Miss International 1964, the 5th

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pageant, was held on August 14, 1964 at the

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. 40 contestants competed in this pageant.

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was crowned the winner of the pageant by outgoing titleholder,

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. Cruz made history receiving the first Miss International title for the country (the first major title) and in Asia.

Results

Placements

Special Awards

Contestants

* - Viviana Dellavedova * - Janice Taylor * - Erika Augustin * - Eliane Stockmans * - Vera Lúcia Couto dos Santos * - Jane Kmita * - Kathleen Foenander * - Leonor Duplat Sanjuán * - Alice Bjorn Andersen * - Mildred Almonte Rouas * - Maria Mendoza Velez * - Tracy Ingram (real name: Iris Ord) * - Maila Östring * - Brigitte Pradel * - Monika Brugger * - Maria Schinaraki * - Doris Sablan * - Henny van der Berg * - Elisabeth Ottosdóttir * - Joan Power * - Daphna Chrisholm Noy * - Naoko Matsui * - Lee Hye-jin (real name: Lee Kwang-ja) * - Norma Dorothy Davis * - Jeanny Hubert * - Helen Iggo * - Ileana del Carmen Rojas Arana * - Inger Sande * - Gloria Navarrete * - Gladys González * -

* - Zoe Foy Santiago * - Dorothy Smallman * - Lorraine Mason * - Lucia Pilar Herrera * - Birgitta Alverljung * - Philippina Chao Ling-yu * - Lea Avaemai * - Ayten Ornek * - Linda Taylor * - Lisla Negrón * - Pamela Martin

Notes

External links

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