Miss Universe 1960

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Miss Universe 1960
Date:	9 July 1960
Presenters:	Charles Collingwood
Venue:	Miami Beach Auditorium , Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Entrants:	41
Winner:	Linda Bement
Represented:	USA
Congeniality:	Myint Myint May  Burma, Judy Rebecca Fletcher  United States^
Photogenic:	Daniela Bianchi  Italy

Miss Universe 1960, the 9th Miss Universe pageant, was won by Linda Bement of USA. It took place on 9 July 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Placements 1.2 Special Awards 2 Contestants

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

• Miss Universe 1960: Linda Bement, (USA)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st Runner-up: Daniela Bianchi , (Italy)
  • 2nd Runner-up: Elizabeth Hodacs , (Austria)
  • 3rd Runner-up: Nicolette Joan Caras , (South Africa)
  • 4th Runner-up: María Teresa del Río , (Spain)
• The semi-finalists were:
  • 5th Ingrun Helgard Moeckel , (Germany)
  • 6th Jean Gina MacPherson , (Brazil)
  • 7th Maria Stella Márquez Zawádzky , (Colombia)
  • 8th Sohn Miheeja , (Korea)
  • 9th Magda Passaloglou , (Greece)
  • 10th Joan Ellinor Boardman , (England)
  • 11th Aliza Gur (Israel)
  • 12th Yayoi Foruno , (Japan)
  • 13th Ragnhild Aass , (Norway)
  • 14th Elaine Maurath, (Switzerland)

[edit] Special Awards

• Congeniality: Myint Myint May, (Burma), Judy Rebecca Fletcher (USA)^
• Photogenic: Daniela Bianchi (Italy)

[edit] Contestants

Argentina – Rose Marie Lincke  Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs  Belgium – Huberte Bax  Bolivia –Nancy Aguirre  Brazil – Jean Gina MacPherson  Burma – Myint Myint May  Canada - Edna Dianne McVicar  Chile – Marinka Polhammer Espinosa  Colombia – Maria Stella Márquez Zawádzky  Cuba – Flora Lauten Hoyos  Denmark – Lizzie Ellinor Hess  Ecuador – Isabel Rolando Ceballos  England – Joan Ellinor Boardman  Finland –Marja Leena Manninen  France – Florence Anne Marie Normand Eyrie  Germany – Ingrun Helgard Moeckel  Greece – Magda Passaloglou  Hong Kong –Vivien Cheung  Holland – Carina Verbeek  Iceland –Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir

Israel – Aliza Gur  Italy – Daniela Bianchi  Japan - Yayoi Foruno  Jordan-Helen Giatanapoulus  Korea – Sohn Miheeja  Lebanon – Gladys Tabet  Luxembourg – Marie Venturi  Morocco – Marilyn Escobar  New Zealand – Lorraine Nawa Jones  Norway – Ragnhild Aass  Paraguay – Mercedes Teresa Ruggia  Peru – Medadit Gallino  Portugal – Maria Teresa Motta Cardoso  South Africa – Nicolette Joan Caras  Spain – María Teresa del Río  Suriname – Medadit Gallino  Sweden – Birgitta Öfling  Switzerland – Elaine Maurath  Tunisia – Marie Louise Carrigues  USA – Linda Bement  Venezuela – Mary Quiróz Delgado

^Miss USA (Louisiana) was held jointly with Miss Universe, and candidates from both pageants were eligible for the special awards

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