Miss International 1967, the 7th

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pageant, was held on April 29, 1967 at the

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. 46 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally,

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was crowned as Miss International 1967 by outgoing titleholder,

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1966 Cancellation

When

was crowned as

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, the city of Long Beach had decided to discontinue the pageant permanently, due to its competition

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being popular in the country (before it was staged in this city from 1952-1959, before moving to

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in 1960). However, the pageant organizers decided to continue the pageant due to increase in tourism and marking Finger the longest Miss International titleholder for 1 year and 8 months. The city of Long Beach would host the Miss International pageant once more in 1971.

Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Mirta Teresita Massa * - Margaret Rohan * - Angelika Aichberger * - Eliane Lambrechts * - Maria Cristina Ibáñez Brown * - Virginia Barbosa de Souza * - Marjorie Anne Schofield * - Pearl Nazaria Cooray * - Marta Lucia Guzmán Perdomo * - Susan Kristensen * - Vivien Susana Estrella Cevallos * - Laura "Laurita" Elena Baquero Palacios * - Sonia Gail Ross * - Terttu Helena Ronkanen * - Martine Grateau * - Renate Schmale * - Nagia Galakouti * - Margaret Frances Glover * - Sandrina Van Senus * - Gisella Ma Ka-Wai * - Kolbrun Einarsdóttir * - Sonya Mullan * - Yaffa Sharir * - Gilda Giuffrida * - Hiroko Sasaki * - Jin Hyun-soo * - Danielle Wagner * - Marjorie Rongsank * - Rebeca Morraza Caldera * - Kaye Evon Forster * - Milagros Argüello * - Martha Quimper Suárez * - Margarita "Marite" Lebumfacil Romualdez * - Maria Felisa Seda * - Marlene McFadyn * - Angela Attias * - Dawn Duff-Gray * - Amparo Ruiz * - Gunilla Ebba Margret Sundberg * - Ursula "Uschy" Isler * - Sonia Agnieray * - Raquel Erlich * - Pamela Elfast * - Cecilia Picón-Febres * - Dawn Sullivan * - Slavenka Veselinovic

External links

Pageantopolis - Miss International 1967
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