Martha Vasconcellos (born Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos, c. 1948), is a Brazilian who became that country's second Miss Universe winner, after Ieda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's Norma Nolan in 1962. Vasconcellos is a native of the state of Bahia.
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.
“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.
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