# Miss Universe 1969

Miss Universe 1969 was the 18th Miss Universe pageant, held on 19 July 1969 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Gloria Diaz of the Philippines was crowned by Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil at the end of the event. Diaz became the first Filipino, second Southeast Asian and third Asian to win the pageant beating 60 other contestants from all around the world.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1969 | Philippines – Gloria Díaz |
| 1st Runner-Up | Finland – Harriet Eriksson |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Australia – Joanne Barret |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Israel – Chava Levy |
| 4th Runner-Up | Japan– Kikuyo Osuka |
| Top 15 | Austria – Eva Rueber-Staier  Brazil – Vera Fischer  Colombia – Margarita Reyes  Chile – Mónica Larson  Norway – Patricia Walker  Peru – María Mantilla  Sweden – Brigitta Lindloff  Switzerland – Patrice Sollner  United States – Wendy Dascomb  Yugoslavia– Natasa Kosir |

## Contestants

Sixty-one contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Argentina | Lidia Pepe | 23 | Corrientes |
| Aruba | Jeannette Geerman | – | Paradera |
| Australia | Joanne Barret | 19 | Sydney |
| Austria | Eva Rueber-Staier | 18 | Styria |
| Bahamas | Joan Bowe | 21 | Georgetown |
| Belgium | Danièle Roels | 19 | Hainaut |
| Bermuda | Maxine Bean | 20 | Hamilton |
| Bolivia | Luz María Rojas | – | Cochabamba |
| Bonaire | Julia Nicolaas | 23 | Kralendijk |
| Brazil | Vera Fischer | 18 | Blumenau |
| Canada | Jacquie Perrin | 20 | Toronto |
| Ceylon | Marlene Seneveratne | – | Colombo |
| Chile | Mónica Larson | 25 | Santiago |
| Colombia | Margarita Reyes | 19 | Cali |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Jeanne Mokomo | – | Kinshasa |
| Costa Rica | Clara Freda Antillón | 18 | San José |
| Curaçao | Yvonne Wardekker | 21 | Willemstad |
| Denmark | Jeanne Perfeldt | 21 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Rocío García | 18 | Samaná |
| Ecuador | Rosana Vinueza | 20 | Guayaquil |
| England | Myra Van Heck | 22 | London |
| Finland | Harriet Eriksson | 22 | Turku |
| France | Agathe Cognet | 24 | Paris |
| West Germany | Gesine Froese | 22 | Bavaria |
| Greece | Irene Diamantoglou | 18 | Athens |
| Guam | Anita Johnston | 18 | Hagåtña |
| Holland | Welmoed Hollenberg | 21 | Amsterdam |
| Honduras | Viena Paredes | 18 | Choluteca |
| Hong Kong | Christine Tam | 18 | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | María Baldursdóttir | 22 | Reykjanesbær |
| India | Kavita Bhambani | 18 | Bombay |
| Ireland | Patricia Byrne | 25 | Dublin |
| Israel | Chava Levy | 19 | Haifa |
| Italy | Diana Coccorese | 23 | Rome |
| Jamaica | Carol Gerrow | – | Kingston |
| Japan | Kikuyo Osuka | 18 | Aichi |
| Luxembourg | Marie Antoniette Bertinelli | – | Esch-sur-Alzette |
| Malaysia | Rosemary Wan | 20 | Petaling Jaya |
| Malta | Natalie Quintana | – | Gżira |
| Mexico | Gloria Hernández | 20 | Guanajuato |
| New Zealand | Carole Robinson | 22 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | Soraya Herrera | 18 | Tipitapa |
| Norway | Pia Walker | 20 | Oslo |
| Peru | María Julia Mantilla | 19 | Trujillo |
| Philippines | Gloria Diaz | 18 | Parañaque |
| Puerto Rico | Aída Betancourt | 18 | Río Piedras |
| Scotland | Sheena Drumond | 18 | Coatbridge |
| Singapore | Mavis Young | 18 | Singapore |
| South Korea | Lim Hyun-jung | 20 | Seoul |
| Spain | Amparo Rodrigo | 19 | Valencia |
| Suriname | Greta Natsier | – | Paramaribo |
| Sweden | Brigitta Lindloff | 22 | Västra Götaland |
| Switzerland | Patrice Sollner | 24 | Aargau |
| Thailand | Sangduen Manwong | 20 | Bangkok |
| Tunisia | Zohra Boufaden | 21 | Tunis |
| Turkey | Azra Balkan | – | Istanbul |
| United States | Wendy Dascomb | 19 | Danville |
| Uruguay | Julia Möller | 20 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | María José Yéllici | 24 | Aragua |
| Wales | Shirley Jones | 22 | Colwyn Bay |
| Yugoslavia | Nataša Košir | 21 | Novo Mesto |