More than 8,000 people in the Wagga Civic Centre Gardens saw Miss Annette McNamara, a 19 year old program secretary at the Wagga television station RVN-2 crowned Miss Wagga 1968.
As reported in the Daily Advertiser, the crowd cheered wildly as the Chairman of the Community Advancement Fund, Mr Alan Lennon announced Miss McNamara as the new Miss Wagga and she was crowned by the Mayor of Wagga, Alderman R J Harris. Miss Wagga 1967, Marion Hilton presented her successor with the winner’s sash.
Miss Geraldine Roche sponsored by the RAAF Base Wagga raised the most money and becomes the 1968 Charity Queen.
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