title: Miss International 1968
text: # Miss International 1968
  
  Miss International 1968, the 8th Miss International pageant, was held on October 9, 1968, at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the first overseas hosting of the Miss International pageant after staging in Long Beach, California since its inception in 1960. Maria Carvalho from Brazil was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Mirta Massa from Argentina.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Placement | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss International 1968 | Brazil – Maria Carvalho |
  | 1st Runner-up | Sweden – Annika Hemminge |
  | 2nd Runner-up | United States – Karen Ann MacQuarrie |
  | 3rd Runner-up | Denmark – Doritt Frantzen |
  | 4th Runner-up | Thailand – Rungtip Pinyo |
  | Top 15 | Colombia – Rosario Barraza Villa  France – Nancy Gallerne  India – Sumita Sen  Israel – Daniela Hod  Japan – Yoko Sunami  South Korea – Kim Hee-ja  Nicaragua – Nadia Leets Lacayo  Philippines – Nenita Tuazon Ramos  Scotland – Marie Smith  Switzerland – Irene Stierli |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  * Argentina - Ana Inés Puiggros
  * Australia - Monique Denise Hughes
  * Austria - Huberta Kessler
  * Belgium - Janine Patteeuw
  * Bolivia - Ana Maria Urenda Amelunga
  * Brazil - Maria Carvalho
  * Canada - Patricia Lane
  * Ceylon - Manel Eriyagama
  * China - Christina Hui Ling-Ling
  * Colombia - Rosario Barraza Villa
  * Congo-Kinshasa - Marie-Josée Basoko
  * Costa Rica - Ana Maria Rivera
  * Denmark - Dorrit Frantzen
  * Ecuador - Enriqueta Valdez Fuentes
  * England - Gloria Best
  * Finland - Satu Sinikka Kostiainen
  * France - Nelly Gallerne
  * Germany - Margot Schmalzriedt
  * Greece - Fani Sakantani
  * Holland - Cecille van der Lelie
  * Hong Kong - Christina Hui Ling-Ling
  * India - Sumita Sen
  * Indonesia - Sylvia Taliwongso
  * Ireland - Frances Clarke
  * Israel - Daniela Hod
  * Italy - Vanna Torri
  * Japan - Yoko Sunami
  * South Korea - Kim Hee-ja
  * Luxembourg - Mady Reiter
  * Malaysia - Maznah Binte Mohammed Ali
  * New Zealand - Aroha T. H. Manawatu
  * Nicaragua - Nadia Leets Lacayo
  * Norway - Hedda Lie
  * Philippines - Nenita Tuazon Ramos
  * Puerto Rico - Elsa Maria Schroeder Méndez
  * Scotland - Marie Smith
  * Singapore - Madeleine Teo Kim Neo
  * South Africa - Mary Winifred McDonald
  * Spain - Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo
  * Sweden - Annika Hemminge
  * Switzerland - Irene Stierli
  * Tahiti - Haniarii Viola Teriitahi
  * Thailand - Rungtip Pinyo
  * Turkey - Gul Ustun
  * Uruguay - Soledad Gandos
  * United States - Karen Ann MacQuarrie
  * Venezuela - Yovann Josefina Navas Ravelo
  * Wales - Kay House
  * Yugoslavia - Tatjana Albahari
  