Miss Universe 1968

Miss Universe 1968
Date	July 13, 1968
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	65
Placements	15
Debuts	Congo-Kinshasa, Malta, Yugoslavia
Withdraws	Cuba, Panama, Paraguay
Returns	Australia, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Ceylon, Thailand, Tunisia
Winner	Martha Vasconcellos Brazil

Miss Universe 1968, the 17th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 20-year-old Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil. It took place on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Participating Nations and Results.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1968	Brazil - Martha Vasconcellos
1st runner-up	Curaçao - Anne Marie Braafheid
2nd runner-up	Finland - Leena Marketta Brusin
3rd runner-up	Venezuela - Peggy Kopp
4th runner-up	USA - Dorothy Anstett
Top 15	Canada - Nancy Wilson  Chile - Dánae Monserrat Salas Savadell  England - Jennifer Lowe Summers  France - Elizabeth Cadren  Greece - Miranta Zafiropoulou  Israel - Miriam Fridman  Norway - Tone Knaran  Sweden - Anne Marie Hellqvist  Thailand - Apantree Prayuttasenee  Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsić

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Japan - Yasuyo Iino
Miss Photogenic	Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsić
Best National Costume	Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo Gonzales

Contestants

Argentina - Maria Del Carmen Jordan Vidal  Aruba - Sandra Croes  Australia - Laureen Jones  Austria - Brigitte Kruger  Bahamas - Brenda Fountain  Belgium - Sonja Doumen  Bermuda - Victoria Martin  Bolivia - Roxana Bowles Chavez  Bonaire - Ilse Maria De Jong  Brazil - Marta Maria Cordeiro Vasconcelos  Canada - Nancy Wilson  Ceylon - Sheila Jayatilleke  Chile - Danae Monserrat Sala Sarradell  Colombia - Luz Elena Restrepo Gonzalez  Congo-Kinshasa - Elizabeth Tavares  Costa Rica - Ana Maria Rivera  Curacao - Anne Marie Braafheid  Denmark - Gitte Broge  Dominican Republic - Ana Maria Ortiz Perez  Ecuador - Priscila Alava Gonzalez  England - Jennifer Lowe Summers  Finland - Leena Marketta Brusiin  France - Elizabeth Cadren  Germany - Lilian Atterer  Greece - Miranta Zafiropoulou  Guam - Arlene Vilma Chaco  Haiti - Claudie Paquin  Holland - Nathalie Heyl  Honduras - Nora Idalia Guillen  Hong Kong - Tammy Yung  Iceland - Helen Knutsdottir  India - Anjum Mumtaz Barg  Ireland - Tiffany Scales

Israel - Miriam Friedman  Italy - Cristina Businari  Jamaica - Marjorie Bromfield  Japan - Yasuyo Iino  Korea - Kim Yoon-jung  Lebanon - Sonia Faris  Luxembourg - Lucienne Krier  Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali  Malta - Kathlene Farrugia  Mexico - Perla Olivia Aguirre Munoz  New Zealand - Christine Mary Antunovic  Nicaragua - Margine Davidson Morales  Norway - Tone Knaran  Okinawa - Sachie Kawamitsu  Peru - Maria Esther Brambilla  Philippines - Sharina Rosello Zaragoza  Puerto Rico - Marylene Carrasquillo  Scotland - Helen Davidson  Singapore - Yasmin Saif  South Africa - Monica Fairall  Spain - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo  Sweden - Anne-Marie Hellqvist  Switzerland - Jeannette Biffiger  Thailand - Apantree Prayuttasenee  Tunisia - Rekaia Dekhil  Turkey - Zumal Aktan  Uruguay - Graciela Minarrieta  USA - Dorothy Catherine Anstett  Venezuela - Peggy Kopp Arenas Virgin Islands - Sadie Sargeant  Wales - Judith Radford  Yugoslavia - Daliborka Stojsic