| Miss World 1968 |
| Date |
14 November 1968 |
| Presenters |
Michael Aspel |
| Venue |
Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK  |
| Broadcaster |
BBC |
| Entrants |
53 |
| Debuts |
Thailand |
| Withdrawals |
Malaysia, Czechoslovakia, Honduras, Iceland, Lebanon, Panama, Portugal, Seychelles, Tanzania |
| Returns |
Bahamas, Colombia, India, Nicaragua |
| Winner |
Penelope Plummer
 Australia |
Miss World 1968, the 18th edition Miss World pageant, was held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, UK on 14 November 1968. 53 contestants competed for the crown. Madeline Hartog-Bel of Peru crowned her successor Penelope Plummer of Australia.
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss World 1968 |
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| 1st runner-up |
- United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley
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| 2nd runner-up |
 Israel – Miri Zamir
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| 3rd runner-up |
 Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González
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| 4th runner-up |
 Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
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| 5th runner-up |
 Guyana – Adrienne Harris
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| 6th runner-up |
 Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales
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| Semi-finalists |
 Argentina – Viviana Roldán Austria – Brigitte Krüger France – Nelly Gallerne Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt Ireland – June MacMahon Sweden – Gunilla Friden Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera
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Contestants
- Argentina – Viviana Roldán
- Australia – Penelope Plummer
- Austria – Brigitte Krüger
 Bahamas – Rose Helena Dauchot Belgium – Sonja Doumen- 23x15px Brazil – Angela Carmelia Stecca
 Canada – Nancy Wilson Ceylon – Nilanthie Wijesinghe Chile – Carmen Smith- Colombia – Beatriz Sierra González
 Costa Rica – Patricia Diers Cyprus – Diana Dimitropoulou Denmark – Yet Schaufuss Dominican Republic – Ingrid García Ecuador – Marcia Virginia Ramos Christiansen Finland – Leena Sipilä- France – Nelly Gallerne
- Germany – Margot Schmalzriedt
 Ghana – Lovell Rosebud Wordie Gibraltar – Sandra Sanguinetti Greece- Lia Malta- Guyana – Adrienne Harris
 Holland – Alida Grootenboer India – Jane Coelho- Ireland – June MacMahon
- Israel – Miri Zamir
 Italy – Maria Pia Gianporcaro
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 Jamaica – Karlene Waddell Japan – Ryoko Miyoshi Kenya – Josephine Moikobu Korea – Lee Ji-eun Liberia – Wilhelmina Nadieh Brownell Luxembourg – Irene Siedler Malta – Ursulina (Lina) Grech Mexico – Ana María Magaña Morocco – Zakia Chamouch New Zealand – Christine Mary Antunovic- Nicaragua – Margine Davidson Morales
 Nigeria – Foluke Ogundipe Norway – Hedda Lie Peru – Ana Rosa Berninzon Devéscovi- Philippines – Arene Cecilia Amabuyok
 South Africa – Mitsianna Stander†- Sweden – Gunilla Friden
 Switzerland – Jeanette Biffiger- Thailand – Pinnarut Tananchai
 Tunisia – Zohra Boufaden Turkey – Mine Kurkcuoglu Uganda – Joy Lehai- United Kingdom – Kathleen Winstanley
 United States – Johnine Leigh Avery Venezuela – Cherry Núñez Rodríguez- Yugoslavia – Ivona Puhlera
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Notes
Withdraws
- 23x15px Spain – María Amparo Rodrigo Lorenza
Nations not competing
Iceland – Helga Jonsdóttir
Seychelles – Marie-France Lablache
Disqualified
Lebanon – Lili Bissar (discovered the night before the finals to be only 15 years old)
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