1966-1979 - Pageantopolis
Maja Int'l 1966-1995
1966 program book cover
Maja International 1966
1966 May 23
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
15 participants
Results
1 DENMARK - Jeannette Christjansen (SF Universe '65)
2 IRELAND - Muriel O'Hanlon (World '62)
3 BELGIUM - Rossette Menegain
4 SPAIN - Silvia Veiga
5 FRANCE - Liliane Burnier (SF Universe '61 as Miss Switzerland)
Awards
Belgium, Germany & Spain received awards, though the categories are not known.
Remainder
AUSTRIA
GERMANY
ENGLAND
HOLLAND
ITALY - Simonetta Fava
MOROCCO - Fany Michele El Kain
NORWAY - Tove Johannessen
PORTUGAL
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND - Josette Barret
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1967 program book cover
Maja International 1967
1967 May 24
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
15 participants
Results
1 ITALY - Carla Lumachi
2 BELGIUM - Solange Milliau
3 SWEDEN - Anne-Christine Kahnberg
4 DENMARK - Yvonne Hanne Ekman (4th RU Europe '65, SF World '65)
5 NORWAY - Ingeborg Marie Sorensen (SF International '69, 1st RU World '72)
Awards
Maja Simpatia SPAIN
Maja Popularidad AUSTRIA
Maja Fotogenia ITALY
Mejor Peinado (Best Hairstyle) SPAIN
Remainder
AUSTRIA - Annelies Buck
ENGLAND - Brenda Sawyer
GERMANY - Heidi Korman
FRANCE - Marie Anne Lelay
IRELAND - Patricia Brogan
MOROCCO - Fatima Karaj
PORTUGAL - Carolina Regaldo
SWITZERLAND - Yolanda Gaenwiber-Frei
SPAIN - Maria del Carmen Vásquez Andrade
U.S.A. - Linda Cousin
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1968 program book cover
Maja International 1968
1968 May 27
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
18 participants
Results
1 SPAIN - María Dolores García Pallás
2 SWEDEN - Ulla Lindstrom
3 DENMARK - Kirsten Pjetursson
4 URUGUAY - Sara Cuervo
5 GREAT BRITAIN - Vivien Grundy
Awards
Maja Simpatia CHILE
Maja Popularidad (no information)
Maja Fotogenia ITALY
Remainder
ARGENTINA - Lidia Esperanza Navarro
BELGIUM - Claudine Swaels
CHILE - Laura Martín Soler
FRANCE - Christiane Follias
GERMANY - Heidi Horn Kauertz
HOLLAND - Margrit van der Linden
IRELAND - Michelle Lawlor
ITALY - Silvia Atzeri
MOROCCO - Touria Djebari
NORWAY - Ellen Foss
PORTUGAL - María da Graça Braz Machado
SWITZERLAND - Erika Stadtman
U.S.A. - Terry Alper
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1969 program book cover
Maja International 1969
1969 May 18
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
18 participants
Results
1 GREAT BRITAIN - Gillian Millar
2 SPAIN - Mery de Lara Caballero (SF International '69)
3 SWITZERLAND - Patrice Sollner (Europe '69, SF Universe '69, World '71)
4 PORTUGAL - Maria Emilia Rodrigues Pinto
5 PARAGUAY - Sara Victoria Duarte
Awards
Maja Simpatia IRELAND
Maja Popularidad CHILE
Maja Fotogenia ARGENTINA
Best National Costume URUGUAY
Remainder
ARGENTINA - Marina Carmona Ariza
BELGIUM - Danièlle Dumoulin
CANADA - Ann Soamaalia
CHILE - Maria Soledad Ferreiro Serrano
ETHIOPIA - Ethiopia Meharle
FINLAND - Satu Charlotta Östring (1st RU Universe '66, 4th RU Europe '66, 1st RU International '69)
FRANCE - Sophie Bruguere
IRELAND - Eileen Theresa Slattery (winner Rose of Tralee '68)
ITALY - Albertina Piera Sterza
LEBANON - Zena Kanawati
MOROCCO - Rahima Hachti (International '69)
URUGUAY - Lylian Elena Piñeiro
U.S.A. - Mary Foster Davidson
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1970 program book cover
Maja International 1970
1970 May 11
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
19 participants
Results
1 CHILE - María Isabel Pérez Montes
2 DENMARK - Anette Gleerup
3 GREAT BRITAIN - Shirley Jones (Universe '69 as Miss Wales)
4 GERMANY - Anya Meyer Glaters
5 SPAIN - Consuelo Costales Varela (International '72)
Awards
Maja Simpatia LUXEMBOURG
Maja Popularidad AUSTRIA
Maja Fotogenia SPAIN
Best National Costume PERU
Remainder
ARGENTINA - Norma Ruiz
AUSTRIA - Inge Krottendorfer
BRAZIL - Mara de Carvalho Ferro
EL SALVADOR - Nora Silvia Montes
FRANCE - Brigitte Dubart
IRELAND - Cathy Quinn
ITALY - Liliana Superchi
LUXEMBOURG - Marceline Mersch
PARAGUAY - Maria Elvira Lloret
PERU - Gloria Rivera Bedoya
PORTUGAL - Maria Manuela Ribeiro de Castro
TUNISIA - Rekaia Dekhil (World ’67, Universe '68, International '69)
URUGUAY - Maria Victoria Hernández Alvarez
U.S.A. - Patricia McKendry
Did not compete
SWITZERLAND - Irene Stierli (SF International '68)
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1971 program book cover
Maja International 1971
1971 May 22
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
30 participants
Results
1 CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Eva Fiedlerova (1st RU Cinema Europa '70)
2 IRELAND - Evelyn-Ann Barden
3 FINLAND - Anne-Elisabeth Schäfer (Ambar '76 & '77)
4 Congo (Congo, Kinshasa) - Marie Josée Thomas
5 VENEZUELA - Mary Capinety
Awards
Maja Simpatia PERU
Maja Popularidad U.S.A.
Maja Fotogenia SPAIN
Best National Costume MEXICO
Remainder
ARGENTINA - Estela Gismero Puentes
AUSTRIA - Ursula Engl
BELGIUM - Chantal Sainte
CHILE - Ximena Valentina Molinare Vergara
COLOMBIA - Gloria Giraldo Gutiérrez
FRANCE - Jeannette Bruno (Charming '72)
GERMANY - Brigitte Weining
GREECE - Rea Nikolaou (International '69)
HOLLAND
ITALY - Silvia Spinnozzi
JAPAN
LUXEMBOURG
MOROCCO - Naima Chtuki
MEXICO - Gloria Elena Noriega
MONACO - Chantal Migueres
NORWAY - Wenche Steen (World '73)
PERU - Marilú de Cossío y Devidanco
PORTUGAL - Maria Helena da Rocha Rafael
PUERTO RICO - María del Carmen Castro Ayala
SPAIN - Consuelo Gómez Alvarez
SWEDEN - Eva Mossberg
SWITZERLAND
TURKEY - Dilek Aksu
URUGUAY - Margarita Plérigo Dominguez
U.S.A. - Lillian Vought
Did not compete
DENMARK
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1972 program book cover
Maja International 1972
1972 May 13
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
25 participants
Results
1 ARGENTINA - Maria Luisa Gorostidi Zabalza
2 U.S.A. - Barbara Joan Lopez
3 INDIA - Salomé Aaron
4 TURKEY - Yasemin Eser
5 SPAIN - Josefina Mondéjar Martínez
In Top 10
PHILIPPINES - Bernice Romualdez
PERU - Panchita Piedra
SWITZERLAND - Suzanne Elizabeth Müller
Awards
Maja Simpatia AUSTRIA
Maja Popularidad (no information)
Maja Photogenic GERMANY
Best National Costume PERU
Remainder
AUSTRIA - Angelica Ellen Dietl
BELGIUM - Marie-France L´Hoste
CHILE - Mónica Erika Concha Siebert
COLOMBIA - Liliana Estrada Navia
DENMARK - Bente Dorte Nielsen (International '71)
FRANCE - Sybia Zabalcuieff
GERMANY - Gabi Berendt
GREECE - Pepi Sdralia
HOLLAND - Agnes Ida Pander
IRELAND - Patricia Anna Sugme
LUXEMBOURG - Carine Stephano
MONACO - Bernardette Haraval
NORWAY - Anne Helene Hansen
SINGAPORE - Yasmin Saif (Universe '68)
SWEDEN - Mary Elizabeth Ek
YUGOSLAVIA - Jovanka Dukić
ZAIRE - Mibuli Boyaka
Did not compete / not confirmed by photos
FINLAND - Heidi Paulette Wathen (got ill a few days before she was to go to the pageant)
ITALY - Daria Alessadri
MALAYSIA - Agnes Lim
PORTUGAL - Maria Helena de Carvalho Costa
TRINIDAD - Dixy Ann Hepburn (International '71)
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1973 program book cover
Maja International 1973
1973 June 3
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
28 participants
Results
1 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Sandra Simone Cabrera Cabral (World '69)
2 PHILIPPINES - Maria Nanette Macapagal Prodigalidad
3 YUGOSLAVIA - Nada Ljutic
4 PARAGUAY - Maria Angela Zulema Medina Monjagata (Universe '74)
5 SWEDEN - Helene Yvonne Apelgren (SF unofficial Europe '74)
Top 10
ARGENTINA - Graciela Mónica Tomasoni Oñate
AUSTRALIA - Saskia van Loon
SPAIN - María Jesús Pujante Cánovas
MONACO - Karin Lafabrie
U.S.A. - Earleen Carey
Awards
Maja Simpatia PUERTO RICO
Maja Popularidad PORTUGAL
Maja Fotogenia PHILIPPINES
Best National Costume COLOMBIA
Remainder
BELGIUM - Huguette Haelters
COLOMBIA - María Leticia Olarte López
ECUADOR - Ana Patricia Rivadeneira Peña
EL SALVADOR - Angela B. Calderón Villafaño
FINLAND - Heini Paulette Wathén
FRANCE - Aleth Mosson
GERMANY - Ilse Renate Ulrich
GREAT BRITAIN - Penelope Ann Cheek
HOLLAND - Hester Wilhelmina Maria Nugteren
IRELAND - June Mary Stack
LUXEMBOURG - Daisy Schmit
MEXICO - Mirtha Dalia Liquidano Rodríguez (Queen of the Pacific '75)
NORWAY - Vibeke Ronningen
PERU - Nancy Simón Rivera
PORTUGAL - Margarida Maria Ferreira Florêncio Prieto
PUERTO RICO - Cynthia Heyliger Soto
SWITZERLAND - Heidi Gyger
TURKEY - Nesrin Kekevi (International '73)
Did not compete
HONDURAS - Lynn Arriaga
ITALY - Michele Falcone
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1974 program book cover
Maja International 1974
1974 May 26
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
33 participants
Results
1 GREECE - Sicta Vana Papadaki (SF Universe '73, 2nd RU Europe '73)
2 SPAIN - Maribel López del Hoyo
3 PUERTO RICO - Yvonne Torres García (SF International '76)
4 PHILIPPINES - Pacita Eduarda Abrera Guevara
5 BOLIVIA - Rosa Mari Columba González (International '73)
Top 10
(no information)
Awards
Maja Simpatia MEXICO
Maja Popularidad U.S.A.
Maja Fotogenia DENMARK
Best National Costume PORTUGAL
Remainder
ANDORRA - María Valls Campoy
BELGIUM - Lola Wayaffe
COSTA RICA - María de los Ángeles Picado González (Universe ‘75)
DENMARK - Bente Gjedsted Larsen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Jocelyn Álvarez Díaz (Café ’75)
ECUADOR - María del Carmen Jiménez (Turismo de las Américas ’74)
EL SALVADOR - Isabel Olivares
FINLAND - Johanna Kankare
FRANCE - Christiane Gibaja
GERMANY - Claudia Schümann
GREAT BRITAIN - Lesley R. A. Jefferis
HONDURAS - Jenny Margot Morel
IRELAND - Mary Margaret Adams
ICELAND - Gudrún Erla Adalsteinsdóttir
ITALY - Maria Grazia Gravina
LIECHTENSTEIN - Roswitha Schafhauser
LUXEMBOURG - Esther Theis
MEXICO - Maria Cristina González Tella
NICARAGUA - Martha Dorn Holman
PERU - Freyda Noemí Schuller del Alcázar
PORTUGAL - Olga Gonçalves
SWEDEN - Ellionor Ulrika Malm
SWITZERLAND - Romana Nater
TURKEY - Aysegul Siray
U.S.A. - Sharon Margaret Sutton
VENEZUELA - Reyna Margarita Noguera Coimán
YUGOSLAVIA - Nada Javanovski
Needs confirmation
HOLLAND - Sylvia E. Bargon
Did not compete
MONACO
NORWAY - Inger Lise Hem
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1975 program book cover
Maja International 1975
1975 May 31
Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain
28 participants
Results
1 VENEZUELA - Deborah Velasco
2 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Miguelina Sánchez Rodríguez (2nd RU Coffee '76)
3 PUERTO RICO - Marilyn Ursulich Sottero (Coconut '77)
4 ARGENTINA - Rocío Castro de Celis
5 PHILIPPINES - Annette Liwanag
Top 10
(no information)
Awards
Maja Simpatia EL SALVADOR
Maja Popularidad ROMANIA
Maja Fotogenia SWEDEN
Best National Costume PANAMA
Remainder
ANDORRA - Dolores Marti Puigsubira
BOLIVIA - Katya Rojas Saavedra
COSTA RICA - Macarena Barahona Riera
DENMARK - Anne Sofia Frigast
ECUADOR - Karen Andrea Hollihan Bruckman
EL SALVADOR - Ana Stella Comas Durán (World '75)
FINLAND - Ditte Merja Mäntykoski
FRANCE - Annie Muyard
GREAT BRITAIN - Deirdre Jennifer Greenland (Universe '73 as Miss Wales) GREECE - Liana Merdinian
HOLLAND - Sandra MacDonald
IRELAND - Noreen Mary O'Sullivan
ICELAND - Vala Jonsdottir
LUXEMBOURG - Martine Anne Wagner (SF International '75)
NICARAGUA - Maria Amanda Rivas Argüello (SF International '74)
NORWAY - May-Synar Satra
PANAMA - Gisela Elena Cárdenas
PERU - Maria Julia Fortunic
SPAIN - Esther Vergel Cabellos
ROMANIA - Lia Maria Bologa
SWEDEN - Ingela Agnetha Jonsson
U.S.A. - Sandra Lidia Abay
YUGOSLAVIA - Nina Gazibara
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1976 program book cover
Maja International 1976
1976 June 30
Condado Holiday Inn, San Juan, Puerto Rico
26 participants
Results
1 SPAIN - Sabrina León Santana
2 ECUADOR - Marie Clare Fontaine Velasco (World '76)
3 FINLAND - Carita Brigitta Abrahamsson
4 GREECE - Mary Vidali
5 YUGOSLAVIA - Radmila Ostojic
Top 10
ARGENTINA - Cecilia Alicia García
COLOMBIA - Luz Elena Torres Vergara
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cesarina Castillo Pichardo (winner Miss Turismo de las Américas '77)
PUERTO RICO - Rebecca Guerrios
VENEZUELA - Derby Orietta Sanabria
Awards
Maja Simpatia NICARAGUA
Maja Popularidad ITALY
Maja Fotogenia SWEDEN
Best National Costume MEXICO
Remainder
ANDORRA - Maricel Fite Espitel
BRAZIL
DENMARK - Elizabeth Brinkel
EL SALVADOR - Maria Eugenia Laret Castello
FRANCE - Katty Lanvin
HOLLAND - Lise Van Dort
HONDURAS - Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramírez (World '76)
ENGLAND - Theresa Pamela Scott
IRELAND - Margaret Anne Savage
ITALY - Beatrice Bordone
MALTA - Mary Fenech
MEXICO - Gloria Quijada
NICARAGUA - Cecilia Castellón Mejia
PERU
PHILIPPINES - Cynthia M. Nakpil
SWEDEN - Anette Nona Eva-Lis Nilsson
Did not compete
LUXEMBOURG - Sylvie Krier
NORWAY - Wenche Hage
PANAMA - Matilde Figueroa Díaz
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1977 program book cover
Maja International 1977
1977 October 14
Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico
24 participants
Results
1 PUERTO RICO - Elizabeth Zayas Ortíz (1st RU Tourism of Americas '76, Universe '76)
2 MEXICO - Eva Mariagna Prats Donován (3rd RU Tourism of Americas '76)
3 NORWAY - Ingvild Marie Loeken
4 VENEZUELA - Maria Consuelo Vegas Jaén
5 COLOMBIA - Patricia Abello Marino
Top 10
(no information)
Awards
Maja Simpatia GUATEMALA
Maja Popularidad MEXICO
Maja Fotogenia ENGLAND
Best National Costume ENGLAND
Remainder
ARGENTINA - María Amelia Vazquez
BRAZIL - Vera Lucia de la Rosa
DENMARK - Sigron Christiansen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Jennyfer del Carmen "Yany" Corporan Viñas
ECUADOR - Lenny Cecilia Mariscal San Martín
ENGLAND - Lynn Marina Hunt
FINLAND - Eija Christina Lehtiö
FRANCE - Fabienne Boillet
GREECE - Nina Negreponti
GUATEMALA - Marlen Mirey Lopez
HONDURAS - Aura Beatriz Irias
LUXEMBOURG - Marianin Bernav
NICARAGUA - Carmen Saavedra
PANAMA - Aracely Lourdes Chiappetto Núñez
PERU - María del Carmen de Laguerra
PHILIPPINES - Annabelle Gaskell Arambulo
SPAIN - Ligia Rodríguez Franco
U.S.A. - Laura Jayne Adams (Illinois-World '76)
YUGOSLAVIA - Sonja Stojanovic
Replaced
NORWAY - Bente Lihaug
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1978 program book cover
Maja International 1978
1978 October 14
San Juan Hotel & Casino, San Juan, Puerto Rico
30 participants
Results
1 U.S.A. - Barbara Figarola (Illinois-World '78)
2 PERU - Elizabeth Draguilón Bonilla
3 FINLAND - Anne-Maarit Kiljunen
4 GREECE - Ariana Dimitropoulou (World '78)
5 SPAIN - María del Pilar Corral Palacín
Top 10
(no information)
Awards
(no information)
Remainder
ARGENTINA - Silvia Cristina Rodriguez
BOLIVIA - Marianella Natusch Pinto
BRAZIL - Nicea Regina Flores Martins
COLOMBIA - María Stella de la Ossa Vivero
COSTA RICA - Andrée Leroy Beaulieu
DENMARK - Laila Vikso
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Carmen Cecilia Reyes Tio (Coconut '78)
ECUADOR - Antonieta Cecilia Campodonico Aguirre (World '78)
EL SALVADOR - Delmy Marina Rodríguez Valdez
ENGLAND - Sherina Helen Hale
FRANCE - Marie-Christine Pavani
GUATEMALA - Ana Lucrecia Hernandez
HONDURAS - Ligia Evelyn Canales Hawit
IRELAND - Agnes Orla Burke (winner Rose of Tralee '77)
LUXEMBOURG - Patricia Deloge
MEXICO - María Martha Collignon Goribar
NICARAGUA - Sherlyn Noguera Miranda
NORWAY - Trude Anna Spant
PANAMA - Carmen Eunice Garcia
PHILIPPINES - Ligaya Padilla Pascual
PUERTO RICO - Denise Vega Gonzalez
SWEDEN - Yvonne Norup Bergoqvist
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Brunette Gloudon
VENEZUELA - Zaida Asuncion Hurtado
YUGOSLAVIA - Sonja Stojanovic
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1979 program book cover
Maja International 1979
1979 December 8
Hotel Jaragua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
27 participants
Results
1 SPAIN - Cristina Pérez Hernández
2 VENEZUELA - Rosa del Valle Martínez Sayago (Teenage Intercontinental '78)
3 SWEDEN - Alexandra Lena Brigitta Leiderby
4 MEXICO - Ana Rosa Sánchez Mejía
5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Viena Elizabeth García Javier (Universe '79, winner Coconut '80)
Top 10
AUSTRIA - Karin Lakner
COLOMBIA - Maria Silvina Rondón Freijedo
PHILIPPINES - Princess Ava Quibranza
PANAMA - Lorelay De la Ossa Chevalier (SF World '79, Señorita Latinoamérica '81)
PUERTO RICO - Sonia Noemí Lanza Barriere
Awards
Maja Simpatia MEXICO
Maja Popularidad PUERTO RICO
Maja Fotogenia BRAZIL
Best National Costume PHILIPPINES
Remainder
ARGENTINA - Marisa Rodríguez
BOLIVIA - Maria Ingrid Wende Limpias
BRAZIL - Maria de Jesus Santiago
COSTA RICA - Gabriela Volio
DENMARK - Merette Boltining Hansen
ECUADOR - Mónica Carchi
EL SALVADOR - Luz Maria Cárdenas
FINLAND - Eeva-Maria Heiskanen
GREECE - Maria Sinnannidou
GUATEMALA - Anabella Contreras Czech
HONDURAS - Annabel Rivera
JAMAICA - Sandra Henriquez
LUXEMBOURG - Dolores Biwer
NORWAY - Guri Leeber
PERU - Liliana Ethel Prato Arias Schreiber
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Valerie Alleyne
U.S.A. - Annette Marroquin (Illinois-World '80)