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Mauriziok/Miss International 1961
Miss International 1961 Stanny van Baer
Date	July 28, 1961
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Debuts	Burma Guatemala Ireland Madagascar New Zealand Panama Scotland Wales
Withdrawals	Borneo Indonesia Jordan Poland Portugal Singapore South Pacific Tunisia
Winner	Stanny van Baer Holland
Congeniality	Mónica Moore Davie Uruguay
Photogenic	Stanny van Baer Holland

Miss International 1961, the 2nd Miss International was held on July 28, 1961 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. 52 contestants competed in the pageant. Stam van Baer from Holland was crowned as Miss International 1961 by outgoing titleholder, Stella Marquez from Colombia.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1961	Holland – Stanny van Baer
1st Runner-up	Brazil – Vera Brauner Menezes
2nd Runner-up	Spain – Maria Cervera Fernández
3rd Runner-up	Canada – Edna MacVicar
4th Runner-up	Iceland – Sigrun Ragnarsdóttir
Top 15	Ceylon – Kamala Athauda Finland – Marja Ryönä Ireland – Irene Kane Israel – Dalia Lion Malaya – Helen Tan Hong Lean Norway – Aase Schmedling Panama – Angela Alcové Paraguay – Gladys Fernández Taiwan – Dolly Ma West Germany – Renate Moller

Contestants

• Argentina - Alicia Care
• Australia - Rosemary Fenton
• Austria - Iris Kosch
• Belgium - Jacqueline Oroi
• Bolivia - Carmen Anze
• Brazil - Vera Maria Brauner Menezes
• British Guiana - Hermione Clair Brown
• Burma - Minnie Pu
• Canada - Edna Dianne MacVicar
• Ceylon - Kamala Athauda
• Colombia - Vilma Kohlgruber Duque
• Denmark - Jytte Nielsen
• Ecuador - Elaine Ortega Hougen
• England - Nicky Allen
• Finland - Marja Ryönä
• France - Brigitte Barazer de Lannurien
• Greece - Ioanna Berouka
• Guatemala - Ileana Polasek Alzamora
• Holland - Stam van Baer
• Hong Kong - Judy Chang
• Iceland - Sigrun Ragnarsdóttir
• India - Diana Valentine
• Ireland - Irene Ruth Kane
• Israel - Dalia Lion
• Italy - Anna Vincenzini
• Japan - Atsuko Kyoto
• Korea - Lee Ok-ja
• Lebanon - Eleanor Abi Karam
• Luxembourg - Elfie Klein
• Madagascar - Ellysserre Ratahirisoa
• Malaya - Helen Tan Hong Lean
• Morocco - Monique Auglade
• New Zealand - Leone Mary Main
• Norway - Aase Marie Schmedling
• Panama - Angela María Alcové
• Paraguay - Gladys Fernández
• Peru - Norma González Miranda
• Philippines - Pilar Arciaga
• Puerto Rico - Ivette Monagas
• Scotland - Annie Carnie Jinks
• South Africa - Dina Maria Robbertse
• Spain - Maria Del Carmen Cervera Fernández
• Sweden - Elizabeth Morena Oden
• Switzerland - Michele Rossellat
• Tahiti - Tahia Piehi
• Taiwan - Dolly Ma
• Turkey - Aydan Demirel
• Uruguay - Mónica Moore Davie
• United States - Jo Ann Marie Dyer
• Venezuela - Gloria Lilue
• Wales - Barbara Wilcock
• West Germany - Renate Moller

Notes

Withdrawals

• Costa Rica - Ramona Sanchez (disqualified after identity determined to be Reona Herz, a 15-year-old American)
• Singapore - Julie Koh Moot-Lei (ill with hepatitis)

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1961

[[:Category:Miss International|1961]] [[:Category:1961 in California]] [[:Category:1961 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:20th century in Los Angeles County, California]]