Miss World 1960

Miss World 1960, the tenth edition Miss World pageant, was held on 8 November 1960 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. 39 contestants competed for the Miss World. The winner was Norma Cappagli, representing Argentina.[1] She was crowned by Miss World 1959, Corine Rottschäfer of Holland.[2]

Miss World 1960
Miss World 1960 Norma Cappagli
Date	8 November 1960
Presenters	Bob Hope
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	39
Debuts	Bolivia Burma Cyprus Ecuador Kenya Lebanon Madagascar Nicaragua Spain Tahiti Tanganyika
Withdrawals	Austria Ghana Gibraltar Hawaii Honduras Hong Kong Jamaica Paraguay Peru Portugal Puerto Rico
Returns	Australia Turkey
Winner	Norma Cappagli[1]  Argentina

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1960[1][3][4]

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1960	Argentina – Norma Cappagli
1st Runner-up	Israel – Gila Golan
2nd Runner-up	South Africa – Denise Muir
3rd Runner-up	Germany – Ingrun Helgard Möckel
4th Runner-up	United States – Judith Ann Achter[1]
Top 10[5]	Brazil – Maria Edilene Torreão  Ireland – Irene Ruth Kane  Italy – Layla Rigazzi  Korea – Lee Young-hee  United Kingdom – Hilda Fairclough
Top 15	Canada – Danica d'Hondt  France – Diane Medina  Japan – Eiko Sakimurai  Norway – Grethe Solhoy  Southern Rhodesia – Jenny Lee Scott

Contestants

•  Argentina - Norma Gladys Cappagli[1]
•  Australia - Margaret Pasquil Nott
•  Belgium - Huberte Box
•  Bolivia - Dalia Monasteros Thornee
•  Brazil - Maria Edilene Torreão
•  Burma - Ma Sen Aye
•  Canada - Danica d'Hondt
•  Cyprus - Mary Mavropoulos
•  Denmark - Lise Bodin
•  Ecuador - Toty Rodríguez
•  Finland - Margaretha Schauman
•  France - Diane Medina
•  Germany - Ingrun Helgard Möckel
•  Greece - Kalliopi Geralexi
•  Holland - Carina Verbeck
•  Iceland - Kristín Þorvaldsdóttir
•  India - Iona Pinto[4]
•  Ireland - Irene Ruth Kane
•  Israel - Gila Golan[3]
•  Italy - Layla Rigazzi
•  Japan - Eiko Murai[6]
•  Jordan - Eriny Emile Sebella
•  Kenya - Jasmine Batty
•  Korea - Lee Young-hee
•  Lebanon - Giséle Nicolas Naser
•  Luxembourg - Liliane Mueller
•  Madagascar - Rajaobelina Bedovoahangy
•  Nicaragua - Carmen Isabel Recalde
•  Norway - Grethe Solhoy
•  South Africa - Denise Muir
•  Southern Rhodesia - Jenny Lee Scott
•  Spain - Concepción Molinera Palacios
•  Sweden - Barbro Olsson[7]
•  Tahiti - Teura Bouwens
•  Tanganyika - Carmen Lesley Woodcock
•  Turkey - Nebahat Çehre
•  United Kingdom - Hilda Fairclough
•  Uruguay - Beatriz Benítez
•  United States - Judith Ann Achter

Notes

Debuts

•  Bolivia
•  Burma
•  Cyprus
•  Ecuador
•  Kenya
•  Lebanon
•  Madagascar
•  Nicaragua
•  Spain
•  Tahiti
•  Tanganyika

Returns

Last competed in 1957:

•  Australia

Last competed in 1958:

•  Turkey

Withdrawals

•  Austria - Luise Kammermair
•  Ghana
•  Gibraltar
•  Hawaii
•  Honduras
•  Hong Kong - Lena Woo
•  Jamaica - Judith Willoughby
•  Paraguay
•  Peru - Maricruz Gómez Díaz
•  Portugal
•  Puerto Rico

Nations not competing

•  Chile - Marinka Polhammer Espinosa
•  New Zealand - Lorraine Nawa Jones
•   Switzerland - Elaine Maurath
•  Venezuela - Miriam Maritza Estévez Acevedo

References

1. Rose, D. (2010). Sexually, I'm More of a Switzerland: More Personal Ads from the London Review of Books. Scribner. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-4391-3149-7.
2. Ottawa Citizen
3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
4. The 1st Miss International pageant | Entertainment, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706145715/http://www.missworld.com/History/1960/ MissWorld.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
6. "HAIR-RAISING SHAMPOO". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. 6 November 1960. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
7. http://lempimissit.suntuubi.com/?cat=255

External links

• Miss World official website