Miss World 1968
Miss World 1968, the 18th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK on 14 November 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown. Madeline Hartog-Bel of Peru crowned her successor Penelope Plummer of Australia. This is the first time that an Australian won the Miss World title.
| Miss World 1968 | |
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.jpg.webp) Penelope Plummer, Miss World 1968. | |
| Date | 14 November 1968 |
| Presenters | Michael Aspel |
| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 53 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Thailand |
| Withdrawals | Czechoslovakia, Gambia, Honduras, Iceland, Lebanon, Panama, Portugal, Tanzania |
| Returns | Bahamas, Colombia, India, Liberia, Nicaragua |
| Winner | Penelope Plummer.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1968 | |
| 1st Runner-up |
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| 2nd Runner-up |
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| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up |
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| Top 7 | |
| Top 15 |
Contestants
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Argentina – Viviana Roldán- Australia – Penelope Plummer
Austria – Brigitte Krüger.svg.png.webp)
Bahamas – Rose Helena Dauchot.svg.png.webp)
Belgium – Sonja Doumen.svg.png.webp)
Brazil – Angela Carmelia Stecca.svg.png.webp)
Canada – Nancy Wilson.svg.png.webp)
Ceylon – Nilanthie Wijesinghe
Chile – Carmen Smith
Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González
Costa Rica – Patricia Diers
Cyprus – Diana Dimitropoulou
Denmark – Yet Schaufuss
Dominican Republic – Ingrid García
Ecuador – Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen
Finland – Leena Sipilä
France – Nelly Gallerne
Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt
Ghana – Lovell Rosebud Wordie
Gibraltar – Sandra Sanguinetti.svg.png.webp)
Greece- Lia Malta
Guyana – Adrienne Harris
Holland – Alida Grootenboer
India – Jane Coelho
Ireland – June MacMahon
Israel – Miri Zamir
Italy – Maria Pia Gianporcaro
Jamaica – Karlene Waddell.svg.png.webp)
Japan – Ryoko Miyoshi
Kenya – Josephine Moikobu
South Korea – Lee Ji-eun
Liberia – Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell
Luxembourg – Irene Siedler
Malta – Ursulina Grech
Mexico – Ana María Magaña
Morocco – Zakia Chamouch
New Zealand – Christine Mary Antunovic
Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales
Nigeria – Foluke Ogundipe
Norway – Hedda Lie
Peru – Ana Rosa Berninzon Devéscovi
Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok.svg.png.webp)
South Africa – Mitsianna Stander
Sweden – Gunilla Friden.svg.png.webp)
Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger
Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai
Tunisia – Zohra Boufaden
Turkey – Mine Kurkcuoglu
Uganda – Joy Lehai
United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley
United States – Johnine Leigh Avery.svg.png.webp)
Venezuela – Cherry Núñez Rodríguez.svg.png.webp)
Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera
Notes
Withdraws
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Spain – María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenza
Nations not competing
Iceland – Helga Jonsdóttir.svg.png.webp)
Seychelles – Marie-France Lablache
Disqualified
Lebanon – Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old)
External links
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