The third edition of the Reinado Internacional del Café, held under the name Continental Queen of Coffee, took place on January 27, 1961, in Manizales, Colombia. Fourteen contestants from coffee-producing and exporting countries competed. Denise Guimarães Prado of Brazil, Continental Queen of Coffee 1959, crowned her compatriot Mercedes Carrascosa Von Glehn of Brazil as Continental Queen of Coffee 1961.