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Miss World 1968, the 18th Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

pageant was held at Lyceum Theatre, London

London

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

on November 14, 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown. Finally, Madeleine Hartog Bell

Madeleine Hartog Bell

Madeleine Hartog-Bel won the 1967 Miss World contest, representing Peru.. After making it to the semi-finals of the Miss Universe pageant in 1966, she went on to win the Miss World title in London, UK the following year. After Miss World, she lived in Paris, France for many years, and now she...

of Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

crowned her successor Penelope Plummer

Penelope Plummer

Penelope Plummer was the winner of the 1968 Miss World contest, representing Australia. The then 18 year old librarian from Kempsey, New South Wales, became the first contestant from her country to win the title...

of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

Results

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss World 1968	Australia - Penelope Plummer Penelope Plummer Penelope Plummer was the winner of the 1968 Miss World contest, representing Australia. The then 18 year old librarian from Kempsey, New South Wales, became the first contestant from her country to win the title...
1st Runner-up	United Kingdom - Kathleen Winstanley
2nd Runner-up	Israel - Miri Zamir
3rd Runner-up	Colombia - Beatriz Sierra Gonzalez
4th Runner-up	Philippines - Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
Finalists	Guyana - Adrienne Harris Nicaragua - Margine Davidson Morales
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Viviana Roldan Austria - Brigitte Krüger Early Modern France - Nelly Gallerne Germany - Margot Schmalzriedt Republic of Ireland - June MacMahon Sweden - Gunilla Friden Thailand - Pinnarut Tananchai Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Ivona Puhlera