MISS UNIVERSE 1968

1968
Martha Vasconcellos
BRAZIL
Miami Beach, Florida
USA

Martha's official photograph as Miss Universe 1968












1st runner-up Anne Marie Braafheid
CURACAO
2nd runner-up Leena Marketa Brusiin
FINLAND
3rd runner-up Peggy Kopp Arenas
VENEZUELA
4th runner-up Dorothy Ansett USA
SEMI-FINALISTS
Nancy Wilson CANADA
Danae Montserrat Sala Sarradell CHILE
Jennifer Lowe Summers ENGLAND
Elizabeth Cadren FRANCE
Miranta Zafiropoulou GREECE
Miriam Fridman ISRAEL
Tone Knaran NORWAY
Anne Marie Hellqvist SWEDEN
Apantree Prayutsenee THAILAND
Daliborka Stojsic YUGOSLAVIA



Martha Vasconcellos is Brazil's second Miss Universe. This was another homesick winner.The morning after winning the title, Martha Vasconcellos cried for her family and boyfriend. She had been supposedly engaged with her boyfriend since she was 12 and she
had missed him so much While other contestants protested against being chaperoned all the time, Ireland's
Tiffany Scales said she understood:
“Can you imagine the chaos if you
had 66 beauty queens running around Miami getting plastered and picking up men?” Runner-up Anne Marie
Braafheid of Curacao makes history
as the highest placing black delegate
as of 1968 in Miss Universe history.