Miss International 1969

Miss International 1969
Miss International 1969
Date	September 13, 1969
Venue	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	48
Placements	15
Debuts	Britain; Jamaica; Malta;
Withdrawals	China; Congo-Kinshasa; England; Puerto Rico; Scotland; South Africa; Turkey; Uruguay; Wales; Yugoslavia;
Returns	Guam; Iceland; Mexico; Morocco; Portugal; Tunisia;
Winner	Valerie Holmes; Britain
Congeniality	Mireille Colling ; Luxembourg
Photogenic	Satu Charlotta Östring ; Finland
	← 1968 1970 →

Miss International 1969 was the 9th Miss International pageant, held on September 13, 1969 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan for the second time. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Valerie Holmes from Britain was crowned as Miss International 1969 by outgoing titleholder Maria Carvalho from Brazil.

Results

Placements
Placement	Contestant
Miss International 1969	Britain – Valerie Holmes
1st Runner-up	Finland – Satu Charlotta Östring
2nd Runner-up	Nicaragua – María Margarita Cuadra
3rd Runner-up	Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger
4th Runner-up	Thailand – Usanee Phenphimol
Top 15	Australia – Janine Forbes Brazil – Maria Alexandrino dos Santos Ireland - Mary Kelly Japan – Akemi Okemoto^[1] New Zealand – Deirdre Bruton Norway – Ingeborg Marie Sorensen Philippines – Margaret Orbe Montinola Spain – Mery de Lara Caballero United States – Gayle Kovaly Venezuela – Cristina Keusch Pérez