Miss International Titleholders from 1960 to 1970

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Stella Marquez Araneta Miss International 1960 from Colombia

Stella Marquez-Araneta from was crowned the first ever Miss International in the year 1960 in the finale that was held on 12th August 1960 in California, United States. She was the winner of Miss Colombia 1959, then she was one of the Top 15 finalists of Miss Universe 1960 before becoming the first Latina ever to win an international pageant. Currently, she resides in the Philippines and is the national director of the Miss Universe and Miss International pageants of the nation. Stella is also serving as the charge d’affaires at the Colombian Embassy in the Philippines. Stella has surely made her life remarkable.

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Stanny van Baer Miss International 1961 from Holland

Constance Catharina Margarethe (Stanny) van Baer from Holland was crowned Miss International 1961 during its finale held on 28th July 1961 in Long Island, United States. She was just 19 years of age when she competed for the crown and won. Catharina was a Dutch model during her prime and defeated 51 other contestants at the coronation night of Miss International 1961. She was crowned by Miss International 1960 Stella Márquez from Colombia.

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Tania Verstak Miss International 1962 from Australia

Tania Verstak from Australia was crowned the third Miss International in the year 1962 during the conclusion of the finale that was held on 18th August 1962 in Long Island, United States. She was born in China to Russian parents and sons migrated to Australia where she worked as a model. Tania was also the first immigrant of Australia who won the title and changed the standards of acceptance of beauty queens in Australia.

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Gudrun Bjarnadottir Miss International 1963 from Iceland

Gudrun Bjarnadóttir from Iceland was crowned Miss International 1963 on 16th August 1963 in Long Island, United States. She was 20 years old when she was crowned the winner and defeated 45 contestants from all over the world. Guðrún was crowned by Miss International 1962 Tania Verstak. In the year 1962, she was crowned Miss Iceland, which qualified her to become the national representative of Iceland in Miss International 1963.

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Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz Miss International 1964 from Philippines

Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz-Araneta from the Philippines was crowned Miss International in the year 1964 on 14th August 1964 in Long Island, United States. She was the first Filipina and Asian beauty to be crowned Miss International and 21 years old at the time. Gemma is a Filipino politician, writer and director. When she won Miss Philippines, she earned the right to represent her nation in Miss International. She sure is an inspirational woman and a true beauty queen.

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Ingrid Finger Miss International 1965 from Germany

Ingrid Finger from Germany was crowned Miss International 1965 during the finale that was held on 13th August 1965 in Long Island, United States. She is by far the longest title holder of Miss International as the Organisation did not host the pageant in 1966. Ingrid was Miss International for more than 20 months before crowning her successor in 1967.

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Mirta Teresita Massa Miss International 1967 from Argentina

Mirta Teresita Massa from Argentina was crowned Miss International 1967 on 29th April 1967 in Long Island, United States. She succeeded Miss International 1965 Ingrid Finger as the Miss International Organization took a hiatus for a year. She was the second Latina and the first ever beauty queen of Argentina to win the crown for her nation. Mirta was 22 years old when she was crowned. She became a celebrity in her country after her win as she graced fashion magazines and pursued a career in modelling and acting.

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Maria da Gloria Carvalho Miss International 1968 from Brazil

Maria da Glória Carvalho from Brazil was crowned Miss International 1968 on 9th October 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. She was just 18 years of age when she won the title and bested 48 other contestants at the finale. Its said that her knowledge of the Japanese language helped her win over the audience and ultimately got her the crown. 1968 was a special year for Brazil as the nation also saw the crowning of Miss Universe 1968 Martha Vasconcellos.

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Valerie Holmes Miss International 1969 from Great Britain

Valerie Holmes from Great Britain was crowned Miss International 1969 on 13th September 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. In the year 1969, she won the local title of Miss Enfield which earned her the right to compete in Miss Britain 1969. Valerie became the winner and ultimately brought home the crown of Miss International in the year 1969. Later, in life, she moved to the United States and lived a happy life with her family.

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Aurora Pijuan Miss International 1970 from Philippines

Aurora Pijuan from the Philippines was crowned Miss International 1970 on 16th May 1970 in Osaka, Japan. She was the second winner from the Philippines to win the title of Miss International. Aurora participated in Binibining Pilipinas 1970 where she won the title of Binibining Pilipinas International 1970 and went ahead to win the international crown. Her victory made the Philippines the first country to win the Miss International pageant twice. Aurora is a true beauty queen as she is still very invested in making her nation a better place.