title: Miss International 1970
text: # Miss International 1970
  
  Miss International 1970, the 10th anniversary of the Miss International pageant, was held on May 16, 1970 at the Exposition Hall Fairgrounds in Osaka, Japan. 47 contestants competed for the pageant. Aurora Pijuan from Philippines was crowned Miss International 1970 at the end of the event by outgoing titleholder, Valerie Holmes from Britain.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Placements
  
  | Placement | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Miss International 1970 | Philippines – Aurora Pijuan |
  | 1st Runner-up | Argentina – Margarita Briese |
  | 2nd Runner-up | Australia – Karen Papworth |
  | 3rd Runner-up | Japan – Toshie Suda |
  | 4th Runner-up | New Zealand – Susan Greaves |
  | Top 15 | Costa Rica – Julia Haydée Brenes  Denmark – Jeanne Perfeldt  Ecuador – Lourdes Hernández  Germany – Silke Kahl  Iceland – Erla Hardardóttir  India – Patricia D’Souza  Norway – Tone Knaran  Thailand – Panarat Pisutthisak  United States – Randi Blesener  Yugoslavia – Zdenka Marn |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  * Argentina - Margarita Marta Briese
  * Australia - Karen Patricia Papworth
  * Austria - Ilse Wolfgang
  * Belgium - Heidi LeLeu
  * Bolivia - Nelly Zenteno Pereira
  * Britain - Jacqueline Francesca Molloy
  * Bulgaria - Branimira Antonova
  * Canada - Jacquie Perrin
  * Ceylon - Shirlene Minerva De Silva
  * Chile - Berta Goldsmith
  * Congo-Kinshasa - Pita Kaluuya
  * Costa Rica - Julia Haydée Brenes
  * Denmark - Jeanne Perfeldt
  * Ecuador - Lourdes Hernández
  * Finland - Irene Karvola
  * France - Dominique Pasquier
  * Germany - Silke Maria Kahl
  * Greece - Katerina Sakka
  * Guam - Flora C. Baza
  * Hawaii - Yvonne Haunani Young
  * Holland - Marjolein Abbing
  * Hong Kong - Cecilia W. Buckley
  * Iceland - Erla Hardardóttir
  * India - Patricia D’Souza
  * Indonesia - Louise Maengkom
  * Ireland - Anne Marie Murphy
  * Italy - Rossela Ambrosiani
  * Japan - Toshie Suda
  * South Korea - Kim In-sook
  * Luxembourg - Gaby Fejean
  * Malaysia - Lucy Lee
  * Malta - Cecile Aguis
  * Mexico - Lidia Goni
  * New Zealand - Susan Frances Greaves
  * Nicaragua - Jossie Salinas
  * Norway - Tone Knaran
  * Philippines - Aurora Pijuan
  * Portugal - Maria do Rosário de Freitas
  * Singapore - Margaret Tan Quee Lin
  * Spain - Maria García
  * Sweden - Rita Rudolfsson Bengtsson
  * Switzerland - Yolanda Gahwiler
  * Thailand - Panarat Pisutthisak
  * Turkey - Meral Ekmekcioglu
  * United States - Randi Susan Blesener
  * Venezuela - Marzia Piazza
  * Yugoslavia - Zdenka Marn
  