Miss World 1968
Miss World 1968, the 18th edition Miss World pageant, was held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK on 14 November 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown. Madeline Hartog-Bel of Peru crowned her successor Penelope Plummer of Australia.
Miss World 1968 | |
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Penelope Plummer, Miss World 1968. | |
Date | 14 November 1968 |
Presenters | Michael Aspel |
Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom |
Broadcaster | BBC |
Entrants | 53 |
Debuts | Thailand |
Withdrawals | Malaysia, Czechoslovakia, Honduras, Iceland, Lebanon, Panama, Portugal, Tanzania |
Returns | Bahamas, Colombia, India, Nicaragua |
Winner | Penelope Plummer |
Results
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss World 1968 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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5th runner-up |
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6th runner-up |
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Top 15 |
Contestants
Argentina – Viviana Roldán Australia – Penelope Plummer Austria – Brigitte Krüger Bahamas – Rose Helena Dauchot Belgium – Sonja Doumen Brazil – Angela Carmelia Stecca Canada – Nancy Wilson Ceylon – Nilanthie Wijesinghe Chile – Carmen Smith Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González Costa Rica – Patricia Diers Cyprus – Diana Dimitropoulou Denmark – Yet Schaufuss Dominican Republic – Ingrid García Ecuador – Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen Finland – Leena Sipilä France – Nelly Gallerne Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt Ghana – Lovell Rosebud Wordie Gibraltar – Sandra Sanguinetti Greece- Lia Malta Guyana – Adrienne Harris Holland – Alida Grootenboer India – Jane Coelho Ireland – June MacMahon Israel – Miri Zamir Italy – Maria Pia Gianporcaro Jamaica – Karlene Waddell Japan – Ryoko Miyoshi Kenya – Josephine Moikobu Korea – Lee Ji-eun Liberia – Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell Luxembourg – Irene Siedler Malta – Ursulina (Lina) Grech Mexico – Ana María Magaña Morocco – Zakia Chamouch New Zealand – Christine Mary Antunovic Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales Nigeria – Foluke Ogundipe Norway – Hedda Lie Peru – Ana Rosa Berninzon Devéscovi Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok South Africa – Mitsianna Stander† Sweden – Gunilla Friden Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai Tunisia – Zohra Boufaden Turkey – Mine Kurkcuoglu Uganda – Joy Lehai United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley United States – Johnine Leigh Avery Venezuela – Cherry Núñez Rodríguez Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera
Notes
Withdraws
Spain – María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenza
Nations not competing
Iceland – Helga Jonsdóttir Seychelles – Marie-France Lablache
Disqualified
Lebanon – Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old)
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