Miss World 1969

Miss World 1969 was the 19th edition of the Miss World pageant, held for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on 27 November 1969, broadcast for the first time in colour by the BBC. 50 delegates vied for the crown won by Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria. She was crowned by actor Omar Sharif, not by Miss World 1968 winner Penelope Plummer of Australia.

Contestants

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Graciela Marino
 * 🇦🇺 Australia – Stefane Meurer
 * 🇦🇹 Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier
 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas – Wanda Pearce
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Maud Alin
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Ana Cristina Rodrigues
 * 🇨🇦 Canada – Jacquie Perrin
 * 🇨🇱 Chile – Ana María Nazar
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia – Lina María García Ogliastri
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica – Damaris Ureña
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Flora Diaouri
 *  Czechoslovakia – Marcela Bitnarova
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark – Jeanne Perfeldt
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic – Sandra Simone Cabrera Cabral
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Ximena Aulestia Díaz
 * 🇫🇮 Finland – Päivi Ilona Raita
 * 🇫🇷 France – Suzanne Angly
 * 🇬🇲 Gambia – Marie Carayol
 *  West Germany – Christa Margraf
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar – Marilou Chiappe
 * 🇬🇷 Greece – Heleni Alexopoulou
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana – Pamela Patricia Lord
 *  Holland – Nente van der Vliet
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland – Ragnheiður Pétursdóttir
 * 🇮🇳 India – Adina Shellim
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland – Hillary Clarke
 * 🇮🇱 Israel – Tehila Selah
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica – Marlyn Elizabeth Taylor
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Emiko Karashima
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea – Kim Seung-hee
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Roula Majzoub
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia – Antoinette Coleman
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Jacqueline Schaeffer
 * 🇲🇹 Malta – Mary Brincat
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico – Gloria Leticia Hernández Martín del Campo
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Carole Robinson
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua – Carlota Marina Brenes López
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria – Morenike Faribido
 * 🇳🇴 Norway – Kjersti Jortun
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Blanca Zaldívar
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines – Feliza Teresa Miro
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles – Sylvia Labonte
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Linda Meryl Collett
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Ing-Marie Ahlin
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia – Zohra Tabania
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey – Sermin Elmasi
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Sheena Drummond
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Gail Renshaw
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Marzia Rita Gisela Piazza Suprani
 *  Yugoslavia – Radmila Živković

Withdraws

 *  – Pauline Chai Siew Phin

Returns

 * Last competed in 1959:
 * Last competed in 1967:
 * Last competed in 1967: