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{{Infobox pageant titleholder<br />
| name = Iona Pinto<br />
| occupation = [[Bank teller]]<br>[[Beauty queen]]<br>[[Model (person)|Model]]<br />
| title =• Eve's Weekly Miss India International 1960<br><br />
• Eve's Weekly Miss India World 1960<br />
| competitions =<br />
• Eve's Weekly Miss India 1960<br><small>(Winner)</small><br><br />
• [[Miss International 1960]]<br><small>(1st Runner Up)</small><br><br />
• [[Miss World 1960]]<br><small>(Unplaced)</small><br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|6|17}}<br />
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|11|11|1936|6|17}}<br />
| death_place = [[Angeles City]], [[Philippines]]<br />
| height= {{height|m=1.76}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Iona Pinto''' (17 June 1936&nbsp;–11 November 2012) was an [[India]]n [[Model (person)|model]] and beauty queen from [[Maharashtra, India]]. Pinto was the first crossover pageant delegate from India.<ref><br />
*{{cite web|title=Miss International 1960- Pageantopolis |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/int_1960.htm |accessdate=4 June 2014 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227161840/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Int_1960.htm |archivedate=27 December 2011 }}<br />
*{{cite web|title=~~~...***TiMeLeSS FeM!NA M!SS InD!A - InTERNaTIoNaL***...~~~|url=http://missosology.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=181029|accessdate=4 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Career and pageantry==<br />
Pinto is from [[Maharashtra]], India. During her college years, Pinto worked as a [[bank teller]] at the [[Bank of America]] branch in [[Mumbai]]. She was encouraged to join a beauty pageant by her [[gay male]] cousin who was working as a salon hairstylist in Mumbai. She then participated in the Miss India pageant of ''Eve's Weekly'', a [[Mumbai]]-based magazine that held its first pageant in the country in 1960.<br />
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She was crowned the first ''Eve's Weekly'' Miss India and represented [[India]] at the first edition of [[Miss International]] in 1960. She was declared first runner up at half a point (0.5) score margin, thereby conceding victory to [[Stella Araneta]] of [[Colombia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss International 1960- Pageantopolis |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/int_1960.htm |accessdate=4 June 2014 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227161840/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Int_1960.htm |archivedate=27 December 2011 }}</ref> At this pageant, Pinto received a grand consolation prize of US$4,000 and the Miss International trophy (there was no consolation crown or novelty sash during this time).<br />
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Pinto was sent again to represent [[India]] at the [[Miss World 1960]] pageant but remained unplaced.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss World 1960- Pageantopolis|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1960.htm|accessdate=4 June 2014|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514215212/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/world_1960.htm|archivedate=14 May 2014}}</ref> After [[Miss World]] she returned to India and did modeling work. Later on, she migrated to the [[Philippines]] for new work and to start a family.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Pinto was married to Filipino national Allan Vaz. She had five children.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Pinto died of [[breast cancer]] on 11 November 2012 in [[Angeles City]], Philippines. A [[Catholic Mass]] was offered in her memory at the [[Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/IONA-PINTO-VAZ/tributeshow/15033803.cms Timesofindia.indiatimes.com]<br />
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