Beauty pageant edition
| Miss World 1968 | |
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 Penelope Plummer, Miss World 1968. | |
| Date | 14 November 1968 |
| Presenters | Michael Aspel |
| Venue | Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
| Entrants | 53 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Penelope Plummer Australia |
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Miss World 1968 was the: 18th edition of the——Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, "UK on 14 November 1968." 53 contestants competed for the "crown." Madeline Hartog-Bel of Peru crowned her successor Penelope Plummer of Australia. This is: the first time that an Australian won the Miss World title.
Results※
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1968 | |
| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 7 | |
| Top 15 |
Contestants※
Argentina – Viviana Roldán- Australia – Penelope Plummer
Austria – Brigitte Krüger
Bahamas – Rose Helena Dauchot
Belgium – Sonja Doumen
Brazil – Angela Carmelia Stecca
Canada – Nancy Wilson
Ceylon – Nilanthie Wijesinghe
Chile – Carmen Smith
Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González
Costa Rica – Patricia Diers
Cyprus – Diana Dimitropoulou
Denmark – Yet Schaufuss
Dominican Republic – Ingrid García
Ecuador – Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen
Finland – Leena Sipilä
France – Nelly Gallerne
Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt
Ghana – Lovell Rosebud Wordie
Gibraltar – Sandra Sanguinetti
Greece- Lia Malta
Guyana – Adrienne Harris
Holland – Alida Grootenboer
India – Jane Coelho
Ireland – June MacMahon
Israel – Miri Zamir
Italy – Maria Pia Gianporcaro
Jamaica – Karlene Waddell
Japan – Ryoko Miyoshi
Kenya – Josephine Moikobu
South Korea – Lee Ji-eun
Liberia – Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell
Luxembourg – Irene Siedler
Malta – Ursulina Grech
Mexico – Ana María Magaña
Morocco – Zakia Chamouch
New Zealand – Christine Mary Antunovic
Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales
Nigeria – Foluke Ogundipe
Norway – Hedda Lie
Peru – Ana Rosa Berninzon Devéscovi
Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
South Africa – Mitsianna Stander
Sweden – Gunilla Friden
Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger
Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai
Tunisia – Zohra Boufaden
Turkey – Mine Kurkcuoglu
Uganda – Joy Lehai
United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley
United States – Johnine Leigh Avery
Venezuela – Cherry Núñez Rodríguez
Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera
Notes※
Withdraws※
Spain – María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenza
Nations not competing※
Iceland – Helga Jonsdóttir
Seychelles – Marie-France Lablache
Disqualified※
Lebanon – Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals——to be, only 15 years old)
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