MISS UNIVERSE 1968

1968 July 13
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
65 entries

Results
1  Brazil  Marta Maria Cordeiro Vasconcelos
2  Curacao  Anne Marie Braafheid
3  Finland  Leena Marketta Brusiin (winner Europe '68)
4  Venezuela  Peggy Kopp Arenas
5  U.S.A.  Dorothy Catherine Anstett

Semi-finalists
Canada  Nancy Wilson (World '68, International '69, Queen of the Pacific '69)
Chile  Danae Monserrat Sala Sarradell
England  Jennifer Lowe Summers (SF World-United Kingdom '66, Europe '68)
France  Elizabeth Cadren (Europe '68)
Greece  Miranta Zafiropoulou
Israel  Miriam Friedman
Norway  Tone Knaran (3rd RU Europe '68, winner Scandinavia '69, SF International '70)
Sweden  Anne-Marie Hellqvist (2nd RU Scandinavia '69)
Thailand  Apantree Prayutsenee
Yugoslavia  Daliborka Stojsic (Europe '68)
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Order of announcement of semi-finalists
Group 1 - Venezuela, U.S.A., Greece, Yugoslavia, Chile, Israel & Canada
Group 2 - Norway, Curacao, Thailand, England, Brazil, Finland, France & Sweden

Order of announcement of finalists
Brazil, Curacao, Finland, U.S.A. & Venezuela
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Remainder
Argentina  Maria del Carmen Jordán Vidal
Aruba  Sandra Croes
Australia  Laureen Jones
Austria  Brigitte Krüger (SF World '68, 2nd RU Europe '68)
Bahamas  Brenda Fountain
Belgium  Sonja Doumen (Europe '68, World '68)
Bermuda  Victoria Martin
Bolivia  Roxana Bowles Chávez
Bonaire  Ilse Maria de Jong
Ceylon  Sheila Jayatilleke
Colombia  Luz Elena Restrepo González
Congo, Republic of  Elizabeth Tavares
Costa Rica  Ana María Rivera (International '68)
Denmark  Gitte Broge (International '69)
Dominican Republic  Ana Maria Ortíz Mendoza
Ecuador  Priscila Alava González
Germany  Lilian Atterer (Europe '71)
Guam  Arlene Vilma Chaco (Asia '68)
Haiti  Claudie Paquin
Holland  Nathalie Heyl
Honduras  Nora Idalia Guillén
Hong Kong  Tammy Yung Yan-Yan
Iceland  Helen Knutsdóttir (Europe '68, International '69)
India  Anjum Mumtaz Barg
Ireland  Tiffany Scales
Italy  Cristina Businari
Jamaica  Marjorie Bromfield
Japan  Yasuyo Iino
Korea  Kim Yoon-jung
Lebanon  Sonia Faris  (World '67)
Luxembourg  Lucienne Krier (Europe '68)
Malaysia  Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali (International '68)
Malta  Kathlene Farrugia (Europe '68)
Mexico  Perla Olivia Aguirre Muñoz
New Zealand  Christine Mary Antunovic (Asia '68, World '68)
Nicaragua  Margine Davidson Morales (6th RU World '68)
Okinawa  Sachie Kawamitsu
Peru  Maria Esther Brambilla
Philippines  Rosario "Sharina" Rosello Zaragoza
Puerto Rico  Marylene Carrasquillo
Scotland  Helen Davidson
Singapore  Yasmin Saif (Queen of the Pacific '71, Maja '72)
South Africa  Monica Fairall (SF World '71)
Spain  Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo
Switzerland  Jeannette Biffiger (Europe '68, World '68, 3rd RU International '69)
Tunisia  Rekaia Dekhil (World '67, International '69, Maja '70)
Turkey  Zumal Aktan
Uruguay  Graciela Minarrieta
Virgin Islands  Sadie Sargeant
Wales  Judith Radford

Did not compete
Paraguay  Maria Eugenia Torres
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