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Miss World 1960

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Miss World 1960
Norma Cappagli
Date8 November 1960
Presenters
VenueLyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom
BroadcasterBBC
Entrants39
Placements18
Debuts
  • Bolivia
  • Burma
  • Cyprus
  • Ecuador
  • Kenya
  • Lebanon
  • Madagascar
  • Nicaragua
  • Spain
  • Tahiti
  • Tanganyika
Withdrawals
  • Austria
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Hawaii
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Jamaica
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
Returns
  • Australia
  • Turkey
WinnerNorma Cappagli[1]
Argentina
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Miss World 1960 was the tenth Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, United Kingdom on 8 November 1960.

At the end of the event, racing driver Stirling Moss, one of the judges, crowned Norma Cappagli of Argentina as Miss World 1960. This is the first victory of Argentina in the history of the pageant.

Contestants from thirty-nine countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Bob Hope, while Peter West provided commentary all throughout the competition.[2]

Background

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Lyceum Ballroom, venue of Miss World 1960

Selection of participants

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Thirty-nine contestants were selected to compete in the pageant. Three contestants were appointed to represent their countries after being a runner-up in their national pageants.

Replacements

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Diane Medina was appointed to represent France after Yolanda Biecosai withdrew from the competition for undisclosed reasons. Miss United States 1960 first runner-up Judith Ann Achter was appointed to represent her country after it was discovered that Annette Driggers, the original winner, is married and is only fifteen years old.[3][4] Miss Holland 1960 third runner-up Carina Verbeek was appointed to represent her country as Miss Holland 1960 Ans Schoon was abroad when the registration forms arrived.[5][6]

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

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This edition marked the debuts of Bolivia, Burma, Cyprus, Ecuador, Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Spain, Tahiti, and Tanganyika, and the returns of Australia who last competed in 1957 and Turkey who last competed in 1958.

Luise Kammermair of Austria chose not to participate in the competition after becoming a runner-up in Miss Europe. Comfort Kwamena of Ghana withdrew after choosing to make her flight to London in August 1960 instead of November of the same year. Judith Willoughby of Jamaica, Lena Woo of Hong Kong, Mercedes Ruggia of Paraguay, Maricruz Gómez of Peru, and Maria Josebate Silva Santos of Portugal withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[7][8] Gibraltar and Puerto Rico withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Marinka Polhammer of Chile, Marilyne Escobar of Morocco, Lorraine Nawa Jones of New Zealand, and Elaine Maurath of Switzerland are all set compete in this edition, but all withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[9]

Results

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Miss World 1960 participating countries and territories.

Placements

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Placement Contestant
Miss World 1960
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10
Top 18

Pageant

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Format

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The number of placements in this edition has been increased to eighteen from eleven in the previous edition. The eigtheen semi-finalists were selected through a preliminary competition held on the day of the final competition consisting of a swimsuit and evening gown competition. The eighteen semifinalists competed in the swimsuit competition, and ten semi-finalists were eventually selected. The ten semi-finalists were interviewed by Bob Russell and paraded in front of the judges, and the five finalists were eventually selected to compete in the final interview.[10][11]

Selection committee

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Contestants

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Thirty-nine contestants competed for the title.

Country Contestant Age[a] Hometown
 Argentina Norma Cappagli[12] 21 Buenos Aires
 Australia Margaret Nott[13] 19 Victoria Harbor
 Belgium Huberte Bax[14] 19 Brussels
 Bolivia Dalia Monasteros 20 La Paz
 Brazil Maria Edilene Torreão 18 São José do Egito
 Burma Ma Sen Aye[9] 24 Yangon
 Canada Danica d'Hondt[15] 21 Vancouver
 Cyprus Mary Mavropoulos 20 Limassol
 Denmark Lise Bodin[16] 19 Copenhagen
 Ecuador Toty Rodríguez[17] 23 Guayaquil
 Finland Margaretha Schauman 18 Helsinki
 France Diane Medina 19 Paris
 Greece Kalliopi Geralexi – Athens
 Holland Carina Verbeek[6] 19 The Hague
 Iceland Kristín Þorvaldsdóttir 18 Reykjavík
 India Iona Pinto[18] 24 Bombay
 Ireland Irene Ruth Kane 18 Londonderry
 Israel Gila Golan[19] 20 Tel Aviv
 Italy Layla Rigazzi[20] 18 Milan
 Japan Eiko Murai[21] 24 Niigata
 Jordan Eriny Emile Sebella 22 Amman
 Kenya Jasmine Batty[22] 21 Nairobi
 Lebanon Giséle Naser 21 Beirut
 Luxembourg Liliane Mueller 18 Luxembourg City
 Madagascar Rajaobelina Bedovoahangy[23] 24 Antananarivo
 Nicaragua Carmen Isabel Recalde 18 León
 Norway Grethe Solhoy 20 Oslo
 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jenny Lee Scott[24] 18 Kwekwe
 South Africa Denise Muir[25] 19 Johannesburg
 South Korea Lee Young-hee[26] 20 Busan
 Spain Concepción Molinera 23 Barcelona
 Sweden Barbro Olsson[27] 20 Umeå
France Tahiti Teura Bouwens[28] 27 Teahupo'o
 Tanganyika Carmen Lesley Woodcock 18 Dar es Salaam
 Turkey Nebahat Çehre[29] 17 Samsun
 United Kingdom Hilda Fairclough[30] 23 Lancashire
 United States Judith Ann Achter[31] 18 St. Louis
 Uruguay Beatriz Benítez 20 Montevideo
 West Germany Ingrun Helgard Moeckel[30] 18 Düsseldorf

Notes

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  1. ^ Age at the time of the pageant

References

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  1. ^ Rose, D. (2010). Sexually, I'm More of a Switzerland: More Personal Ads from the London Review of Books. Scribner. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-4391-3149-7.
  2. ^ "Who'll be Miss World?". Evening Times. 8 November 1960. p. 8. Retrieved 14 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Miss U.S.A. was "Mrs."... and aged only 15!". Evening Times. 1 November 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 14 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Miss Amerika gediskwalificeerd" [Miss America disqualified]. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 2 November 1960. p. 13. Retrieved 14 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  5. ^ "HOEWEL zij op de vierde plaats kwam bij de verkiezingen van „miss Holland", is Karma Verbeek gisteren toch naar Londen vertrokken om mee te dingen naar de titel „miss World"" [ALTHOUGH she came in fourth place in the Miss Holland election, Karma Verbeek left for London yesterday to compete for the Miss World title.]. Het Parool (in Dutch). 3 November 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 14 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  6. ^ a b "Karma Verbeek naar Miss-World-wedstrijd" [Karma Verbeek to Miss World contest]. Leeuwarder courant (in Dutch). 3 November 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 14 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  7. ^ "Missing Miss World, 1960". The Gleaner. 25 June 2021 [27 June 1960]. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Mooiste meisje in Hongkong" [Most beautiful girl in Hong Kong]. Twentsch dagblad Tubantia (in Dutch). 16 August 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 14 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  9. ^ a b "Ansiosa vigilia a Londra per le belle concorrenti" [Anxious eve in London for the beautiful contestants]. La Stampa (in Italian). 7 November 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Beauty title to Argentina". The Leader-Post. 10 November 1960. p. 17. Retrieved 14 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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  12. ^ "Beauty queen Norma Cappagli passed away after being run over by a bus". The Times of India. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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  14. ^ "Erelijst Miss België". De Morgen (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Miss Canada meets Miss Australia in World beauty pageant". The Canberra Times. 8 November 1960. p. 21. Retrieved 15 April 2025 – via Trove.
  16. ^ "Danmarks smukkeste kvinder: Her er historien om 'Miss Danmark'-konkurrencen". B.T. (in Danish). 2 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  17. ^ "Toty Rodríguez, la sensibilidad en una escena". Pichincha Universal (in Spanish). 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  18. ^ Sangghvi, Malavika (25 June 2012). "A star is gone". Mid-Day. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  19. ^ ""Miss Israel" second". ⁨⁨The Australian Jewish Times. 11 November 1960. p. 12. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2025 – via National Library of Israel.
  20. ^ Balzarotti, Leda (7 September 2016). "Miss Italia: tutte le reginette dal 1939 a oggi - Foto iO Donna". IO Donna (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  21. ^ "Hair-raising shampoo". Herald-Journal. 9 November 1960. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  22. ^ Johnson, Elizabeth Ofosuah (24 February 2019). "See the first-ever beauty queens from Africa". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  23. ^ "Samantha Todivelou Rodriguez crowned Miss World Madagascar 2016". The Times of India. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  24. ^ "Met het zelfstandig worden van ver" [With becoming independent from afar]. Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 2 November 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 15 April 2025 – via Delpher.
  25. ^ Lambley, Garrin (8 November 2022). "Miss SA: Every winner since 1956". The South African. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  26. ^ "In search of a world title". Evening Times. 31 October 1960. p. 10. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  27. ^ "Various "queens" of Sweden gather at Stockholm for a picture session". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 13 June 1960. p. 12. Retrieved 15 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ Harte, Helen (1 December 2015). "Teura Bauwens, première Miss Tahiti est décédée". Polynésie la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  29. ^ "Yarışmayla ünlü oldular!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  30. ^ a b "Foursome of beauty". Evening Times. 4 November 1960. p. 14. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  31. ^ "First 'Miss U.S.' too young". The Kane Republican. 3 November 1960. p. 4. Retrieved 15 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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