Miss International 1960, the 1st

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pageant, was held on August 12, 1960 at the

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. 52 contestants competed for the title. Stella Márquez of

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was crowned as the first Miss International.

Background

was created due to internal conflicts with the

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pageant.

Results

Placements

Special Awards

Preliminary Competition Winners

Contestants

* - Slavica Lazaric * - Joan Stanbury * - Elizabeth Hodacs * - Caroline Lecerf * - Edmy Arana Ayala * - Elizabeth Voon (from

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) * - Magda Renate Pfrimer * - Julia Ann Adamson * - Margaret Powell * - Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene * - Janet Lin Chin-Yi * - Stella Márquez * - Sonja Menzel * - Magdalena Dávila Varela * - Joyce Kay * - Marketta Nieminen * - Yvette Suzanne Degrémont * - Kiki Kotsaridou * - Katinka Bleeker * - Lena Woo * - Sigridur Geirsdóttir † * -

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† * - Wiana Sulastini * - Lili Dajani * - Maria Grazia Jacomelli * - Michiko Takagi * - Gulnar Tucktuck * - Kim Chung-ja * - Juliana Reptsik * - Liliane Mueller * - Zanariak Zena Ahmad * - Raymonde Valle * - Lise Hammer * - Gretel Hedger Carvallo * - Irma Vargas Fuller * - Edita Resurreccion Vital * - Marzena Malinowska * - Maria Josabete Silva Santos * - Carmen Sara Latimer * - Christl D’Cruz * - Nona Sherriff * - Patricia Apoliona (from

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) * - Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez * - Gunilla Elm * - Mylene Delapraz * - Teura Marguerite Teuira * - Habiba Ben Abdallah * - Guler Kivrak * - Beatriz Liñares * - Charlene Lundberg * - Gladys Ascanio * – Helga Kirsch

Did not compete

* - Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew) * - Tania Velic

Notes

References

External links

Pageantopolis - Miss International 1960
{{Miss International 1960 delegates

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