Miss Universe 1960, the 9th

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pageant, was held on 9 July 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida,

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became the third American to win the crown and was handed over the title by

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of Japan.

Results

Placements

Contestants

* - Rose Marie Lincke * - Elizabeth Hodacs * - Huberte Bax * - Nancy Aguirre * - Jean Gina MacPherson * - Myint Myint May * - Edna Dianne McVicar * - Marinka Polhammer Espinoza * - Stella Márquez * - Leila Rodríguez * - Flora Lauten Hoyos * - Lizzie Ellinor Hess * - Isabel Rolando Ceballos * - Joan Ellinor Boardman * - Maija-Leena Manninen * - Florence Anne Marie Normand Eyrie * - Ingrun Helgard Moeckel * - Magda Passaloglou * - Carina Verbeek * - Vivian Cheung * - Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir * -

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* - Daniela Bianchi * - Yayoi Furuno * - Helen Giatanapoulus * - Sohn Miheeja * - Gladys Tabet * - Marie Venturi * - Marilyn Escobar * - Lorraine Nawa Jones * - Ragnhild Aass * - Mercedes Teresa Ruggia * - Medallit Gallino * - Maria Teresa Motta Cardoso * - Nicolette Joan Caras * - María Teresa del Río * - Christine Jie Sam Foek * - Birgitta Öfling * - Elaine Maurath * - Marie Louise Carrigues * - Iris Teresa Ubal Cabrera * - Linda Jeanne Bement † * - Mary Quiróz Delgado

Notes

Replacement

* — Antje Moller was dethroned at 16 years old and was replaced by Lizzie Ellinor Hess.

Did not compete

* - Sale Assouen * - Claudinette Fourchard * - Lorena Velásquez * - Marzena Malinowska * - Maria Flohr

Awards

* - Miss Amity ( Myint Myint May) * - Miss Photogenic ( Daniela Bianchi)

General references

References

{{Miss Universe 1960 delegates

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