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=== Special Awards ===
=== References ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
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!Award
!Winners
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|Best National Costume
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*'''{{THA}}''' – Sangduen Manwong
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|Miss Photogenic
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*'''{{NZL}}''' – Carole Robinson
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|Miss Congeniality
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*'''{{TUN}}''' – Zohra Boufaden
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|Top 10<br>Best in Swimsuit Competition
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*'''{{AUS}}''' - Joanne Barret
*'''{{AUT}}''' - Eva Rueber-Staier
*'''{{BRA}}''' - Vera Fischer
*'''{{COL}}''' - Margarita Zawadsky
*'''{{FIN}}''' - Harriet Eriksson
*'''{{ISR}}''' - Chava Levy
*'''{{Flag|Philippines|1936}}''' - Gloria Diaz
*'''{{USA}}''' - Wendy Dascomb
*'''{{YUG}}''' - Nataša Košir
|}
==Contestants==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
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!Country/Territory
!Contestant
!Hometown
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| {{flag|Argentina}} || Lidia Pepe || [[Corrientes]]
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| {{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Aruba}} || Jeannette Geerman || [[Paradera]]
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| {{flag|Australia}} || Joanne Barret || [[Sydney]]
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| {{flag|Austria}} || [[Eva Rueber-Staier]] || [[Styria]]
|-
| {{flag|Bahamas|1964}} || Joan Bowe || [[Georgetown, Bahamas|Georgetown]]
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| {{flag|Belgium}} || Danièle Roels || [[Hainaut Province|Hainaut]]
|-
| {{flag|Bermuda}} || Maxine S. Bean || [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]]
|-
| {{flag|Bolivia}} || Luz María Rojas || [[Cochabamba]]
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| {{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Bonaire}} || Julia Nicolaas || [[Kralendijk]]
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| {{flag|Brazil|1968}} || [[Vera Fischer (actress)|Vera Fischer]] || [[Blumenau]]
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| {{flag|Canada}} || [[Jacquie Perrin]] || [[Toronto]]
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| {{flag|Dominion of Ceylon|1951|name=Ceylon}} || Marlene Seneveratne || [[Colombo]]
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| {{flag|Chile}} || Mónica Larson || [[Santiago]]
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| {{flag|Colombia}} || Margarita Reyes || [[Cali]]
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| {{flag|Congo-Kinshasa|1966|name=Congo}} || Jeanne Mokomo || [[Kinshasa]]
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| {{flag|Costa Rica}} || Clara Freda Antillón || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
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| {{flag|Netherlands Antilles|1959|name=Curaçao}} || Yvonne Wardekker || [[Willemstad]]
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| {{flag|Denmark}} || Jeanne Perfeldt || [[Copenhagen]]
|-
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || Rocío García Báez || [[Samaná Province|Samaná]]
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| {{flag|Ecuador}} || [[Rosana Vinueza]] || [[Guayaquil]]
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| {{flag|England}} || Myra Van Heck || [[London]]
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| {{flag|Finland}} || Harriet Eriksson || [[Turku]]
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| {{flag|France}} || Agathe Cognet || [[Paris]]
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| {{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}} || Gesine Froese || [[Bavaria]]
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| {{flag|Kingdom of Greece|name=Greece}} || Irene Diamantoglou || [[Athens]]
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| {{flag|Guam}} || Anita Johnston || [[Hagåtña]]
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| {{flag|Holland}} || Welmoed Hollenberg || [[Amsterdam]]
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| {{flag|Honduras|1949}} || Viena Paredes || [[Choluteca, Choluteca|Choluteca]]
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| {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} || Christine Tam || [[Hong Kong]]
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| {{flag|Iceland}} || María Baldursdóttir || [[Reykjanesbær]]
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| {{flag|India}} || Kavita Bhambani || [[Bombay]]
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| {{flag|Ireland}} || Patricia Byrne || [[Dublin]]
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| {{flag|Israel}} || Chava Levy || [[Haifa]]
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| {{flag|Italy}} || Diana Coccorese || [[Rome]]
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| {{flag|Jamaica}} || Carol Gerrow || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
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| {{flag|Japan}} || Kikuyo Osuka || [[Aichi]]
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| {{flag|South Korea|1948|name=Korea}} || Lim Hyun-jung || [[Seoul]]
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| {{flag|Luxembourg}} || Marie Antoniette Bertinelli || [[Esch-sur-Alzette]]
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| {{flag|Malaysia}} || Rosemary Wan || [[Petaling Jaya]]
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| {{flag|Malta}} || Natalie Quintana || [[Gżira]]
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| {{flag|Mexico}} || Gloria Hernández || [[Guanajuato]]
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| {{flag|New Zealand}} || Carole Robinson || [[Auckland]]
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| {{flag|Nicaragua}} || Soraya Herrera || [[Managua]]
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| {{flag|Norway}} || Pia Walker || [[Oslo]]
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| {{flag|Peru}} || María Julia Mantilla || [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]]
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| {{flag|Philippines|1936}} || '''[[Gloria Diaz]]''' || [[Manila]]
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| {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} || Aída Betancourt || [[Río Piedras]]
|-
| {{flag|Scotland}} || Sheena Drumond || [[Coatbridge]]
|-
| {{flag|Singapore}} || Mavis Young Siew Kim || [[Singapore]]
|-
| {{flag|Spain|1945}} || Amparo Rodrigo || [[Valencia]]
|-
| {{flag|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)|name=Surinam}} || Greta Natsier || [[Paramaribo]]
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}} || Brigitta Lindloff || [[Västra Götaland]]
|-
| {{flag|Switzerland}} || Patrice Sollner || [[Aargau]]
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}} || [[Sangduen Manwong]] || [[Bangkok]]
|-
| {{flag|Tunisia|1959}} || Zohra Boufaden || [[Tunis]]
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| {{flag|Turkey}} || Azra Balkan || [[Istanbul]]
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| {{flag|Uruguay}} || [[Julia Möller]] || [[Montevideo]]
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| {{flag|USA}} || [[Wendy Dascomb]] || [[Danville, Virginia|Danville]]
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| {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} || María José Yéllici || [[Aragua]]
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| {{flag|Wales}} || Shirley Jones || [[Colwyn Bay]]
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| {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || Nataša Košir || [[Belgrade]]
|}

==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==
*{{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==
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Revision as of 01:25, 8 August 2023

Miss Universe 1969
Gloria Diaz, Miss Universe 1969
Date19 July 1969
Presenters
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BroadcasterCBS
Entrants61
Placements15
Withdrawals
ReturnsSurinam
WinnerGloria Diaz
 Philippines
CongenialityZohra Boufaden
 Tunisia
Best National CostumeSangduen Manwong
 Thailand
PhotogenicCarole Robinson
 New Zealand
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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.[1]

Miss Universe 1969 participating nations and results
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

References

  1. ^ "Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe". The New York Times. July 20, 1969. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013.