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{{Short description|7th edition of the Miss Venezuela competition}}
{{Beauty pageant
| winner = [[Gladys Ascanio]]
| represented = Distrito Federal
| date = July 30, 1960
| venue = [[Hotel Tamanaco|Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel]], [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]
| entrants = 14
| before = [[Miss Venezuela 1958|1958]]
| next = [[Miss Venezuela 1961|1961]]
|placements=6|debuts={{Hlist|[[Vargas (state)|Departamento Vargas]]}}|returns={{Hlist|[[Amazonas (Venezuelan state)|Amazonas]]|[[Barinas (state)|Barinas]]|[[Bolívar (state)|Bolívar]]|[[Libertador Municipality, Caracas|Departamento Libertador]]|[[Mérida (state)|Mérida]]|[[Miranda (state)|Miranda]]|[[Nueva Esparta]]|[[Táchira]]|[[Yaracuy]]}}}}

'''Miss Venezuela''' '''1960''' was the 7th [[Miss Venezuela]] pageant, held at the [[Hotel Tamanaco|Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel]] in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]] on July 30, 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ago |first=Nayita238in #spanish • 4 Years |date=2019-02-05 |title=Miss Venezuela 1960. |url=https://steemit.com/spanish/@nayita238/miss-venezuela-1960 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Steemit |language=en}}</ref>

At the end of the event, [[Ida Pieri]] of [[Sucre (state)|Sucre]] crowned [[Gladys Ascanio]] of [[Capital District (Venezuela)|Distrito Federal]] as Miss Venezuela 1960.

==Results==
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=== Placements ===
{{Plainlist|*{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as winner
*{{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
*{{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} Ended as special awards winner}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! width="280" |Placement
! width="250" |Contestant
! width="300" |International placement
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
|'''Miss Venezuela 1960'''
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* '''{{flag|Caracas|name=Distrito Federal}}''' – '''[[Gladys Ascanio]]'''
|{{Center|Top 15 – [[Miss International 1960]]}}
|-
|1st Runner-Up
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* {{flag|Caracas}} – Miriam Estévez
|{{Center|Did not compete – [[Miss World 1960]]}}
|-
|2nd Runner-Up
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* {{flag|Táchira}} – Marina Carrero
| rowspan="4" |
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|3rd Runner-Up
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* {{flag|Vargas|name=Departamento Vargas}} – Aura Rodríguez<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aura Rodríguez, Miss Venezuela Mundo 1960, ausente en Londres {{!}} REVISTA TODO LO CHIC |url=https://www.revistatodolochic.com/aura-rodriguez-miss-venezuela-mundo-1960-ausente-en-londres/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|4th Runner-Up
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* {{flag|Mérida}} – Magaly Burguera
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|5h Runner-Up
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* {{flag|Barinas}} – Gladys Tapia
|}

=== Miss Universe Venezuela 1960 ===
The Miss Universe Venezuela 1960 was appointed by the organization who represented [[Venezuela]] at [[Miss Universe 1960]]. The contestant appointed was Mary Quiróz Delgado, [[Miss Venezuela 1957|Miss Yaracuy 1957]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! width="280" |Placement
! width="250" |Contestant
! width="300" |International placement
|-
|'''Miss Universe Venezuela 1960'''
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* '''{{flag|Yaracuy}}''' – '''[[Mary Quiróz Delgado]]'''
|{{Center|Unplaced – [[Miss Universe 1960]]}}
|}

== Contestants ==
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14 contestants competed for the title.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!State
!Contestant
!Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant|name=A}}
!Height
!Hometown
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|{{flag|Amazonas, Venezuela|name=Amazonas}}
|Carmen Alicia (Chumico) Romero
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|{{flag|Aragua}}
|Milena Cott
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|{{flag|Barinas}}
|Gladys Tapia Angulo
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|{{flag|Bolívar}}
|Roraima Gómez López
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|{{flag|Caracas}}
|Miriam Maritza Estévez Acevedo
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|{{flag|Caracas|name=Departamento Libertador}}
|Gloria Josefina Altuve
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|{{flag|Vargas|name=Departamento Vargas}}
|Aura Rodríguez Acosta
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|'''{{flag|Caracas|name=Distrito Federal}}'''
|'''[[Gladys Ascanio|Gladys "Laly" Ascanio Arredondo]]'''
|19
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|[[Caracas]]
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|{{flag|Mérida}}
|Magaly Burguera Sardi
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|{{flag|Miranda}}
|Rosa Violeta González
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|{{flag|Nueva Esparta}}
|Mélida Ortiz
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|{{flag|Sucre}}
|Omaira Rodríguez
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|{{flag|Táchira}}
|Marina Carrero
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|{{flag|Yaracuy}}
|Elvia Sánchez Parra
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|}

; Notes

* Gladys Boccardo, [[Anzoátegui]] and Sonia González, [[Carabobo]] retired from the competition.

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.missvenezuela.com/ Miss Venezuela official website]
{{Miss Venezuela}}

[[Category:Miss Venezuela]]
[[Category:1960 beauty pageants]]
[[Category:1960 in Venezuela]]