Miss International 1960

Miss International 1960 was the first edition of the Miss International pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States, on August 12, 1960.

At the end of the event, Stella Márquez of Colombia was crowned as the first Miss International. Miss International was created due to internal conflicts with the Miss Universe pageant.

Results

File:Miss International 1960 Map.PNG

Miss International 1960 participating nations and results

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 1960	Template:Flagu – Stella Márquez
1st Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Iona Pinto †
2nd Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Sigridur Geirsdottir † Template:Efn
3rd Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Joyce Kay
4th Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Charlene Lundberg
Top 15	Template:Flagu – Elizabeth Hodacs Template:Flagu – Lili Dajani Template:Flagu – Maria Grazia Jacomell Template:Flagu – Michiko Takagi Template:Flagu – Gretel Hedger Carvallo Template:Flagu – Edita Resurreccion Vital Template:Flagu – Marzena Malinowska Template:Flagu – Christl D'Cruz Template:Flagu – Gladys Ascanio Template:Flagu – Helga Kirsch

Special Awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Template:Flagu – Julia Ann Adamson
Miss Photogenic	Template:Flagu – Sigridur Geirsdóttir †
Miss Popularity	Template:Flagu – Caroline LecerfTemplate:Efn

Preliminary Competition Winners

Awards	Contestant
Best in Playsuit	Day 1: Template:Flagu – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † Day 2: Template:Flagu – Joyce Kay Day 3: Template:Flagu – Charlene Lundberg
Best in Evening Gown	Day 1: Template:Flagu – Stella Márquez Day 2: Template:Flagu – Marzena Malinowska Day 3: Template:Flagu – Lise Hammer
Best National Costume	Day 1: Template:Flagu – Gladys Ascanio Day 2: Template:Flagu – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † Day 3: Template:Flagu – Yvonne Gunawardene

Contestants

• Argentina – Slavica Lazaric
• Australia – Joan Stanbury
• Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs
• Belgium – Caroline Lecerf
• Bolivia – Edmy Arana Ayala
• Brazil – Magda Renate Pfrimer
• British Guiana – Julia Ann Adamson
• Canada – Margaret Powell
• Ceylon – Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene
• Colombia – Stella Márquez
• Denmark – Sonja Menzel
• Ecuador – Magdalena Dávila Varela
• England – Joyce Kay
• Finland – Marketta Nieminen
• France – Yvette Suzanne Degrémont
• Greece – Kiki Kotsaridou
• Template:Country data Holland – Katinka Bleeker
• Hong Kong – Lena Woo
• Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir †
• India – Iona Pinto †
• Indonesia – Wiana Sulastini
• Israel – Lili Dajani
• Italy – Maria Grazia Jacomelli
• Japan – Michiko Takagi
• Jordan – Gulnar Tucktuck
• Lebanon – Juliana Reptsik
• Luxembourg – Liliane Mueller
• Malaya – Zanariak Zena Ahmad †
• Morocco – Raymonde Valle
• Template:Country data Crown Colony of North Borneo – Elizabeth Voon
• Norway – Lise Hammer
• Paraguay – Gretel Hedger Carvallo
• Peru – Irma Vargas Fuller
• Philippines – Edita Resurreccion Vital
• Poland – Marzena Malinowska
• Portugal – Maria Josabete Silva Santos
• Puerto Rico – Carmen Sara Latimer
• Singapore – Christl D'Cruz
• South Africa – Nona Sherriff
• South Korea – Kim Chung-ja
• South Pacific – Patricia Apoliona (from Honolulu)
• Spain – Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez
• Sweden – Gunilla Elm
• Switzerland – Mylene Delapraz
• Tahiti – Teura Marguerite Teuira
• Taiwan – Janet Lin Chin-YiTemplate:Efn
• Tunisia – Habiba Ben Abdallah
• Turkey – Guler Kivrak
• United States – Charlene Lundberg
• Uruguay – Beatriz Liñares
• Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio
• West Germany – Helga Kirsch

Did not compete

• Hawaii – Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew)
• Yugoslavia – Tania Velic

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1960