Miss International 1960

Miss International 1960
Miss International 1960
	The pageant was held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
Date	August 12, 1960
Presenters	Byron Palmer
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Debuts	Argentina; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Borneo; Brazil; British Guiana; Canada; Ceylon; China; Colombia; Denmark; Ecuador; England; Finland; France; Greece; Holland; Hong Kong; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Israel; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Korea; Lebanon; Luxembourg; Malaya; Morocco; Norway; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Singapore; South Africa; South Pacific; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tahiti; Tunisia; Turkey; Uruguay; United States; Venezuela; West Germany;
Withdrawals	Hawaii; Yugoslavia;
Winner	Stella Márquez; Colombia
Congeniality	Julia Ann Adamson ; British Guiana
Photogenic	Sigridur Geirsdottir ; Iceland
	1961 →

Miss International 1960, the 1st Miss International pageant, was held on August 12, 1960 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States.^[1] 52 contestants competed for the title. Stella Márquez of Colombia was crowned as the first Miss International.^[1]

Miss International was created due to internal conflicts with the Miss Universe pageant.^[2]

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 1960	Colombia – Stella Márquez^[1]
1st Runner-Up	India – Iona Pinto † ^[3]
2nd Runner-Up	Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdottir † ^[a]
3rd Runner-Up	England – Joyce Kay
4th Runner-Up	United States – Charlene Lundberg
Top 15	Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs Israel – Lili Dajani^[5] Italy – Maria Grazia Jacomell Japan – Michiko Takagi Paraguay – Gretel Hedger Carvallo Philippines – Edita Resurreccion Vital Poland – Marzena Malinowska Singapore – Christl D'Cruz Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio West Germany – Helga Kirsch

Special Awards
Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	British Guiana – Julia Ann Adamson
Miss Photogenic	Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir †
Miss Popularity	Belgium – Caroline Lecerf^[b]

Preliminary Competition Winners
Awards	Contestant
Best in Playsuit	Day 1: Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † Day 2: England – Joyce Kay Day 3: United States – Charlene Lundberg
Best in Evening Gown	Day 1: Colombia – Stella Márquez Day 2: Poland – Marzena Malinowska Day 3: Norway – Lise Hammer
Best National Costume	Day 1: Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio Day 2: Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † Day 3: Ceylon – Yvonne Gunawardene