
Miss Universe 1969
Encyclopedia
Miss Universe 1969, the 18th edition of the Miss Universe
pageant, was held in Miami Beach, Florida
, USA. The winner was Gloria Diaz
, an eighteen year old Miss Philippines. Ms. Diaz became the first Philippine titleholder to win the title and the third Asian to do so.
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
pageant, was held in Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper...
, USA. The winner was Gloria Diaz
Gloria Diaz
Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz is an award-winning actress in the Philippines, and the first Filipino to bring home the Miss Universe crown.-Early Life and Family:...
, an eighteen year old Miss Philippines. Ms. Diaz became the first Philippine titleholder to win the title and the third Asian to do so.

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Top 15 |
![]() Eva Rueber-Staier Eva Rueber-Staier is an Austrian actress and former Miss World.Rueber-Staier was born in 1951 in Bruck an der Mur, Styria. She won the title of Miss Austria and participated in the Miss Universe contest in 1969, in which she was a top 15 semifinalist. She went on to win the Miss World pageant... Vera Fischer Vera Lúcia Fischer is a Brazilian actress of long-standing reputation and works in cinema and for the small screen, particularly for telenovelas. A former beauty pageant titleholder, she was crowned Miss Brazil in 1969.-Biography:... ![]() ![]() Maria Julia Mantilla Mayer Maria Julia Mantilla Mayer was Miss Peru 1969 and semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant that year. She was the aunt of María Julia "Maju" Mantilla, Miss World 2004.-References:*... Wendy Dascomb Wendy Dascomb is a pageant titleholder from Metairie, Louisiana, who held the Miss USA 1969 title.In 1969 Dascomb, a resident of Danville, Virginia, and freshman at Stratford College, reluctantly competed in the Miss Piedmont pageant at the urging of college faculty. She won then advanced to the... ![]() |
Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Best National Costume |
![]() Sangduen Manwong Sangduen Manwong nicknamed Toom was Miss Thailand 1968.She crowned Miss Thailand on December 3, 1968. She competed in the Miss Universe 1969 pageant competition held in USA and she won the best national costume.She is married to Niweth Prompant, and they have two daughters... |
10 Best in Swimsuit |
![]() ![]() Eva Rueber-Staier Eva Rueber-Staier is an Austrian actress and former Miss World.Rueber-Staier was born in 1951 in Bruck an der Mur, Styria. She won the title of Miss Austria and participated in the Miss Universe contest in 1969, in which she was a top 15 semifinalist. She went on to win the Miss World pageant... ![]() Vera Fischer Vera Lúcia Fischer is a Brazilian actress of long-standing reputation and works in cinema and for the small screen, particularly for telenovelas. A former beauty pageant titleholder, she was crowned Miss Brazil in 1969.-Biography:... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Maria Julia Mantilla Mayer Maria Julia Mantilla Mayer was Miss Peru 1969 and semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant that year. She was the aunt of María Julia "Maju" Mantilla, Miss World 2004.-References:*... ![]() Gloria Diaz Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz is an award-winning actress in the Philippines, and the first Filipino to bring home the Miss Universe crown.-Early Life and Family:... ![]() Wendy Dascomb Wendy Dascomb is a pageant titleholder from Metairie, Louisiana, who held the Miss USA 1969 title.In 1969 Dascomb, a resident of Danville, Virginia, and freshman at Stratford College, reluctantly competed in the Miss Piedmont pageant at the urging of college faculty. She won then advanced to the... ![]() |
Order of announcement of semifinalists
- Group 1: Australia, Finland, Peru, Austria, Norway, Philippines & Israel
- Group 2: USA, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Sweden, Colombia, Japan, Chile & Switzerland
Judges
- Edilson Cid Varela
- Eileen FordEileen FordEileen Ford is a model agency executive and co-founder, in 1946, with her late husband Gerard William "Jerry" Ford, of Ford Models, one of the earliest and internationally best known modelling agencies in the world.-Early life:...
- Dong KingmanDong KingmanDong Kingman was a Chinese American artist and one of America's leading watercolor masters. As a painter on the forefront of the California Style School of painting, he was known for his urban and landscape paintings as well as his graphic design work in the Hollywood film industry...
- David MerrickDavid MerrickDavid Merrick was a prolific Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer.-Life and career:Born David Lee Margulois to Jewish parents in St. Louis, Missouri, Merrick graduated from Washington University, then studied law at the Jesuit-run Saint Louis University School of Law...
- Norma NolanNorma NolanNorma Nolan , is an Argentine who became, in 1962, the first woman from that country to obtain the Miss Universe title. She won the title in Miami Beach, Florida. Nolan is of Irish and Italian descent...
- Monique van Vooren
- Earl WilsonEarl WilsonRobert Earl Wilson was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres . Wilson batted and threw right-handed...
Contestants
Argentina - Lidia Esther Pepe
Aruba - Jeannette Geerman
Australia - Joanne Barret
Austria - Eva Rueber-Staier
Eva Rueber-StaierEva Rueber-Staier is an Austrian actress and former Miss World.Rueber-Staier was born in 1951 in Bruck an der Mur, Styria. She won the title of Miss Austria and participated in the Miss Universe contest in 1969, in which she was a top 15 semifinalist. She went on to win the Miss World pageant...The Bahamas - Joan Bowe
Belgium - Danièle Roels
Bermuda - Maxine S. Bean
Bolivia - Luz María Rojas
Bonaire - Julia Nicolaas
Brazil - Vera Fischer
Vera FischerVera Lúcia Fischer is a Brazilian actress of long-standing reputation and works in cinema and for the small screen, particularly for telenovelas. A former beauty pageant titleholder, she was crowned Miss Brazil in 1969.-Biography:...Canada - Jacquie Perrin
Jacquie PerrinJacquie Perrin is a Canadian journalist. She was host of the CBC's Saturday Report and now current host of the Sunday 5:00 p.m. edition of CBC News: Today on CBC Newsworld. Her broadcast career began at CKWS radio in Kingston, Ontario where she hosted a daily TV talk show. She also put her...- ' - Marlene Beverly Seneveratne
Chile - Mónica Larson Teuber
Colombia - Margarita María Reyes Zawadsky
- ' - Jeanne Mokomo
Costa Rica - Clara Freda Antillón
Curaçao - Yvonne Wardekker
Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt
Dominican Republic - Rocío García Báez
Ecuador - Rosana Vinueza Estrada †
Kingdom of England - Myra Van Heck
Finland - Harriet Marita Eriksson
Early Modern France - Agathe Cognet
Germany - Gesine Froese
Greece - Irene Diamantoglou
Guam - Anita Johnston
- ' - Welmoed Hollenberg
Honduras - Viena Paredes
- ' - Christine Tam Mei-Mei
Iceland - Maria Baldursdóttir
India - Kavita Bhambani
Republic of Ireland - Patricia Byrne
Israel - Chava Levy
Italy - Diana Coccorese
Jamaica - Carol Gerrow
Japan - Kikuyo Osuka
- ' - Lim Hyun-jung
Luxembourg - Marie Antoniette Bertinelli
Malaysia - Rosemary Wan Chow Mui
Malta - Natalie Quintana
Mexico - Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo
New Zealand - Carole Robinson
Nicaragua - Soraya Herrera Chávez
Norway - Patricia "Pia" Ingrid Walker
Peru - María Julia Mantilla Mayer
Maria Julia Mantilla MayerMaria Julia Mantilla Mayer was Miss Peru 1969 and semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant that year. She was the aunt of María Julia "Maju" Mantilla, Miss World 2004.-References:*...Philippines - Gloria Diaz
Gloria DiazGloria Maria Aspillera Diaz is an award-winning actress in the Philippines, and the first Filipino to bring home the Miss Universe crown.-Early Life and Family:...Puerto Rico - Aída Betancourt
Kingdom of Scotland - Sheena Drumond
Singapore - Mavis Young Siew Kim
Spain - María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenzo
Suriname - Greta Natsir
Sweden - Brigitta Lindloff
Switzerland - Patrice Sollner
Thailand - Sangduen Manwong
Sangduen ManwongSangduen Manwong nicknamed Toom was Miss Thailand 1968.She crowned Miss Thailand on December 3, 1968. She competed in the Miss Universe 1969 pageant competition held in USA and she won the best national costume.She is married to Niweth Prompant, and they have two daughters...Tunisia - Zohra Boufaden
Turkey - Azra Balkan
Uruguay - Julia Moller
United States - Wendy Jane Dascomb
Wendy DascombWendy Dascomb is a pageant titleholder from Metairie, Louisiana, who held the Miss USA 1969 title.In 1969 Dascomb, a resident of Danville, Virginia, and freshman at Stratford College, reluctantly competed in the Miss Piedmont pageant at the urging of college faculty. She won then advanced to the...Venezuela - María José Yéllici Sánchez
María José YélliciMaría José de las Mercedes Yéllici Sánchez is a pageant titleholder, was born in Madrid, Spain on May 12, 1945, and grew up in Caracas, Venezuela...Wales - Shirley Jones
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Nataśa Kośir