet Schaufuss Dominican Republic – Ingrid García Ecuador – Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen Finland – Leena Sipilä France – Nelly Gallerne Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt Ghana – Lovell Rosebud Wordie Gibraltar – Sandra Sanguinetti Greece- Lia Malta Guyana – Adrienne Harris Holland – Alida Grootenboer India – Jane Coelho Ireland – June MacMahon Israel – Miri Zamir Italy – Maria Pia Gianporcaro Jamaica – Karlene Waddell Japan – Ryoko Miyoshi Kenya – Josephine Moikobu Korea – Lee Ji-eun Liberia – Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell Luxembourg – Irene Siedler Malta – Ursulina (Lina) Grech Mexico – Ana María Magaña Morocco – Zakia Chamouch New Zealand – Christine Mary Antunovic Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales Nigeria – Foluke Ogundipe Norway – Hedda Lie Peru – Ana Rosa Berninzon Devéscovi Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok South Africa – Mitsianna Stander† Sweden – Gunilla Friden Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai Tunisia – Zohra Boufaden Turkey – Mine Kurkcuoglu Uganda – Joy Lehai United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley United States – Johnine Leigh Avery Venezuela – Cherry Núñez Rodríguez Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera
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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