Miss International 1960

Miss International 1960
Date	August 12, 1960
Presenters	Byron Palmer
Venue	Long Beach, California, United States
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Winner	Stella Márquez  Colombia
Congeniality	Julia Ann Adamson  British Guiana
Photogenic	Sigridur Geirsdottir  Iceland

Miss International 1960, the 1st Miss International pageant, was held on August 12, 1960 in Long Beach, California, United States. 52 delegates competed for the title. Stella Márquez of Colombia became the first Miss International.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1960	Colombia - Stella Márquez
1st runner-up	India - Iona Pinto
2nd runner-up	Iceland - Sigridur Geirsdottir
3rd runner-up	England - Joyce Kay
4th runner-up	United States - Charlene Lundberg
Semi-finalists	Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs  Germany - Helga Kirsch  Israel - Lili Dajani  Italy - Maria Grazia Jacomell  Japan - Michiko Takagi  Paraguay - Gretel Hedger Carvallo  Philippines - Edita Resurreccion Vital  Poland - Marzena Malinowska  Singapore - Christl D'Cruz  Venezuela - Gladys Ascanio

Contestants

Argentina - Slavica Lazaric  Australia - Joan Stanbury  Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs  Belgium - Caroline Lecerf  Bolivia - Edmy Arana Ayala  Borneo - Elizabeth Voon  Brazil - Magda Renate Pfrimer  British Guiana - Julia Ann Adamson  Canada - Margaret Powell  Ceylon - Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene  China - Janet Lin Chin-Yi  Colombia - Maria Stella Márquez Zawadzky  Denmark - Sonja Menzel  Ecuador - Magdalena Dávila Varela  England - Joyce Kay  Finland - Marketta Nieminen  France - Jeanne Rossi  Germany - Helga Kirsch  Greece - Kiki Kotsaridou  Holland - Katinka Bleeker  Hong Kong - Lena Woo  Iceland - Sigridur Geirsdóttir  India - Iona Pinto  Indonesia - Wiana Sulastini  Israel - Lili Dajani  Italy - Maria Grazia Jacomelli

Japan - Michiko Takagi  Jordan - Gulnar Tucktuck  Korea - Kim Chung-ja  Lebanon - Juliana Reptsik  Luxembourg - Liliane Mueller  Malaya - Zanariah (Zena) Ahmad  Morocco - Raymonde Valle  Norway - Lise Hammer  Paraguay - Gretel Hedger Carvallo  Peru - Irma Vargas Fuller  Philippines - Edita Resurreccion Vital  Poland - Marzena Malinowska  Portugal - Maria Josabete Silva Santos  Puerto Rico - Carmen Sara Latimer  Singapore - Christl D’Cruz  South Africa - Nona Sherriff  South Pacific - Patricia Apoliona (from Honolulu)  Spain - Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez  Sweden - Gunilla Elm   Switzerland - Mylene Delapraz  Tahiti - Teura Marguerite Teuira  Tunisia - Habiba Ben Abdallah  Turkey - Guler Kivrak  Uruguay - Beatriz Liñares  USA - Charlene Lundberg  Venezuela - Gladys (Laly) Ascanio Arredondo

Notes

Although being from Taiwan, Janet Lin Chin-Yi competed as Miss China.

Did not compete

•  Hawaii - Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew)
•  Yugoslavia - Tania Velic

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1960