{{Short description|18th Miss Universe pageant}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = Abreu Sodré-Miss Universo e misses II (1969) (cropped).jpg | winner = [[Gloria Diaz]] | represented = Philippines | date = 19 July 1969 | caption = Gloria Diaz | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Bob Barker]]|[[June Lockhart]]}} | venue = [[Miami Beach Convention Center|Miami Beach Auditorium]], [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida, United States | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]] ([[WTVJ]])}} | entrants = 61 | placements = 15 | withdraws = {{Hlist|Haiti|Lebanon|Okinawa|South Africa|United States Virgin Islands}} | returns = {{Hlist|Suriname}} | congeniality = Zohra Boufaden (Tunisia) | best national costume = [[Sangduen Manwong]] (Thailand) | photogenic = Carole Robinson (New Zealand) | before = [[Miss Universe 1968|1968]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1970|1970]] }}
'''Miss Universe 1969''' was the 18th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Miami Beach Convention Center|Miami Beach Auditorium]] in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida, on 19 July 1969.
At the conclusion of the event, [[Martha Vasconcellos]] of Brazil crowned [[Gloria Diaz]] of the Philippines as Miss Universe 1969. It was the first win by the Philippines at the pageant.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Philippines Wins Title of Miss Universe |work=The New York Times |date=July 20, 1969 |url=http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/07/20/90113279.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112182554/http://apps.beta620.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/07/20/90113279.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2013 }}</ref>
Contestants from sixty-one countries and territories competed in this edition. The pageant was hosted by [[Bob Barker]], while [[June Lockhart]] provided commentary throughout the competition.
== Background == === Selection of participants === Contestants from sixty-one countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One candidate was appointed to represent her country to replace the original dethroned winner.
==== Replacements ==== Miss Malaysia 1969, Sabrina Loo, chose not to compete due to personal reasons and was replaced by her first runner-up, Rosemary Wan.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 July 1969|title=Ratu Chantek Malaysia tidak pasti akan ka-Miami|language=ms|pages=5|work=Berita Harian|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19690702-1.2.52|access-date=27 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=3 July 1969|title=Sabrina tetap tidak mewakili Malaysia di-Miami|language=ms|pages=2|work=Berita Harian|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19690703-1.2.19|access-date=27 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> However, following the announcement of the Far East Beauty Congress that Wan would be sent to Miami instead of Loo, Loo expressed her dissatisfaction and protested the decision.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 July 1969|title=Sobbing Sabrina: I'll try to stop her going|language=ms|pages=11|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19690704-1.2.91|access-date=27 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=4 July 1969|title=Sabrina Loo membantah keputusan tidak akan ka-Miami|language=ms|pages=2|work=Berita Harian|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19690704-1.2.13|access-date=27 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> The congress stated that it was too late for Loo to change her mind, resulting in Wan representing Malaysia at Miss Universe.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 July 1969|title=10 Julai hari bersejarah bagi Rosemary Wan|language=ms|pages=10|work=Berita Harian|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19690704-1.2.105|access-date=27 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
==== Debuts, returns, and withdrawals ==== This edition saw the return of Suriname which last competed in [[Miss Universe 1966|1966]]. Miss Lebanon 1968, Lily Bissar, was disqualified for being underage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maroun |first=Béchara |date=2 September 2022 |title=Yasmina Zaytoun, une Miss Liban qui veut tracer son propre chemin |trans-title=Yasmina Zaytoun, a Miss Lebanon who wants to forge her own path |url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1310192/yasmina-zaytoun-une-miss-qui-veut-tracer-son-propre-chemin.html |access-date=27 September 2025 |website=L'Orient-Le Jour |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 March 2023 |title=ليلي بيسار ملكة جمال لبنان 1968.. لذلك استبعدت من ملكة جمال العالم وهكذا أصبحت اليوم بعد مرور 55 عاماً- بالصور |url=https://elfann.com/arab-celebrities/1341574/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-1968-%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9- |access-date=27 September 2025 |website=Elfann News |language=ar}}</ref> Haiti, Okinawa, South Africa, and the United States Virgin Islands withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
== Results == [[File:Miss Universe 1969 Map.PNG|thumb|Miss Universe 1969 participating countries and territories|250x250px]]
=== Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1969 | * {{flagu|Philippines|1936}} – [[Gloria Diaz]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_9UAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss+universe+1969&pg=PA6&article_id=1566,4093185 |title=The Age |publisher=The Age |language=en}}</ref> |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Finland}} – Harriet Eriksson<ref name=":0" /> |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Australia}} – Joanne Barrett<ref name=":0" /> |- | 3rd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Israel}} – Chava Levy<ref name=":0" /> |- | 4th Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Japan|1870}} – Kikuyo Osuka<ref name=":0" /> |- | Top 15<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Lo|first=Ricky|date=10 May 2007|title=Days of Glory on Magpakailanman|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2007/05/10/397783/days-glory-magpakailanman|access-date=27 September 2025|website=[[Philippine Star]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news|date=20 July 1969|title=Gloria Díaz de Filipinas declarada Miss Universo|language=es|trans-title=Gloria Díaz of the Philippines declared Miss Universe|pages=29|work=La República|url=https://prensacr.info/data/610cfb38445c2c4dd5b7f5c8|access-date=27 September 2025|via=Prensa CR|url-access=registration}}</ref> | * {{flagu|Austria}} – [[Eva Rueber-Staier]] * {{flagu|Brazil|1968}} – [[Vera Fischer (actress)|Vera Fischer]] * {{flagu|Chile}} – Mónica Larson * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Margarita Reyes * {{flagu|Norway}} – Patricia Walker * {{flagu|Peru}} – María Julia Mantilla * {{flagu|Sweden}} – Brigitta Lindloff * {{flagu|Switzerland}} – Patrice Sollner * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Wendy Dascomb]] * {{flagu|Yugoslavia}} – Nataša Košir |}
==== Special awards ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Award !! Contestant |- | Miss Amity | * {{flagu|Tunisia|1959}} – Zohra Boufaden<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 July 1969|title=Beauty and peace|language=en|pages=24|work=B'nai B'rith Messenger|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1969/07/25/01/article/145/?srpos=7&e=------196-en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI-%22Miss+Israel%22----1969---------1|access-date=28 September 2025|via=The National Library of Israel|archive-date=22 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222075033/https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1969/07/25/01/article/145/?srpos=7&e=------196-en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI-%22Miss+Israel%22----1969---------1|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | Miss Photogenic | * {{flagu|New Zealand}} – Carole Robinson<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|date=18 July 1969|title=Two winners in Miss Universe pageant|language=en|pages=2–B|work=St. Petersburg Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2MpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2HsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6137%2C5447423|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> |- | Best National Costume | * {{flagdeco|Thailand}} Thailand – [[Sangduen Manwong]]<ref name=":12" /> |- | Top 10 Best in Swimsuit<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVVQAAAAIBAJ&dq=Miss+Universe+Natasa+Kosir&pg=PA1|title=World's best-filled swimsuits|date=17 July 1969|pages=1|access-date=15 November 2025|work=The Evening Independent|language=en|via=Google Books}}</ref> | * {{flagu|Australia}} – Joanne Barrett * {{flagu|Austria}} – [[Eva Rueber-Staier]] * {{flagu|Brazil|1968}} – [[Vera Fischer (actress)|Vera Fischer]] * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Margarita Reyes * {{flagu|Finland}} – Harriet Eriksson * {{flagu|Israel}} – Chava Levy * {{flagu|Philippines|1936}} – [[Gloria Diaz]] * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Wendy Dascomb]] * {{flagu|Yugoslavia}} – Nataša Košir |}
== Pageant == === Format === Same with [[Miss Universe 1966|1966]], fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists were individually interviewed by Bob Barker. Following the interviews, the fifteen semi-finalists participated in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. From fifteen, five contestants were shortlisted to advance to the final interview.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Berger|first=Ellis|date=21 July 1969|title=Man on moon? Miss Universe just homesick|language=en|pages=5|work=The Miami News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96227271/miami-plasma-scene-ca-1969/|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
=== Selection committee === * [[Sara Lou Harris Carter]] – African-American model * Peter de Maerek – Director of the Belgian Tourist Bureau * Gino di Grandi – Owner of an international public relations organization * [[Eileen Ford]] – American model and founder of Ford Models * [[Yousuf Karsh]] – Armenian-Canadian photographer<ref name=":22">{{Cite news|date=20 July 1969|title=Filipino girl is named "Miss Universe 1969"|language=en|pages=1|work=The Morning Call|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114903831/the-morning-call/|access-date=28 September 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * [[Dong Kingman]] – Chinese-American painter * [[David Merrick]] – American theatre producer<ref name=":22" /> * [[Norma Nolan]] – [[Miss Universe 1962]] from Argentina<ref name=":22" /> * Chiyo Tanaka – Japanese author and fashion designer * [[Monique van Vooren]] – Belgian-American actress<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=20 July 1969|title=Nova "Miss Universo" diz que se candidatou para aumentar relacoes com paises amigos|language=en|pages=157|work=Jornal do Brasil|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7_URAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ve8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3827%2C2245691|access-date=28 September 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> * Edilson Cid Varela – Brazilian journalist * [[Earl Wilson (columnist)|Earl Wilson]] – American columnist and journalist
== Contestants == [[File:Abreu Sodré-Miss Universo e misses II (1969).jpg|thumb|Miss Universe 1969 finalists in Brazil with Miss Brazil on the right side.|250x250px]]Sixty-one contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" ! Country/Territory !! Contestant !! Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}} !! Hometown |- | {{flagdeco|Argentina}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]] || {{sortname|Lidia|Pepe|nolink=1}} || 23 || [[Corrientes]] |- | {{flagdeco|ANT|1959}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]] || {{sortname|Jeannette|Geerman|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 June 1969|title=Jeanette Geerman, Miss Aruba 1969|language=en|pages=1, 7|work=Aruba Esso News|url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/CA03400001/00774|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Digital Library of the Caribbean}}</ref> || 21 || [[San Nicolaas]] |- | {{flagdeco|Australia}} [[Miss Australia|Australia]] || {{sortname|Joanne|Barrett|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 June 1969|title=Australia's hope for the Miss Universe Quest|language=en|pages=20–21|work=The Australian Women's Weekly|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48211277?searchTerm=Miss%20Universe|access-date=25 September 2025|via=Trove}}</ref> || 19 || [[Sydney]] |- | {{flagdeco|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]] || {{sortname|Eva|Rueber-Staier}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 December 2019|title=Ehemalige "Miss World" Eva Rueber-Staier führt heute ein ruhiges Leben|url=https://www.nachrichten.at/panorama/society/ehemalige-miss-world-eva-rueber-staier-fuehrt-heute-ein-ruhiges-leben;art411,3194481|access-date=25 September 2025|website=[[Oberösterreichische Nachrichten]]|language=de}}</ref> || 19 || [[Styria]] |- | {{flagdeco|BHS|1964}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]] || {{sortname|Joan|Bowe|nolink=1}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|date=2 August 1969|title=Among the fairest in the Universe|language=en|pages=3|work=The Bermuda Recorder|url=https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15212coll1/id/14249/|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Bermuda National Library}}</ref> || 21 || [[Georgetown, Bahamas|Georgetown]] |- | {{flagdeco|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]] || {{sortname|Danièle|Roels|nolink=1}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=12 July 1969|title=Zeven "schonen", deelneemsters aan de komende "Miss Universe" verkiezing in Miami Beach|language=nl|pages=1|work=Leeuwarder courant|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010618190:mpeg21:p001|access-date=18 October 2023|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Hainaut Province|Hainaut]] |- | {{flagdeco|BMU|1910}} [[Miss Bermuda|Bermuda]] || {{sortname|Maxine|Bean|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 June 1969|title=Miss Bermuda 1969|language=en|pages=1|work=The Bermuda Recorder|url=https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15212coll1/id/14156/rec/1|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Bermuda National Library}}</ref> || 20 || [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]] |- | {{flagdeco|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]] || {{sortname|Luz María|Rojas|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2017 |title=El título les dio alegrías, trabajo y fama que aún saborean |trans-title=The title gave them joy, work and fame that they still savor. |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/sociales/el-titulo-les-dio-alegrias-trabajo-y-fama-que-aun-saborean_32650 |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=El Deber |language=es-ES}}</ref> || 21 || [[Cochabamba]] |- | {{flagdeco|ANT|1959}} [[Miss Bonaire|Bonaire]] || {{sortname|Julia|Nicolaas|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 April 1969|title=Tica Nicolaas Miss Bonaire|language=nl|pages=9|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010463289:mpeg21:p009|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 23 || [[Kralendijk]] |- | {{flagdeco|BRA|1968}} [[Miss Brazil|Brazil]] || {{sortname|Vera|Fischer|link=Vera Fischer (actress)}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 June 1969|title=Catarinense e a nova "Miss Brasil"|language=en|pages=1; 31|work=Jornal do Brasil|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SzhXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tO8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6528%2C4729267|access-date=25 September 2025|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Blumenau]] |- | {{flagdeco|CAN}} [[Miss Dominion of Canada|Canada]] || {{sortname|Jacquie|Perrin}} || 20 || [[Toronto]] |- | {{flagdeco|CEY}} [[Miss Universe Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] || {{sortname|Marlene|Seneveratne|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lo|first=Ricky|date=25 July 2013|title=The 1st Mutya, 45 years ago|url=https://www.philstar.com/funfare/photos/2013/07/25/1009131/1st-mutya-45-years-ago|access-date=25 September 2025|website=[[Philippine Star]]|language=en}}</ref> || 24 || [[Colombo]] |- | {{flagdeco|CHL}} [[Miss Universe Chile|Chile]] || {{sortname|Mónica|Larson|nolink=1}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=13 July 1969|title=Aspirantes a Miss Universo, en Miami|language=es|pages=50|work=El Tiempo|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jN4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EWgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2138%2C2599198|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref> || 25 || [[Santiago]] |- | {{flagdeco|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]] || {{sortname|Margarita|Reyes|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 November 1968|title=Del Valle la nueva soberana|language=es|pages=1, 14–16|work=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pRQfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CowEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6935%2C1872965|access-date=18 October 2023|trans-title=The new sovereign from Valle|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> || 19 || [[Cali]] |- | {{flagdeco|Congo-Kinshasa|1966}} [[Miss Congo (RDC)|Congo-Kinshasa]] || {{sortname|Jeanne|Mokomo|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 July 1969|title=When black is really beautiful|language=en|pages=3|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19690713-1.2.27.1|access-date=25 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 16 || [[Kinshasa]] |- | {{flagdeco|CRI}} [[Miss Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || {{sortname|Clara|Antillón|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] |- | {{flagdeco|ANT|1959}} [[Miss Curaçao|Curaçao]] || {{sortname|Yvonne|Wardekker|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 June 1969|title=Miss Curacao 1969|language=nl|pages=1|work=Amigoe di Curacao|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010463314:mpeg21:p001|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 21 || [[Willemstad]] |- | {{flagdeco|DNK}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]] || {{sortname|Jeanne|Perfeldt|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 July 1969|title=Early arriving Miss Universe hopefuls|language=en|pages=3–B|work=St. Petersburg Times|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0spaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2HsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5685%2C791549|access-date=20 December 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || 21 || [[Copenhagen]] |- | {{flagdeco|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]] || {{sortname|Rocío|García|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Samaná (town)|Samaná]] |- | {{flagdeco|ECU|1900}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]] || {{sortname|Rosana|Vinueza}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 August 2009|title=Familiares y amigos en adiós a Rosana Vinueza|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2009/08/26/1/1445/familiares-amigos-adios-rosana-vinueza.html|access-date=27 September 2025|website=El Universo|language=es}}</ref> || 20 || [[Guayaquil]] |- | {{flagdeco|ENG}} [[Miss England|England]] || {{sortname|Myra|Van Heck|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 July 1969|title=Hoping to bring back the title|language=en|pages=16|work=The Guardian Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113751155/the-guardian-journal/|access-date=27 September 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 22 || London |- | {{flagdeco|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]] || {{sortname|Harriet|Eriksson|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 July 2019|title=Harriet Eriksson toinen Miss Universum-kisoissa|url=https://www.hs.fi/historia/art-2000006178486.html|access-date=27 September 2025|website=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|language=fi}}</ref> || 22 || [[Turku]] |- | {{flagdeco|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]] || {{sortname|Agathe|Cognet|nolink=1}}<ref name=":6" /> || 24 || Paris |- | {{flagdeco|Kingdom of Greece}} [[Miss Star Hellas|Greece]] || {{sortname|Irene|Diamantoglou|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flagdeco|GUM}} [[Miss Guam|Guam]] || {{sortname|Anita|Johnston|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 July 1969|title=Better than average|language=en|pages=36|work=The Tampa Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113650583/the-tampa-tribune/|access-date=27 September 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Hagåtña]] |- | {{flagdeco|NLD}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]] || {{sortname|Welmoed|Hollenberg|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Roodnat|first1=Joyce|last2=Schumm|first2=Niels|date=1 March 2008|title=Ik ben niet oud ik Bben vintage|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2008/03/01/ik-ben-niet-oud-ik-ben-vintage-11498510-a1215593|access-date=27 September 2025|website=NRC|language=nl}}</ref> || 21 || [[Amsterdam]] |- | {{flagdeco|HND|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]] || {{sortname|Viena|Paredes|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gámez |first=Sabino |date=25 April 2008 |title=El Miss Honduras, una historia que contar |trans-title=Miss Honduras, a story to tell |url=https://www.laprensa.hn/espectaculos/el-miss-honduras-una-historia-que-contar-ATLP695720 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123044725/https://www.laprensa.hn/espectaculos/el-miss-honduras-una-historia-que-contar-ATLP695720 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |access-date=15 August 2025 |website=La Prensa |language=es-HN}}</ref> || 18 || [[Choluteca, Choluteca|Choluteca]] |- | {{flagdeco|British Hong Kong}} Hong Kong || {{sortname|Christine|Tam|nolink=1}} || 18 || Hong Kong |- | {{flagdeco|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]] || {{sortname|María|Baldursdóttir|nolink=1}} || 22 || [[Reykjanesbær]] |- | {{flagdeco|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]] || {{sortname|Kavita|Bhambani|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sikarwar|first=Ayushi|date=13 July 2022|title=Who is former Miss India Kavita Singh, and why she's holding Sonam Kapoor's baby shower at her residence? Know here|url=https://newsroompost.com/entertainment/who-is-former-miss-india-kavita-singh-and-why-shes-holding-sonam-kapoors-baby-shower-at-her-residence-know-here/5137477.html|access-date=27 September 2025|website=Newsroom Post|language=en-US}}</ref> || 18 || [[Bombay]] |- | {{flagdeco|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]] || {{sortname|Patricia|Byrne|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 July 1969|title=For Rosemary, such a lovely leggy threat from the west|language=en|pages=4|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19690706-1.2.36|access-date=27 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 25 || [[Dublin]] |- | {{flagdeco|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]] || {{sortname|Chava|Levy|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 September 1969|title=A miss que chega|language=pt|pages=34|work=A Hebraica|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hebraica/1969/09/01/01/article/50/?srpos=2&e=------196-en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI-%22Chava+Levy%22----1969---------1|access-date=27 September 2025|via=The National Library of Israel|archive-date=22 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222080537/https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hebraica/1969/09/01/01/article/50/?srpos=2&e=------196-en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI-%22Chava+Levy%22----1969---------1|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 19 || [[Haifa]] |- | {{flagu|Italy}} || {{sortname|Diana|Coccorese|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 July 1969|title=Sterfelijk en onsterfelijk|language=nl|pages=2|work=Limburgsch Dagblad|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010539977:mpeg21:p002|access-date=27 September 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 23 || [[Rome]] |- | {{flagdeco|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica Universe|Jamaica]] || {{sortname|Carol|Gerrow|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 August 2017|title=Photo Flash-back|language=en|work=The Gleaner|url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/jamaica-gleaner/20170805/282235190747233|access-date=27 September 2025|via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> || 23 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | {{flagdeco|JPN|1870}} [[Miss Japan|Japan]] || {{sortname|Kikuyo|Osuka|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 May 1969|title=Untitled|language=en|pages=4|work=The Canberra Times|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131784035?searchTerm=Miss%20Universe|access-date=27 September 2025|via=Trove}}</ref> || 18 || [[Aichi]] |- | {{flagdeco|LUX}} [[Miss Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] || {{sortname|Marie-Antoniette|Bertinelli|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Esch-sur-Alzette]] |- | {{flagdeco|MYS}} [[Miss Universe Malaysia|Malaysia]] || {{sortname|Rosemary|Wan|nolink=1}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Beltran|first=Rudy|date=3 July 1969|title=No-yes Sabrina told: You changed your mind too late|language=en|pages=6|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19690703-1.2.49?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1969&K=Miss+Universe&KA=Miss+Universe&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=miss,universe&oref=article|access-date=27 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 20 || [[Petaling Jaya]] |- | {{flagdeco|MLT}} [[Miss Malta Universe|Malta]] || {{sortname|Natalie|Quintana|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Gżira]] |- | {{flagdeco|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]] || {{sortname|Gloria|Hernández|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 July 1969|title=Yawning beauties|language=en|pages=16|work=Star Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114904031/star-tribune/|access-date=27 September 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 20 || [[Guanajuato]] |- | {{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Miss Universe New Zealand|New Zealand]] || {{sortname|Carole|Robinson|nolink=1}}<ref>{{cite news |title=HAPPY “MISS N.Z.” |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1969/06/04/3 |work=[[The Press]] |page=3 |access-date=1 January 2026 |date=4 June 1969 |location=[[Christchurch]], New Zealand |via=[[National Library of New Zealand#Papers Past|Papers Past]]}}</ref> || 22 || [[Auckland]] |- | {{flagdeco|NIC|1908}} [[Miss Nicaragua|Nicaragua]] || {{sortname|Soraya|Herrera|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Tipitapa]] |- | {{flagdeco|NOR}} [[Miss Norway|Norway]] || {{sortname|Patricia|Walker|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Oslo]] |- | {{flagdeco|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]] || {{sortname|María Julia|Mantilla|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bustamante Ravina|first=Enrique|date=5 July 2021|title=María Julia Mantilla: una reina proclamada durante la dictadura de 1969|url=https://trome.pe/espectaculos/maria-julia-mantilla-una-reina-proclamada-durante-la-dictadura-de-1969-miss-peru-1969-reina-de-belleza-maju-miss-universo-fotos-historia-nnsp-noticia/|access-date=27 September 2025|website=Trome|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220072942/https://trome.pe/espectaculos/maria-julia-mantilla-una-reina-proclamada-durante-la-dictadura-de-1969-miss-peru-1969-reina-de-belleza-maju-miss-universo-fotos-historia-nnsp-noticia/|archive-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> || 19 || [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]] |- | {{flagdeco|PHL|1936}} [[Binibining Pilipinas|Philippines]] || {{sortname|Gloria|Diaz}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Villano|first=Alexa|date=19 July 2019|title=LOOK BACK: Gloria Diaz, forever Miss Universe icon|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/pageants/235698-gloria-diaz-miss-universe-icon/|access-date=18 October 2023|website=[[Rappler]]|language=en}}</ref> || 18 || [[Parañaque]] |- | {{flagdeco|PRI}} [[Miss Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] || {{sortname|Aída|Betancourt|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reinas de Puerto Rico |url=http://www.arecibo.inter.edu/wp-content/uploads/biblioteca/reinas/reinas_belleza_pr_1932_1970.pdf|access-date=19 March 2025|language=es}}</ref> || 20 || [[Río Piedras]] |- | {{flagdeco|SCO}} [[Miss Scotland|Scotland]] || {{sortname|Sheena|Drumond|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 March 2019|title=Press ball Queen Sheena went on to be crowned Miss UK|language=en|work=Stirling Observer|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/stirling-observer/20190315/282003263749455|access-date=27 September 2025|via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> || 18 || [[Coatbridge]] |- | {{flagdeco|SGP}} [[Miss Universe Singapore|Singapore]] || {{sortname|Mavis|Young|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 July 1969|title=Miss Young leaves for Miami|language=en|pages=24|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19690705-1.2.150?ST=1&AT=filter&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1969&K=Miss+Universe&KA=Miss+Universe&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=miss,universe&oref=article|access-date=27 September 2025|via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 18 || Singapore |- | {{flagdeco|KOR|1949}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]] || {{sortname|Hyun-jung|Lim|nolink=1}} || 20 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagdeco|ESP|1945}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]] || {{sortname|Amparo|Rodrigo|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dominguez Valencia|first=M.|date=10 March 2010|title=Dos reinas de la belleza en la misma familia|url=https://www.levante-emv.com/valencia/2010/03/10/reinas-belleza-familia-13164625.html|access-date=27 September 2025|website=Levante-EMV|language=es}}</ref> || 19 || [[Valencia]] |- | {{flagdeco|Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)}} [[Miss Suriname|Suriname]] || {{sortname|Greta|Natsier|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 July 1969|title=Miss Surinam door Premier Ontvangen|language=nl|pages=1|work=Vrjie Stem|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011020581:mpeg21:p001|access-date=27 September 2025|via=Delpher}}</ref> || 18 || [[Paramaribo]] |- | {{flagdeco|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]] || {{sortname|Brigitta|Lindloff|nolink=1}}<ref name=":1" /> || 22 || [[Västra Götaland]] |- | {{flagdeco|CHE}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]] || {{sortname|Patrice|Sollner|nolink=1}}<ref name=":1" /> || 24 || [[Aargau]] |- | {{flagdeco|Thailand}} [[Miss Thailand|Thailand]] || {{sortname|Sangduen|Manwong}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 December 2015|title=Beauty wins in a tuk tuk|url=https://www.nationthailand.com/lifestyle/30275424|access-date=27 September 2025|website=The Nation Thailand|language=en}}</ref> || 20 || [[Bangkok|Phra Nakhon]] |- | {{flagdeco|TUN|1959}} [[Miss Tunisia|Tunisia]] || {{sortname|Zohra|Boufaden|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1969|title=Stuntman has close call|language=en|pages=16|work=The Miami News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114903965/the-miami-news/|access-date=1 May 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> || 21 || [[Tunis]] |- | {{flagdeco|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]] || {{sortname|Azra|Balkan|nolink=1}} || 18 || [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flagdeco|USA}} [[Miss USA|United States]] || {{sortname|Wendy|Dascomb}}<ref name="Register">{{cite news |date=May 25, 1969 |title=Wendy Dascomb, Stratford College Student, Named Miss U.S.A. 1969 |page=1 |work=[[The Danville Register]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/23421112/ |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> || 19 || [[Danville, Virginia|Danville]] |- | {{flagdeco|URY}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]] || {{sortname|Julia|Möller}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=6 August 2016|title=Las confesiones de Julia Möller|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/sabado-show/confesiones-julia-moeller.html|access-date=1 May 2025|website=El Pais|language=es}}</ref> || 20 || [[Montevideo]] |- | {{flagdeco|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]] || {{sortname|María José|Yéllici|nolink=1}} || 24 || [[Aragua]] |- | {{flagdeco|WAL}} [[Miss Wales|Wales]] || {{sortname|Shirley|Jones|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 June 1969|title=Miss Wales is from Colwyn|language=en|pages=9|work=The North Wales Weekly News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110449093/miss-wales-1969/|access-date=1 May 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || 22 || [[Colwyn Bay]] |- | {{flagdeco|DEU}} [[Miss Universe Germany|West Germany]] || {{sortname|Gesine|Froese|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 May 2019|title=5. Mai 1969: Eine Nürnbergerin ist die Schönste|url=https://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/5-mai-1969-eine-nurnbergerin-ist-die-schonste-1.8863909|access-date=1 May 2025|website=[[Nürnberger Nachrichten]]|language=de}}</ref> || 22 || [[Bavaria]] |- | {{flagdeco|YUG}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] || {{sortname|Nataša|Košir|nolink=1}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kek|first=Franci|date=3 February 2019|title=Nataša Košir Mušič, miss Jugoslavije 1968: Obisk v Beli hiši in pri milijonarjih|url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042860327|access-date=1 May 2025|website=Dnevnik|language=sl}}</ref> || 21 || [[Novo Mesto]] |}
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