Miss Universe 1960 was the ninthMiss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium inMiami Beach, Florida, the United States, on 9 July 1960.
At the end of the event,Akiko Kojima of Japan crownedLinda Bement of the United States as Miss Universe 1960.[1] Bement was the third representative of the United States to win the contest.
Contestants from forty-three countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted byCharles Collingwood.
Background
Selection of participants
Contestants from forty-three countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Two contestants were appointees to their national titles and another was selected after another national pageant was held to replace the original dethroned winner.[a]
Replacements
Sonja Menzel was originally set to represent Denmark but withdrew for undisclosed reasons,[3] and was replaced by Lizzie Hess.[4]
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals
This edition saw the debuts of Jordan, Portugal, Spain, and Tunisia, and the returns of Chile, Finland, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Morocco, New Zealand, Paraguay, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, and Venezuela. South Africa and Switzerland, which last competed in1953, Hong Kong and New Zealand in1954, Finland and Lebanon in1955, Morocco in1957, while the others last competed in1958.[5]
Hawaii withdrew after becoming aU.S. state on 21 August 1959, resulting in theMiss Hawaii Universe pageant being downgraded from a national Miss Universe qualifier to aMiss USA state pageant.[6]
Lorena Velázquez of Mexico withdrew for personal reasons.[7] Marzena Malinowska of Poland withdrew to compete in another international pageant.[8][9] Miss Turkey 1959, Figen Özgür, was replaced by Miss Turkey 1960,Nebahat Çehre, who also withdrew and later competed atMiss World 1960 instead.[10][11] Guatemala, and Thailand withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Julienne Ayissi Eyenga Fouda of Cameroon was disqualified for being underage and replaced by Sale Assouen, who subsequently withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[12] Cluadinette Fouchard of Haiti withdrew due to marriage plans.[13] Madagascar and Martinique intended to participate but did not appear.[14]
Results
Contestants from Venezuela, Japan, Ecuador and Brazil during the swimsuit parade.
Same with1955, fifteen semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Each of the fifteen semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast using their native languages. Afterwards, the fifteen semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen.[15][18]
^Mary Quiróz, Miss Yaracuy 1957, was appointed as the representative of Venezuela at Miss Universe as the Miss Venezuela pageant was held weeks after Miss Universe.[2]
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Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Burma
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Denmark
Ecuador
England
Finland
France
Greece
Holland
Hong Kong
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Morocco
New Zealand
Norway
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Tunisia
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
West Germany