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Best in African costume contest
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Malta, Luxembourg, Italy, Iceland & Ireland
Best in African costume
Finland

The pageant was originally scheduled for May in Nice, France, but was postponed because of the May-June crisis in France.  Congo requested the pageant as a good advertisement for that country.

1968 September 23
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
21 entries

Results
1  Finland  Leena Marketta Brusiin (2nd RU Universe 68)
2  Austria  Brigitte Krüger  Universe 68; SF World 68)
3  Sweden  Anne-Christine Kahnberg 
4  Germany  Roswitha Mols
5  Norway  Tone Knaran (SF Universe 68; SF International 70)

 Remainder
Belgium  Sonja Doumen (Universe & World 68)
Czechoslovakia  Alzbeta Strkulova (5th RU World 67)
Denmark  Berrit Kvorning
England  Jennifer Lowe Summers (SF World 66; SF Universe 68)
France  Elizabeth Cadren (SF Universe 68)
Greece  Haris Papanikita
Holland  Marjolijn Abbink (International 70)
Iceland  Helen Knutsdóttir (Universe 68 & International 69)
Ireland  Mary Fitzgerald
Italy  Paola Rossi (SF Universe 67)
Luxembourg  Lucienne Krier (Universe 68)
Malta  Kathlene Farrugia (Universe 68)
Spain  Francisca Delgado Sánchez (Universe 67)
Switzerland  Jeanette Biffiger (Universe & World 68; 3rd RU International 69)
Turkey  Sule Eksigil
Yugoslavia  Daliborka Stojsic (SF Universe 68)

Award
Best in African costume  Finland

Austria (2nd), guest Elizabeth Tabares (Miss Congo), Finland (winner), Paquita Torres (Miss Europe 1967) & Sweden (3rd)

France & Norway