# Miss International 1960

Miss International 1960 was the first edition of the Miss International pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States, on August 12, 1960.
At the end of the event, Stella Márquez of Colombia was crowned as the first Miss International. Miss International was created due to internal conflicts with the Miss Universe pageant.

## Results

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss International 1960 | Colombia – Stella Márquez |
| 1st Runner-Up | India – Iona Pinto † |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdottir † |
| 3rd Runner-Up | England – Joyce Kay |
| 4th Runner-Up | United States – Charlene Lundberg |
| Top 15 | Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs  Israel – Lili Dajani  Italy – Maria Grazia Jacomell  Japan – Michiko Takagi  Paraguay – Gretel Hedger Carvallo  Philippines – Edita Resurreccion Vital  Poland – Marzena Malinowska  Singapore – Christl D'Cruz  Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio  West Germany – Helga Kirsch |
Special Awards :
| Awards | Contestant |
| Miss Friendship | British Guiana – Julia Ann Adamson |
| Miss Photogenic | Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † |
| Miss Popularity | Belgium – Caroline Lecerf |
Preliminary Competition Winners :
| Awards | Contestant |
| Best in Playsuit | Day 1: Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † Day 2: England – Joyce Kay Day 3: United States – Charlene Lundberg |
| Best in Evening Gown | Day 1: Colombia – Stella Márquez Day 2: Poland – Marzena Malinowska Day 3: Norway – Lise Hammer |
| Best National Costume | Day 1: Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio Day 2: Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir † Day 3: Ceylon – Yvonne Gunawardene |

## Contestants

* Argentina – Slavica Lazaric
* Australia – Joan Stanbury
* Austria – Elizabeth Hodacs
* Belgium – Caroline Lecerf
* Bolivia – Edmy Arana Ayala
* Borneo – Elizabeth Voon (from North Borneo)
* Brazil – Magda Renate Pfrimer
* British Guiana – Julia Ann Adamson
* Canada – Margaret Powell
* Ceylon – Yvonne Eileen Gunawardene
* China Rep. – Janet Lin Chin-Yi
* Colombia – Stella Márquez
* Denmark – Sonja Menzel
* Ecuador – Magdalena Dávila Varela
* England – Joyce Kay
* Finland – Marketta Nieminen
* France – Yvette Suzanne Degrémont
* Greece – Kiki Kotsaridou
* Holland – Katinka Bleeker
* Hong Kong – Lena Woo
* Iceland – Sigridur Geirsdóttir †
* India – Iona Pinto †
* Indonesia – Wiana Sulastini
* Israel – Lili Dajani
* Italy – Maria Grazia Jacomelli
* Japan – Michiko Takagi
* Jordan – Gulnar Tucktuck
* South Korea – Kim Chung-ja
* Lebanon – Juliana Reptsik
* Luxembourg – Liliane Mueller
* Malaya – Zanariak Zena Ahmad †
* Morocco – Raymonde Valle
* Norway – Lise Hammer
* Paraguay – Gretel Hedger Carvallo
* Peru – Irma Vargas Fuller
* Philippines – Edita Resurreccion Vital
* Poland – Marzena Malinowska
* Portugal – Maria Josabete Silva Santos
* Puerto Rico – Carmen Sara Latimer
* Singapore – Christl D’Cruz
* South Africa – Nona Sherriff
* South Pacific – Patricia Apoliona (from Honolulu)
* Spain – Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez
* Sweden – Gunilla Elm
* Switzerland – Mylene Delapraz
* Tahiti – Teura Marguerite Teuira
* Tunisia – Habiba Ben Abdallah
* Turkey – Guler Kivrak
* Uruguay – Beatriz Liñares
* United States – Charlene Lundberg
* Venezuela – Gladys Ascanio
* West Germany – Helga Kirsch

### Did not compete

* Hawaii – Gordean Leilehua Lee (withdrew)
* Yugoslavia – Tania Velic