Miss World 1968

Miss World 1968
Miss World 1968
	Penelope Plummer, Miss World 1968.
Date	14 November 1968
Presenters	Michael Aspel
Venue	Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
Broadcaster	BBC
Entrants	53
Placements	15
Debuts	Thailand;
Withdrawals	Czechoslovakia; Gambia; Honduras; Iceland; Lebanon; Panama; Portugal; Tanzania;
Returns	Bahamas; Colombia; India; Liberia; Nicaragua;
Winner	Penelope Plummer; Australia
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Miss World 1968 was the 18th edition of the Miss World pageant, 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. This is the first time that an Australian won the Miss World title.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1968	Australia – Penelope Plummer
1st runner-up	United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley
2nd runner-up	Israel – Miri Zamir
3rd runner-up	Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González
4th runner-up	Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
Top 7	Guyana – Adrienne Harris Nicaragua – Margine Davidson
Top 15	Argentina – Viviana Roldán Austria – Brigitte Krüger France – Nelly Gallerne Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt Ireland – June MacMahon Sweden – Gunilla Friden Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera

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
South Korea – Lee Ji-eun
Liberia – Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell
Luxembourg – Irene Siedler
Malta – Ursulina 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)