1968
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Bottom  Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France & Germany
Middle  Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guyana, Holland, India, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand & Nicaragua
Top  Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela & Yugoslavia
Absent  Brazil, Ceylon, Dominican Republic, Italy, Korea & Luxembourg

1968 November 14
London, England
53 entries

Results
1  Australia  Penelope Plummer
2  United Kingdom  Kathleen Winstanley
3  Israel  Miri Zamir
4  Colombia  Beatriz Sierra Gonzalez
5  Philippines  Arene Cecilia Amabuyok

Finalists
6  Guyana  Adrienne Harris
7  Nicaragua  Margine Davidson Morales (Universe 68)

Semi-finalists
Argentina  Viviana Roldan
Austria  Brigitte Krüger (Universe 68; 1st RU Europe 68)
France  Nelly Gallerne (SF International 68)
Germany  Margot Schmalzriedt (International 68)
Ireland  June MacMahon (Europe 69)
Sweden  Gunilla Friden 
Thailand  Pinnarut Tananchai
Yugoslavia  Ivona Puhlera

Remainder
Bahamas  Rose Helena Dauchot
Belgium  Sonja Doumen (Universe & Europe 68)
Brazil  Angela Carmelia Stecca
Canada  Nancy Wilson (SF Universe 68 & International 69)
Ceylon  Nilanthie Wijesinghe
Chile  Carmen Smith
Costa Rica  Patricia Diers
Cyprus  Diana Dimitropoulou
Denmark  Yet Schaufuss
Dominican Rep.  Ingrid García
Ecuador  Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen
Finland  Leena Sipilä
Ghana  Lovell Rosebud Wordie
Gibraltar  Sandra Sanguinetti
Greece  Lia Malta
Holland  Alida Grootenboer
India  Jane Coelho
Italy  Maria Pia Gianporcaro 
Jamaica  Karlene Waddell
Japan  Ryoko Miyoshi
Kenya  Josephine Moikobu
Korea  Lee Ji-eun (real name: Lee Young-chae)
Liberia  Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell
Luxembourg  Irene Siedler
Malta  Ursulina "Lina" Grech
Mexico  Ana Maria Magaña (International 69)
Morocco  Zakia Chamouch
New Zealand  Christine Mary Antunovic (Universe 68)
Nigeria  Foluke Ogundipe
Norway  Hedda Lie (International 68)
Peru  Ana Rosa Berninzon
Devéscovi
South Africa  Mitsianna Stander
Switzerland  Jeanette Biffiger (Universe & Europe 68; 3rd RU International 69)
Tunisia  Zohra Boufaden (Universe 69)
Turkey  Mine Kurkcuoglu
Uganda  Joy Lehai
USA  Johnine Leigh Avery
Venezuela  Cherry Nuñez Rodriguez

Did not compete
Iceland  Helga Jonsdóttir
Seychelles  Marie-France Lablache

Withdrew
Spain  Maria Amparo Rodrigo Lorenza (Universe 69; 4th RU Europe 69) (walked out the night before the finals when Miss Gibraltar refused to apologize for saying that she was glad that Miss Spain was in the contest.  Since 1965 Spain had not participated due to the presence of Miss Gibraltar from the British-held colony)

Disqualified
Lebanon  Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old)




South Africa

 

 

Canada, USA & Australia


Philippines (5th), Israel (3rd), Australia (winner), United Kingdom (2nd) & Colombia (4th)