Miss Universe 1960
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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 won by 18-year-old Linda Bement
Linda Bement
Linda Jeanne Bement , is a beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the third Miss USA to be crowned Miss Universe.-Miss Universe 1960:...
of USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
. It took place on 9 July 1960 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida
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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
United States
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Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1960 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Italy - Daniela BianchiDaniela Bianchi Daniela Bianchi is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Bond movie From Russia with Love.... |
| 2nd runner-up |
 Austria - Elizabeth Hodacs |
| 3rd runner-up |
 South Africa - Nicolette Joan Caras |
| 4th runner-up |
 Spain - María Teresa del Río |
| Top 15 |
 Brazil - Jean Gina MacPherson Colombia - María Stella Márquez ZawádzkyStella Araneta Stella Márquez Zawadski-Araneta is a former Colombian beauty queen who was crowned the first Miss International in history and became the pageant director and organizer of Binibining Pilipinas since 1964.-Miss International:...  Kingdom of England - Joan Ellinor Boardman Germany - Ingrun Helgard Moeckel Greece - Magda Passaloglou Israel - Aliza GurAliza Gur Aliza Gur was Miss Israel of 1960 and a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant that same year...  Japan - Yayoi Foruno Norway - Ragnhild Aass Switzerland - Elaine Maurath |
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic
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- Italy - Daniela BianchiDaniela BianchiDaniela Bianchi is an Italian actress, whose best known part was Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 James Bond movie From Russia with Love....
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Miss Universe and Miss USA were held jointly, and candidates from both of them were eligible for the special awards
Contestants
Argentina – Rose Marie Lincke- Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs
Belgium – Huberte Bax
Bolivia – Nancy Aguirre- Brazil – Jean Gina MacPherson
Myanmar – Myint Myint May
Canada - Edna Dianne McVicar
Chile – Marinka Polhammer Espinoza- Colombia – María Stella Márquez ZawádzkyStella AranetaStella Márquez Zawadski-Araneta is a former Colombian beauty queen who was crowned the first Miss International in history and became the pageant director and organizer of Binibining Pilipinas since 1964.-Miss International:...
Costa Rica - Leila Rodriguez
Cuba – Flora Lauten Hoyos
Denmark – Lizzie Ellinor Hess
Ecuador – Isabel Rolando Ceballos- Kingdom of England – Joan Ellinor Boardman
Finland – Marja Leena Manninen
Early Modern France – Florence Anne Marie Normand Eyrie- Germany – Ingrun Helgard Moeckel
- Greece – Magda Passaloglou
- ' – Carina Verbeek
Hong Kong - Vivian Cheung
Iceland – Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir- Israel – Aliza GurAliza GurAliza Gur was Miss Israel of 1960 and a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant that same year...
- Italy – Daniela Bianchi
- Japan - Yayoi Foruno
Jordan- Helen Giatanapoulus- ' – 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 – Christine Jie Sam Foek
Sweden – Birgitta Öfling- Switzerland – Elaine Maurath
Tunisia – Marie Louise Carrigues
Uruguay - Iris Teresa Ubal Cabrera
United States – Linda Jeanne BementLinda BementLinda Jeanne Bement , is a beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who became the third Miss USA to be crowned Miss Universe.-Miss Universe 1960:...
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Venezuela – Mary Quiróz Delgado
Withdrawals
(Sale Assouen) (Claudinette Fourchard) Lorena VelázquezLorena Velázquez
Lorena Velázquez is a Mexican actress and former beauty pageant titleholder.-Biography:Born María de la Concepción Lorena Villar Dondé in Mexico City, Velázquez debuted in 1955. She competed in Miss Mexico in 1958 and placed second...
(Marzena Malinowska) (Maria Flohr)
Replacements
(Antje Moller) was only 16 years old and had to be replaced by Lizzie Ellinor Hess.Panel of Judges
- Maxwell ArnowMaxwell ArnowCasting director. He was noted for his discoveries of future film stars Ronald Reagan and Kim Novak.Arnow was born in New York City on 25 November 1902, the son of Jacob and Pauline Cohen Arnowitz. He married Henrietta Schnall in 1929 in New York. In 1932, he moved his family to California and was...
- Claude Berr
- Irwin Hansen
- Russell PattersonRussell PattersonRussell Patterson was a celebrated and prolific American cartoonist, illustrator and scenic designer. Patterson’s art deco magazine illustrations helped promote the idea of the 1920s and 1930s fashion style known as the flapper.Patterson was born in Omaha, Nebraska...
- Vuk Vuchinich
- Miyoko Yanagida