# Miss International 1960 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_International_1960 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_International_1960.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_1960 > Source revision: 1357141675 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beauty pageant Miss International 1960 Stella Marquez Date August 12, 1960 Presenters Byron Palmer Venue Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States Entrants 52 Placements 15 Debuts Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil British Guiana Canada Ceylon China Colombia Denmark Ecuador England Finland France Greece Holland Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Israel Italy Japan Jordan Lebanon Luxembourg Malaya Morocco North Borneo Norway Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Singapore South Africa South Korea South Pacific Spain Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Tunisia Turkey United States Uruguay Venezuela West Germany Winner Stella Márquez Colombia Congeniality Julia Ann Adamson British Guiana Photogenic Sigridur Geirsdottir Iceland 1961 → **Miss International 1960** was the first edition of the [Miss International](/source/Miss_International) pageant, held at the [Long Beach Municipal Auditorium](/source/Long_Beach_Convention_and_Entertainment_Center) in [Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California), United States, on 12 August 1960.[1] The was created due to internal conflicts with the [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant.[2] At the end of the event, [Stella Márquez](/source/Stella_M%C3%A1rquez) of [Colombia](/source/Colombia) was crowned as the first Miss International.[1] It is the victory of Colombia in the pageant's history. Contestants from fifty-two countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by [Byron Palmer](/source/Byron_Palmer).[3] ## Background ### Location and date On 7 October 1959, Hank Meyer, city publicity director of Miami Beach, announced that the tenth anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant would be held in [Miami Beach](/source/Miami_Beach%2C_Florida), Florida, instead of Long Beach, California in the United States. According to the Long Beach Beauty Congress, the competition had become "too commercialized" after the 1959 competition, leading them to withdraw their support for the pageant.[4][5] This decision led to the creation of a new beauty pageant by the Long Beach Beauty Congress.[6] Later, this contest was named the International Beauty Congress, which is now known as Miss International. ### Selection of participants Contestants from fifty-two countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two contestants were selected to replace the original dethroned winners. #### Replacements and withdrawals Miss Denmark, Antje Moller, was disqualified after it was discovered that she is only 16, and was replaced by her runner-up, Sonja Menzel.[7][8] ## Results Miss International 1960 participating nations and results ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 1960 Colombia – Stella Márquez[1] 1st Runner-Up India – Iona Pinto[9] 2nd Runner-Up Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir 3rd Runner-Up England – Joyce Kay 4th Runner-Up United States – Charlene Lundberg Top 15 Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs Israel – Lili Dajani[10] Italy – Maria Grazia Jacomell Japan – Michiko Takagi Paraguay – Gretel Hedger Carvallo Philippines – Edita Resurreccion Vital Poland – Marzena Malinowska Singapore – Christl D'Cruz Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio West Germany – Helga Kirsch Special Awards Awards Contestant Miss Friendship British Guiana – Julia Ann Adamson Miss Photogenic Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir[11] Miss Popularity Belgium – Caroline Lecerf[a] Preliminary Competition Winners Awards Contestant Best in Playsuit Day 1: Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir Day 2: England – Joyce Kay Day 3: United States – Charlene Lundberg Best in Evening Gown Day 1: Colombia – Stella Márquez Day 2: Poland – Marzena Malinowska Day 3: Norway – Lise Hammer Best National Costume Day 1: Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio Day 2: Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir Day 3: Ceylon – Yvonne Gunawardene ## Contestants - [Argentina](/source/Argentina) – Slavica Lazaric - [Australia](/source/Australia) – Joan Stanbury - [Austria](/source/Austria) – Elizabeth Hodacs - [Belgium](/source/Belgium) – Caroline Lecerf - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia) – Edmy Arana Ayala - [Brazil](/source/Brazil) – Magda Renate Pfrimer - [British Guiana](/source/British_Guiana) – Julia Ann Adamson - [Canada](/source/Canada) – Margaret Powell - [Ceylon](/source/Dominion_of_Ceylon) – Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene - [Colombia](/source/Colombia) – [Stella Márquez](/source/Stella_M%C3%A1rquez) - [Denmark](/source/Denmark) – Sonja Menzel - [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador) – Magdalena Dávila Varela - [England](/source/England) – Joyce Kay - [Finland](/source/Finland) – Marketta Nieminen - [France](/source/France) – Yvette Suzanne Degrémont - [Greece](/source/Greece) – Kiki Kotsaridou - [Holland](/source/Netherlands) – Katinka Bleeker - [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) – Lena Woo - [Iceland](/source/Iceland) – [Sigridur Geirsdóttir](/source/Sirry_Steffen) - [India](/source/India) – Iona Pinto - [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) – Wiana Sulastini - [Israel](/source/Israel) – Lili Dajani - [Italy](/source/Italy) – Maria Grazia Jacomelli - [Japan](/source/Japan) – Michiko Takagi - [Jordan](/source/Jordan) – Gulnar Tucktuck - [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon) – Juliana Reptsik - [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg) – Liliane Mueller - [Malaya](/source/Federation_of_Malaya) – [Zanariak Zena Ahmad](/source/Tunku_Puan_Zanariah) - [Morocco](/source/Morocco) – Raymonde Valle - [North Borneo](/source/Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo) – Elizabeth Voon - [Norway](/source/Norway) – Lise Hammer - [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay) – Gretel Hedger Carvallo[12] - [Peru](/source/Peru) – Irma Vargas Fuller - [Philippines](/source/Philippines) – Edita Resurreccion Vital - [Poland](/source/Poland) – Marzena Malinowska - [Portugal](/source/Portugal) – Maria Josabete Silva Santos - [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico) – Carmen Sara Latimer - [Singapore](/source/Singapore) – Christl D'Cruz - [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) – Nona Sherriff - [South Korea](/source/South_Korea) – Kim Chung-ja - [South Pacific](/source/South_Pacific) – Patricia Apoliona (from [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu)) - [Spain](/source/Spain) – Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez - [Sweden](/source/Sweden) – Gunilla Elm - [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) – Mylene Delapraz - [Tahiti](/source/French_Polynesia) – Teura Marguerite Teuira - [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) – Janet Lin Chin-Yi[b] - [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia) – Habiba Ben Abdallah - [Turkey](/source/Turkey) – Guler Kivrak - [United States](/source/United_States) – Charlene Lundberg - [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay) – Beatriz Liñares - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela) – Gladys Ascanio - [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) – Helga Kirsch ### Did not compete - [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii) – Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew) - [Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia) – Tania Velic ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Voted by parade viewers. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Chin-Yi competed as "Miss China". ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-colombia_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-colombia_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-colombia_1-2) ["Srta. Colombia® 1959 María Stella Márquez"](https://www.srtacolombia.org/es/reinas/srta-colombiar-1959-maria-stella-marquez) (in Spanish). [Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia](/source/Miss_Colombia). Retrieved July 8, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) (August 22, 1959). ["Pageant shifted"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rG1YAAAAIBAJ&pg=7398,2385942&dq=&hl=en). *[Spokane Daily Chronicle](/source/Spokane_Daily_Chronicle)*. [Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California). Retrieved July 8, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-:1_3-0)** Lo, Ricky (30 November 2015). ["The 1st Miss International pageant"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250125094836/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/11/30/1527588/1st-miss-international-pageant). *[Philippine Star](/source/Philippine_Star)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/11/30/1527588/1st-miss-international-pageant) on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Miss Universe Contest moving"](https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/188564/rec/46). *The Royal Gazette*. 8 October 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via Bermuda National Library. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["May settle dispute over beauty pageant"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hr4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pmkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5725%2C4780422). *Lewiston Evening Journal*. 22 August 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-:2_6-0)** ["New International Beauty Congress at Long Beach"](https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/187474/rec/50). *The Royal Gazette*. 2 September 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via Bermuda National Library. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Young Danish beauty loses trip to U.S."](https://books.google.com/books?id=_T9aAAAAIBAJ&dq=Miss+Internacional&pg=PA12) *St. Joseph Gazette*. 22 April 1960. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via Google Books. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Quartet of queens"](https://books.google.com/books?id=7SQ_AAAAIBAJ&dq=Miss+Internacional&pg=PA36). *The Windsor Star*. 22 April 1960. p. 36. Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via Google Books. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Current Events"](https://books.google.com/books?id=_sdkcan5dJoC). *Current Events*. Vol. 6. 1960. p. 78-81. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Ofer Aderet, ['Half-Breed': The Secrets of Miss Israel Finalist Born to an Arab Father and Jewish Mother](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-09-05/ty-article/.highlight/the-secrets-of-miss-israel-contestant-born-to-an-arab-father-and-a-jewish-mother/0000017f-e768-d62c-a1ff-ff7bd0ef0000) [Haaretz](/source/Haaretz) 5 September 2021 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Miss Photogenic"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rG1YAAAAIBAJ&pg=7398,2385942&dq=&hl=en). *[Lawton Constitution](/source/Lawton_Constitution)*. [Lawton, Oklahoma](/source/Lawton%2C_Oklahoma). August 11, 1960. p. 12. Retrieved July 8, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Latin Lovely Ardent Yoga Enthusiastic"](https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/california/long-beach/press-telegram/1960/08-08/page-9). *Press Telegram*. August 8, 1960. Retrieved August 31, 2024. v t e Miss International 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions v t e Miss International 1960 national titleholders Stella Marquez Sigríður Geirsdóttir Tunku Puan Zanariah --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss International 1960](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_1960) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_1960?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.