Miss Universe 1968, the 17th

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pageant, was held on 13 July 1968 at the

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was crowned by Sylvia Hitchcock of the

at the end of the event.

Results

Placements

Special Awards

Contestants

* - María del Carmen Jordán Vidal * - Sandra Croes * - Laureen Jones * - Brigitte Kruger * - Brenda Fountain * - Sonja Doumen * - Victoria Martin * - Roxana Bowles Chávez * - Ilse Maria De Jong * - Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcelos * - Nancy Wilson * - Sheila Jayatilleke * - Dánae Monserrat Salas Sarradell * - Luz Elena Restrepo González * - Elizabeth Tavares * - Ana María Rivera * -

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* - Gitte Broge * - Ana María Ortiz * - Priscila Álava González * - Jennifer Lowe Summers * - Leena Marketta Brusiin * - Elizabeth Cadren * - Lilian Atterer * - Miranta Zafiropoulou * - Arlene Vilma Chaco * - Claudie Paquin * - Nathalie Heyl * - Nora Idalia Guillén * - Tammy Yung * - Helen Knuttsdóttir * - Anjum Mumtaz Barg * - Tiffany Scales * - Miriam Friedman * - Cristina Businari * - Marjorie Bromfield * - Yasuyo Lino † * - Kim Yoon-jung * - Sonia Fares * - Lucienne Krier * - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali * - Kathlene Farrugia * - Perla Olivia Aguirre Muñoz * - Christine Mary Antunovic * - Margine Davidson Morales * - Tone Knaran *

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- Sachie Kawamitsu * - María Esther Brambilla * - Rosario "Charina" Rosello Zaragoza * - Marylene Carrasquillo * - Helen Davidson * - Yasmin Saif * - Monica Fairall † * - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo * - Anne-Marie Hellqvist * - Jeannette Biffiger * - Apantree Prayutsenee * - Rekaia Dekhil * - Zuhal Aktan * - Graciela Minarrieta * - Dorothy Catherine Anstett * - Peggy Kopp Arenas * - Sadie Sargeant * - Judith Radford * - Daliborka Stojsic

Notes

Withdrawals

* * * – Maria Eugenia Torres

General References

References

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