Miss International 1969

Miss International 1969
Date	September 13, 1969
Venue	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	48
Placements	15
Debuts	Britain Jamaica Malta
Withdrawals	China Congo-Kinshasa England Puerto Rico Scotland South Africa Turkey Uruguay Wales Yugoslavia
Returns	Guam Iceland Mexico Morocco Portugal Tunisia
Winner	Valerie Holmes Britain
Congeniality	Mireille Colling Luxembourg
Photogenic	Satu Charlotta Östring Finland

Miss International 1969 was the 9th Miss International pageant, held on September 13, 1969 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan for the second time. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Valerie Holmes from Britain was crowned as Miss International 1969 by outgoing titleholder Maria Carvalho from Brazil.

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 1969	Britain – Valerie Holmes
1st Runner-up	Finland – Satu Charlotta Östring
2nd Runner-up	Nicaragua – María Margarita Cuadra
3rd Runner-up	Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger
4th Runner-up	Thailand – Usanee Phenphimol
Top 15	Australia – Janine Forbes Brazil – Maria Alexandrino dos Santos Ireland - Mary Kelly Japan – Akemi Okemoto New Zealand – Deirdre Bruton Norway – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen Philippines – Margaret Orbe Montinola Spain – Mery de Lara Caballero United States – Gayle Kovaly Venezuela – Cristina Keusch Pérez

Contestants

• Argentina – Graciela Eva Arévalo
• Australia – Janine Forbes
• Austria – Crystl Holler
• Belgium – Josyjane Minet
• Bolivia – Erika Kohlenberger
• Brazil – Maria Lúcia Alexandrino dos Santos
• Britain – Valerie Susan Holmes
• Canada – Nancy Wilson
• Ceylon – Shirline Clara Perera
• Colombia – Laura Fabiola Pimiento Barrera
• Costa Rica – Sonia Kohkemper
• Denmark – Gitte Broge
• Ecuador – Alexandra Swanberg
• Finland – Satu Charlotta Östring
• France – Sophie Yallant
• Germany – Brigitta Komorowski
• Greece – Rea Nikolaou
• Guam – Mercedes Rosario Rubic
• Holland – Els van der Kolk
• Hong Kong – Cecile McSmith
• Iceland – Helen Knutsdóttir
• India – Wendy Leslie Vaz
• Indonesia – Irma Hardisurya
• Ireland – Mary Kelly
• Israel – Sara Dvir
• Italy – Juliana Lamberti
• Jamaica – Audrey Dell
• Japan – Akemi Okemoto
• South Korea – Kim Yoo-kyoung
• Luxembourg – Mireille Colling
• Malaysia – Pauline Chai Siew Phin
• Malta – Rose Barpy
• Mexico – Ana Maria Magaña
• Morocco – Rahima Hachti
• New Zealand – Deirdre Bruton
• Nicaragua – María Margarita Cuadra Lacayo
• Norway – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen
• Philippines – Margaret Rose "Binky" Orbe Montinola
• Portugal – Maria Isabela Rosa Pinho
• Spain – Mery de Lara Caballero
• Singapore – Jenny Serwan Wong
• Sweden – Bodil Jensen
• Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger
• Tahiti – Dominique Viloria Poemoana
• Thailand – Usanee Phenphimol
• Tunisia – Rekaia Dekhil
• United States – Gayle Kovaly
• Venezuela – Cristina Keusch Pérez

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1969