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{{Short description|Gloria Diaz First Filipina Miss Universe}}
{{Short description|18th Miss Universe pageant}}
{{Infobox beauty pageant
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo =
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| represented = '''{{flag|Philippines}}'''
| represented = '''{{flag|Philippines}}'''
| date = 19 July 1969
| date = 19 July 1969
|image= Gloria Diaz Miss Universe 2016.jpg
|image= Gloria_Diaz.jpg
|caption=[[Gloria Diaz]], Miss Universe 1969
|caption=[[Gloria Diaz]], Miss Universe 1969
| presenters = {{hlist|[[Bob Barker]]|[[June Lockhart]]}}
| presenters = {{hlist|[[Bob Barker]]|[[June Lockhart]]}}
| venue = [[Miami Beach Auditorium]], [[Miami Beach, Florida]], [[United States]]
| venue = [[Miami Beach Auditorium]], [[Miami Beach, Florida]], [[United States]]
| broadcaster = [[CBS]]
| broadcaster = [[CBS]] ([[WTVJ]])
| entrants = 61
| entrants = 61
| placements = 15
| placements = 15
| debuts =
| debuts =
| withdraws = {{Hlist|[[Haiti]]|[[Lebanon]]|[[United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands|Okinawa]]|[[South Africa]]|[[Virgin Islands]]}}
| withdraws = {{Hlist|Haiti|Lebanon|Okinawa|South Africa|United States Virgin Islands}}
| returns = [[Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)|Surinam]]
| returns = Suriname
| congeniality = Zohra Boufaden <br> {{flag|Tunisia|1959}}
| congeniality = Zohra Boufaden <br> {{flag|Tunisia|1959}}
| best national costume = [[Sangduen Manwong]] <br> {{flag|Thailand}}
| best national costume = [[Sangduen Manwong]] <br> {{flag|Thailand}}
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'''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 second Southeast Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe |work=The New York Times |date=July 20, 1969 |url=http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/07/20/90113279.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112182554/http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/07/20/90113279.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2013 }}</ref>
'''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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe |work=The New York Times |date=July 20, 1969 |url=http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/07/20/90113279.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112182554/http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/07/20/90113279.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2013 }}</ref>[[File:Abreu Sodré-Miss Universo e misses II (1969).jpg|thumb|Miss Universe 1969 finalists in Brazil.|250x250px]]

[[File:Miss Universe 1969 Map.PNG|thumb|Miss Universe 1969 participating nations and results]]
[[File:Abreu Sodré-Miss Universo e misses II (1969).jpg|thumb|Miss Universe 1969 finalists in Brazil.]]


==Results==
==Results==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
|-
! Placement
! Final results
! Contestant
! Contestant
|-
|-
| '''Miss Universe 1969'''
| Miss Universe 1969
|
|
* '''{{flag|Philippines|1936}}''' – '''[[Gloria Diaz]]'''
* {{flag|Philippines|1936}} – [[Gloria Diaz]]
|-
|-
| '''1st Runner-up'''
| 1st runner-up
|
|
* '''{{flag|Finland}}''' – Harriet Eriksson
* {{flag|Finland}} – Harriet Eriksson
|-
|-
| '''2nd Runner-up'''
| 2nd runner-up
|
|
* '''{{flag|Australia}}''' – Joanne Barret
* {{flag|Australia}} – Joanne Barret
|-
|-
| '''3rd Runner-up'''
| 3rd runner-up
|
|
* '''{{flag|Israel}}''' – Chava Levy
* {{flag|Israel}} – Chava Levy
|-
|-
| '''4th Runner-up'''
| 4th runner-up
|
|
* '''{{flag|Japan|1870}}''' – Kikuyo Osuka
* {{flag|Japan|1870}} – Kikuyo Osuka
|-
|-
| '''Top 15'''
| Top 15
|
|
* '''{{flag|Austria}}''' – [[Eva Rueber-Staier]]
* {{flag|Austria}} – [[Eva Rueber-Staier]]
* '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' – [[Vera Fischer (model)|Vera Fischer]]
* {{flag|Brazil|1968}} – [[Vera Fischer (actress)|Vera Fischer]]
* '''{{flag|Chile}}''' – Mónica Larson
* {{flag|Chile}} – Mónica Larson
* '''{{flag|Colombia}}''' – Margarita Reyes
* {{flag|Colombia}} – Margarita Reyes
* '''{{flag|Norway}}''' – Patricia Walker
* {{flag|Norway}} – Patricia Walker
* '''{{flag|Peru}}''' – María Julia Mantilla Mayer
* {{flag|Peru}} – María Julia Mantilla Mayer
* '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' – Brigitta Lindloff
* {{flag|Sweden}} – Brigitta Lindloff
* '''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' – Patrice Sollner
* {{flag|Switzerland}} – Patrice Sollner
* '''{{flag|United States}}''' – [[Wendy Dascomb]]
* {{flag|United States}} – [[Wendy Dascomb]]
* '''{{flag|Yugoslavia}}''' – Nataša Košir
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}} – Nataša Košir
|}
|}


=== Special Awards ===
== Contestants ==
[[File:Miss Universe 1969 Map.PNG|thumb|Miss Universe 1969 participating countries and territories|250x250px]]Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!Country/Territory
!Contestant
!Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}}
!Hometown
|-
|-
|{{flag|Argentina}}
!Special Awards
|Lidia Pepe
!Winners
|23
|[[Corrientes]]
|-
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Aruba}}
|'''Best National Costume'''
|Jeannette Geerman
|
|–
*'''{{THA}}''' – Sangduen Manwong
|[[Paradera]]
|-
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|'''Miss Photogenic'''
|Joanne Barret
|
|19
*'''{{NZL}}''' – Carole Robinson
|[[Sydney]]
|-
|-
|{{flag|Austria}}
|'''Miss Congeniality'''
|[[Eva Rueber-Staier]]
|
|18
*'''{{TUN}}''' – Zohra Boufaden
|[[Styria]]
|-
|-
|{{flag|Bahamas|1964}}
|'''Top 10<br>Best in Swimsuit Competition'''
|Joan Bowe
|
|21
*'''{{AUS}}''' - Joanne Barret
|[[Georgetown, Bahamas|Georgetown]]
*'''{{AUT}}''' - Eva Rueber-Staier
|-
*'''{{BRA}}''' - Vera Fischer
|{{flag|Belgium}}
*'''{{COL}}''' - Margarita Zawadsky
|Danièle Roels<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=12 July 1969|title=Zeven „schonen", deelneemsters aan de komende „Miss Universe" verkiezing in Miami Beach|language=nl|pages=1|work=Leeuwarder courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010618190:mpeg21:p001|access-date=18 October 2023|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>
*'''{{FIN}}''' - Harriet Eriksson
|19
*'''{{ISR}}''' - Chava Levy
|[[Hainaut Province|Hainaut]]
*'''{{Flag|Philippines|1936}}''' - Gloria Diaz
|-
*'''{{USA}}''' - Wendy Dascomb
|{{flag|Bermuda}}
*'''{{YUG}}''' - Nataša Košir
|Maxine Bean
|20
|[[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]]
|-
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|Luz María Rojas<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2017 |title=El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean |trans-title=The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor. |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/el-titulo-les-dio-alegrias-trabajo-y-fama-que-aun-saborean_32650 |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=El Deber |language=es-ES}}</ref>
|–
|[[Cochabamba]]
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Bonaire}}
|Julia Nicolaas
|23
|[[Kralendijk]]
|-
|{{flag|Brazil|1968}}
|[[Vera Fischer (actress)|Vera Fischer]]
|18
|[[Blumenau]]
|-
|{{flag|Canada}}
|[[Jacquie Perrin]]
|20
|[[Toronto]]
|-
|{{flag|Dominion of Ceylon|1951|name=Ceylon}}
|Marlene Seneveratne
|–
|[[Colombo]]
|-
|{{flag|Chile}}
|Mónica Larson
|25
|[[Santiago]]
|-
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|Margarita Reyes<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 November 1968|title=Del Valle la nueva soberana|language=es|pages=1, 14–16|work=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pRQfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CowEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6935%2C1872965|access-date=18 October 2023|trans-title=The new sovereign from Valle|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Cali]]
|-
|{{flag|Congo-Kinshasa|1966}}
|Jeanne Mokomo
|–
|[[Kinshasa]]
|-
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|Clara Freda Antillón
|18
|[[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Curaçao}}
|Yvonne Wardekker
|21
|[[Willemstad]]
|-
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|Jeanne Perfeldt
|21
|[[Copenhagen]]
|-
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|Rocío García
|18
|[[Samaná (town)|Samaná]]
|-
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|[[Rosana Vinueza]]
|20
|[[Guayaquil]]
|-
|{{flag|England}}
|Myra Van Heck
|22
|[[London]]
|-
|{{flag|Finland}}
|Harriet Eriksson
|22
|[[Turku]]
|-
|{{flag|France}}
|Agathe Cognet
|24
|[[Paris]]
|-
|{{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}}
|Gesine Froese
|22
|[[Bavaria]]
|-
|{{flag|Kingdom of Greece|name=Greece}}
|Irene Diamantoglou
|18
|[[Athens]]
|-
|{{flag|Guam}}
|Anita Johnston
|18
|[[Hagåtña]]
|-
|{{flag|Holland}}
|Welmoed Hollenberg
|21
|[[Amsterdam]]
|-
|{{flag|Honduras|1949}}
|Viena Paredes
|18
|[[Choluteca, Choluteca|Choluteca]]
|-
|{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}
|Christine Tam
|18
|[[Hong Kong]]
|-
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|María Baldursdóttir
|22
|[[Reykjanesbær]]
|-
|{{flag|India}}
|Kavita Bhambani
|18
|[[Bombay]]
|-
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|Patricia Byrne
|25
|[[Dublin]]
|-
|{{flag|Israel}}
|Chava Levy
|19
|[[Haifa]]
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
|Diana Coccorese
|23
|[[Rome]]
|-
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|Carol Gerrow
|–
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
|{{flag|Japan}}
|Kikuyo Osuka
|18
|[[Aichi]]
|-
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}
|Marie Antoniette Bertinelli
|–
|[[Esch-sur-Alzette]]
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|Rosemary Wan
|20
|[[Petaling Jaya]]
|-
|{{flag|Malta}}
|Natalie Quintana
|–
|[[Gżira]]
|-
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|Gloria Hernández
|20
|[[Guanajuato]]
|-
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|Carole Robinson
|22
|[[Auckland]]
|-
|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|Soraya Herrera
|18
|[[Tipitapa]]
|-
|{{flag|Norway}}
|Pia Walker
|20
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|{{flag|Peru}}
|María Julia Mantilla
|19
|[[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]]
|-
|{{flag|Philippines|1936}}
|[[Gloria Diaz]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Villano|first=Alexa|date=19 July 2019|title=LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon|url=http://r3.rappler.com/life-and-style/specials/miss-universe/235698-gloria-diaz-miss-universe-icon|access-date=18 October 2023|website=[[Rappler]]|language=en}}</ref>
|18
|[[Manila]]
|-
|{{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}
|Aída Betancourt
|18
|[[Río Piedras]]
|-
|{{flag|Scotland}}
|Sheena Drumond
|18
|[[Coatbridge]]
|-
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|Mavis Young
|18
|[[Singapore]]
|-
|{{flag|South Korea|1948}}
|Lim Hyun-jung
|20
|[[Seoul]]
|-
|{{flag|Spain|1945}}
|Amparo Rodrigo
|19
|[[Valencia]]
|-
|{{flag|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)|name=Suriname}}
|Greta Natsier
|–
|[[Paramaribo]]
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|Brigitta Lindloff
|22
|[[Västra Götaland]]
|-
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|Patrice Sollner
|24
|[[Aargau]]
|-
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|[[Sangduen Manwong]]
|20
|[[Bangkok]]
|-
|{{flag|Tunisia|1959}}
|Zohra Boufaden
|21
|[[Tunis]]
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|Azra Balkan
|–
|[[Istanbul]]
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Wendy Dascomb]]<ref name="Register">{{cite news |date=May 25, 1969 |title=Wendy Dascomb, Stratford College Student, Named Miss U.S.A. 1969 |page=1 |work=[[The Danville Register]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/23421112/ |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref>
|19
|[[Danville, Virginia|Danville]]
|-
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|[[Julia Möller]]
|20
|[[Montevideo]]
|-
|{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}
|María José Yéllici
|24
|[[Aragua]]
|-
|{{flag|Wales}}
|Shirley Jones
|22
|[[Colwyn Bay]]
|-
|{{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|Nataša Košir
|21
|[[Belgrade]]
|}
|}
'''Order of Announcements'''

'''Top 15'''
#{{flagu|Philippines}}
#{{flagu|Australia}}
#{{flagu|Finland}}
#{{flagu|Peru}}
#{{flagu|Austria}}
#{{flagu|Norway}}
#{{flagu|Israel}}
#{{flagu|United States}}
#{{flagu|Yugoslavia}}
#{{flagu|Brazil}}
#{{flagu|Sweden}}
#{{flagu|Colombia}}
#{{flagu|Japan}}
#{{flagu|Chile}}
#{{flagu|Switzerland}}

'''Top 5'''
#{{flagu|Philippines}}
#{{flagu|Finland}}
#{{flagu|Israel}}
#{{flagu|Australia}}
#{{flagu|Japan}}

==Contestants==
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* '''{{flag|Argentina}}''' - Lidia Esther Pepe
* '''{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Aruba}}''' - Jeannette Geerman
* '''{{flag|Australia}}''' - Joanne Barret
* '''{{flag|Austria}}''' - [[Eva Rueber-Staier]]
* '''{{flag|Bahamas|1964}}''' - Joan Bowe
* '''{{flag|Belgium}}''' - Danièle Roels
* '''{{flag|Bermuda}}''' - Maxine S. Bean
* '''{{flag|Bolivia}}''' - Luz María Rojas
* '''{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Bonaire}}''' - Julia Nicolaas
* '''{{flag|Brazil|1968}}''' - [[Vera Fischer (actress)|Vera Fischer]]
* '''{{flag|Canada}}''' - [[Jacquie Perrin]]
* '''{{flag|Dominion of Ceylon|1951|name=Ceylon}}''' - Marlene Beverly Seneveratne
* '''{{flag|Chile}}''' - Mónica Larson Teuber
* '''{{flag|Colombia}}''' - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky
* '''{{flag|Congo-Kinshasa|1966|name=Congo}}''' - Jeanne Mokomo
* '''{{flag|Costa Rica}}''' - Clara Freda Antillón
* '''{{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Curaçao}}''' - Yvonne Wardekker
* '''{{flag|Denmark}}''' - Jeanne Perfeldt
* '''{{flag|Dominican Republic}}''' - Rocío García Báez
* '''{{flag|Ecuador}}''' - [[Rosana Vinueza|Rosana Vinueza Estrada]] †
* '''{{flag|England}}''' - Myra Van Heck
* '''{{flag|Finland}}''' - Harriet Marita Eriksson
* '''{{flag|France}}''' - Agathe Cognet
* '''{{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}}''' - Gesine Froese
* '''{{flag|Kingdom of Greece|name=Greece}}''' - Irene Diamantoglou
* '''{{flag|Guam}}''' - Anita Johnston
* '''{{flag|Holland}}''' - Welmoed Hollenberg
* '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' - Viena Paredes
* '''{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}}''' - Christine Tam Mei-Mei
* '''{{flag|Iceland}}''' - María Baldursdóttir
* '''{{flag|India}}''' - Kavita Bhambani
* '''{{flag|Ireland}}''' - Patricia Byrne
* '''{{flag|Israel}}''' - Chava Levy
* '''{{flag|Italy}}''' - Diana Coccorese
* '''{{flag|Jamaica}}''' - Carol Gerrow
* '''{{flag|Japan|1870}}''' - Kikuyo Osuka
* '''{{flag|South Korea|1948|name=Korea}}''' - Lim Hyun-jung
* '''{{flag|Luxembourg}}''' - Marie Antoniette Bertinelli
* '''{{flag|Malaysia}}''' - Rosemary Wan Chow Mei
* '''{{flag|Malta}}''' - Natalie Quintana
* '''{{flag|Mexico}}''' - Gloria Hernández
* '''{{flag|New Zealand}}''' - Carole Robinson
* '''{{flag|Nicaragua}}''' - Soraya Herrera Chávez
* '''{{flag|Norway}}''' - Patricia "Pia" Ingrid Walker
* '''{{flag|Peru}}''' - María Julia Mantilla Mayer
* '''{{flag|Philippines|1936}}''' - '''[[Gloria Diaz|Gloria Maria Diaz]]'''
* '''{{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}''' - Aída Betancourt
* '''{{flag|Scotland}}''' - Sheena Drumond
* '''{{flag|Singapore}}''' - Mavis Young Siew Kim
* '''{{flag|Spain|1945}}''' - María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo
* '''{{flag|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)|name=Surinam}}''' - Greta Natsir
* '''{{flag|Sweden}}''' - Brigitta Lindloff
* '''{{flag|Switzerland}}''' - Patrice Sollner
* '''{{flag|Thailand}}''' - [[Sangduen Manwong]]
* '''{{flag|Tunisia|1959}}''' - Zohra Boufaden
* '''{{flag|Turkey}}''' - Azra Balkan
* '''{{flag|United States}}''' - [[Wendy Dascomb|Wendy Jane Dascomb]]
* '''{{flag|Uruguay}}''' - [[Julia Möller]]
* '''{{flag|Venezuela|1954}}''' - María José Yéllici
* '''{{flag|Wales}}''' - Shirley Jones
* '''{{flag|Yugoslavia}}''' - Nataša Košir
{{colend}}

==Notes==
=== Withdrawals ===

* '''{{Flag|Haiti|1964}}'''
* '''{{LBN}}'''
* {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Okinawa Prefecture|'''Okinawa''']]
* '''{{Flag|South Africa|1928}}'''
* '''{{Flag|VIR|name=Virgin Islands}}'''

=== Returns ===

* '''{{Flag|Surinam}}

=== Replacements ===

* {{Flag|*Malaysia*}} - Sabrina Loo


==General references==
== Notes ==
<references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
*{{cite web |title=Miss Universe: 1960–1969 |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/1960-1969.html |website=pageantopolis.com |publisher=Don West |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527022111/http://www.pageantopolis.com/1960-1969.html |url-status=usurped }}


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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[[Category:Miss Universe by year|1969]]
[[Category:1969 in Florida]]
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[[Category:1969 beauty pageants]]
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Revision as of 01:19, 7 February 2024

Miss Universe 1969
File:Gloria Diaz.jpg
Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969
Date19 July 1969
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS (WTVJ)
Entrants61
Placements15
Withdrawals
  • Haiti
  • Lebanon
  • Okinawa
  • South Africa
  • United States Virgin Islands
ReturnsSuriname
WinnerGloria Diaz
 Philippines
CongenialityZohra Boufaden
 Tunisia
Best National CostumeSangduen Manwong
 Thailand
PhotogenicCarole Robinson
 New Zealand
← 1968
1970 →

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]

Miss Universe 1969 finalists in Brazil.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1969
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants

Miss Universe 1969 participating countries and territories

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
 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 Pia 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 Shirley Jones 22 Colwyn Bay
 Yugoslavia Nataša Košir 21 Belgrade

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. ^ "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "Zeven „schonen", deelneemsters aan de komende „Miss Universe" verkiezing in Miami Beach". Leeuwarder courant (in Dutch). 12 July 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Delpher.
  3. ^ "El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean" [The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor.]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Del Valle la nueva soberana" [The new sovereign from Valle]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 12 November 1968. pp. 1, 14–16. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ Villano, Alexa (19 July 2019). "LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon". Rappler. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Wendy Dascomb, Stratford College Student, Named Miss U.S.A. 1969". The Danville Register. Associated Press. May 25, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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