Miss International 1960

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. 52 contestants competed for the title. Stella Márquez of Colombia was crowned as the first Miss International.

Miss International was created due to internal conflicts with the Miss Universe pageant.

Contestants
• 🇦🇷 Argentina – Slavica Lazaric

• 🇦🇺 Australia – Joan Stanbury

• 🇦🇹 Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs

• 🇧🇪 Belgium – Caroline Lecerf

• 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Edmy Arana Ayala

• North Borneo – Elizabeth Voon (from North Borneo)

• 🇧🇷 Brazil – Magda Renate Pfrimer

•  British Guiana – Julia Ann Adamson

• 🇨🇦 Canada – Margaret Powell

•  Ceylon – Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene

•  Republic of China – Janet Lin Chin-Yi

• 🇨🇴 Colombia –

• 🇩🇰 Denmark – Sonja Menzel

• 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Magdalena Dávila Varela

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England – Joyce Kay

• 🇫🇮 Finland – Marketta Nieminen

• 🇫🇷 France – Yvette Suzanne Degrémont

• 🇬🇷 Greece – Kiki Kotsaridou

•  Holland – Katinka Bleeker

• 🇭🇰 Hong Kong – Lena Woo

• 🇮🇸 Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir †

• 🇮🇳 India – Iona Pinto †

• 🇮🇩 Indonesia – Wiana Sulastini

• 🇮🇱 Israel – Lili Dajani

• 🇮🇹 Italy – Maria Grazia Jacomelli

• 🇯🇵 Japan – Michiko Takagi

• 🇯🇴 Jordan – Gulnar Tucktuck

• 🇰🇷 South Korea – Kim Chung-ja

• 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Juliana Reptsik

• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Liliane Mueller

•  Malaya – Zanariak Zena Ahmad †

• 🇲🇦 Morocco – Raymonde Valle

• 🇳🇴 Norway – Lise Hammer

• 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Gretel Hedger Carvallo

• 🇵🇪 Peru – Irma Vargas Fuller

• 🇵🇭 Philippines – Edita Resurreccion Vital

• 🇵🇱 Poland – Marzena Malinowska

• 🇵🇹 Portugal – Maria Josabete Silva Santos

• 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico – Carmen Sara Latimer

• 🇸🇬 Singapore – Christl D’Cruz

• 🇿🇦 South Africa – Nona Sherriff

•  Hawaii – Patricia Apoliona (from Honolulu)

• 🇪🇸 Spain – Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez

• 🇸🇪 Sweden – Gunilla Elm

• 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Mylene Delapraz

•  Tahiti – Teura Marguerite Teuira

• 🇹🇳 Tunisia – Habiba Ben Abdallah

• 🇹🇷 Turkey – Guler Kivrak

• 🇺🇾 Uruguay – Beatriz Liñares

• 🇺🇸 United States – Charlene Lundberg

• 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio

•  West Germany – Helga Kirsch

Did not compete

 * Hawaii – Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew)
 * Yugoslavia – Tania Velic