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Miss Universe
1970 program cover
Miss Universe 1970
1970 July 11
Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida USA
64 participants
Results
1 PUERTO RICO Marisol Malaret Contreras
2 USA Deborah "Debbie" Dale Shelton
3 AUSTRALIA Joan Lydia Zealand
4 JAPAN Jun Shimada
5 ARGENTINA Beatriz Marta Gros
Top 15
BRAZIL Eliane Fialho Thompson
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Kristina Hanzalova
GREECE Angelique "Kiki" Bourlesi
GUAM Hilary Ann Best
HONG KONG Mabel Hawkett
ITALY Anna Zamboni (2nd RU Europe '70)
MALAYSIA Josephine Lena Wong Jaw Leng
SWEDEN Britt-Inger Johansson (winner Scandinavia '71)
SWITZERLAND Diane Jane Roth (Europe '70)
VENEZUELA Bella Teresa De Jesus La Rosa De La Rosa
Awards
Miss Amity GUAM
Miss Photogenic BERMUDA
Best National Costume BOLIVIA
10 Best in Swimsuit ARGENTINA , AUSTRALIA , BRAZIL , CZECHOSLOVAKIA , HOLLAND , JAPAN , MALAYSIA , PUERTO RICO , SWEDEN, USA
Remainder
ARUBA Linda Annette Richardson
AUSTRIA Evi Ifriede Kurz (Europe '70)
BAHAMAS Antoinette Patrice De Gregory
BELGIUM Francine Martin (Europe '70, World '70)
BERMUDA Margaret Hill
BOLIVIA Roxana Brown Trigo
CANADA Norma Joyce Hickey (World '70, SF International '71, Queen of the Pacific '72)
CEYLON Yolanda Shahzadi Ahlip (Queen of the Pacific '69, SF World '70)
CHILE María Soledad Errázuriz García-Moreno
COLOMBIA María Luisa Riascos Velásquez
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF Marie-Josée Basoko (International '68)
COSTA RICA Lilliam Berrocal
CURACAO Nilva Maduro
DENMARK Winnie Hollmann (World '70, Scandinavia '71)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Sobeida Alejandra Fernández Reyes
ECUADOR Zoila Montesinos Rivera
ENGLAND Yvonne Anne Ormes (6th RU World-United Kingdom '70)
FINLAND Ursula Rainio (SF Europe '70, 4th RU Scandinavia '71)
FRANCE Françoise Durand-Behot (Europe '70)
GERMANY Irene Neumann (World '71)
HOLLAND Maureen Joan Renzen
HONDURAS Francis Irene Van Tuyl
ICELAND Erna Johannesdóttir
INDIA Veena Sajnani
IRELAND Rita Doherty
ISRAEL Moshit Tsiporin
JAMAICA Sheila Lorna Neil
KOREA Yoo Young-ae
LEBANON Georgette Aref Jerro
LUXEMBOURG Josée Reinert
MALTA Tessie Pisani (Europe '70)
MEXICO Libia Zulema López Montemayor (World '70)
NEW ZEALAND Glenys Elizabeth Treweek (World '70)
NICARAGUA Graciela Salazar Lanzas
NORWAY Vibeke Steineger (2nd RU Scandinavia '71)
PANAMA Berta López Herrera
PARAGUAY Teresa Mercedes Britez Sullow
PERU Cristina Málaga Butrón
PHILIPPINES Simonette Berenguer de los Reyes
PORTUGAL Ana Maria Diozo Lucas (1st RU Europe '70, World '70)
SCOTLAND Lee Hamilton Marshall (Europe '70)
SINGAPORE Cecilia Undasan (Asia '70)
SPAIN Noelia Alfonso Cabrera (winner Europe '70)
SURINAM Ingrid Mamadeus (International '71)
TUNISIA Zohra Tabania (World '69)
TURKEY Asuman Tugberk (Europe '70)
URUGUAY Renée Buncristiand
WALES Sandra Cater (Europe '70)
YUGOSLAVIA Snezana Dzambas
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1971 program cover
Miss Universe 1971
1971 July 24
Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
60 participants
Results
1 LEBANON Georgina Rizk (World '70 as Georgette Rizk)
2 AUSTRALIA Tony Suzanne Rayward
3 FINLAND Pirjo Aino Irene Laitila (SF Europe '70, 4th RU Scandinavia '72)
4 PUERTO RICO Idalia Margarita "Beba" Franco
5 BRAZIL Eliane Parreira Guimarães
Top 12
ENGLAND Marilyn Ann Ward (1st RU World-United Kingdom '71)
FRANCE Myriam Stocco (3rd RU Europe '71, Top 7 World '71)
ISRAEL Ester Orgad
JAPAN Shigeko Taketomi
SPAIN Josefina Román Gutiérrez (World '70, Europe '71)
USA Michele Marlene McDonald
VIRGIN ISLANDS Cherrie Raphaelia Creque
Awards
Miss Amity PERU
Miss Photogenic PHILIPPINES
Best National Costume MEXICO
10 Best in Swimsuit AUSTRALIA , BRAZIL , ENGLAND , FINLAND , ISRAEL , JAPAN , LEBANON , PUERTO RICO , USA , VIRGIN ISLANDS
Remainder
ARGENTINA Maria del Carmen Vidal
ARUBA Vicenta Vallita Maduro
AUSTRIA Edeltraud Neubauer
BAHAMAS Muriel Terah Rahming
BELGIUM Martine Yasmine De Hert (Europe '71, World '71)
BERMUDA Rana Furbert (World '71)
BOLIVIA Ana María Landívar Gantier
CANADA Lana Drouillard (World '71)
COLOMBIA Piedad Mejía Trujillo
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF Martine Mualuke
COSTA RICA Rosa María Rivera
CURACAO Maria Vonhögen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Sagrario Margarita Reyes de los Colmenares
ECUADOR Ximena Moreno Ochoa (1st RU Coffee '72)
GERMANY Vera Kirst (Europe '70)
GREECE Gely Karagianni
GUAM Linda Mariano Avila
HOLLAND Laura Mulder-Smid (4th RU Europe '71)
HONDURAS Dunia Aracelly Ortega
ICELAND Gudrun Thorelfur Valgardsdóttir
INDIA Raj Gill
IRELAND Marie Hughes
ITALY Mara Palvarini
JAMAICA Suzette Marilyn Wright
KOREA Noh Mi-ae
LUXEMBOURG Mariette Françoise Fay (Cinema Europa '71)
MALAYSIA Yvette Baterman
MALTA Felicity Celia Carbott
MEXICO Maria Luisa López Corzo
NEW ZEALAND Linda Jan Ritchie (World '71)
NICARAGUA Xiomara Paguaga Rodríguez
NORWAY Ruby Reitan (Europe '71, Scandinavia '72)
PANAMA Gladys Isaza
PERU Magnolia Martínez
PHILIPPINES Vida Valentina Fernandez Doria
PORTUGAL Maria Celmira Pereira Bauleth
SCOTLAND Elizabeth Montgomery
SINGAPORE Jenny Ser Wang Wong
SURINAM Marita Martowirono
SWEDEN Wivianne "Vava" Öiangen (1st RU Scandinavia '72)
SWITZERLAND Anita Andrini (Europe '71)
THAILAND Warunee Sangsirinavin
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Sally Karamath
TUNISIA Aida Mzali
TURKEY Filiz Vural (winner Europe '71)
URUGUAY Alba Techeira
VENEZUELA Jeannette Amelia Coromoto Donzella Sánchez (2nd RU Coffee '72)
WALES Dawn Cater
Did not compete
DENMARK (due to feminist action)
PARAGUAY Marit Tomassone
TAHITI Jeanne Brus
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1972 program cover
Miss Universe 1972
1972 July 29
Cerromar Beach Hotel, Dorado PUR
61 participants
Results
1 AUSTRALIA Kerry Anne Wells
2 BRAZIL Rejane Vieira da Costa
3 VENEZUELA Maria Antonieta Cámpoli Prisco
4 ISRAEL Ilana Goren
5 ENGLAND Jennifer Mary McAdam (4th RU Europe '72, 6th RU World '72)
Top 12
BELGIUM Anne-Marie Roger (Europe '72, World '72)
GERMANY Heidemarie Renate Weber (World '72)
INDIA Roopa Satyan
JAPAN Harumi Maeda
PERU Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti
PHILIPPINES Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo
USA Tanya Denise Wilson
Awards
Miss Amity ZAIRE
Miss Photogenic BELGIUM
Best National Costume PERU
Remainder
ARGENTINA Norma Elena Dudik
ARUBA Ivonne Dirksz
AUSTRIA Ursula "Uschi" Pacher (3rd RU Europe '72, 3rd RU World '72)
BAHAMAS Deborah Jane Taylor
BERMUDA Helen Brown (World '72)
BOLIVIA Mara Alicia Vargas Vásquez
CANADA Bonny Brady (International '72, World '72, Queen of the Pacific '73)
CHILE Consuelo Fernández de Olivares
COLOMBIA Maria Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio
COSTA RICA María Victoria "Vicki" Ross González (World '72)
CURACAO Ingrid Prade
DENMARK Marianne Schmidt (Europe '72)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ivonne Lucia Butler de los Montellanos
ECUADOR Susana Castro Jaramillo
EL SALVADOR Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramírez (Coffee '73)
FINLAND Maj-Len Linnea Eriksson (Europe '72 3rd RU Scandinavia '73)
FRANCE Claudine Cassereau (World '72, Europe '72)
GREECE Nancy Kapetanaki
GUAM Patricia Alvarez
HOLLAND Jenny Ten Wolde (Europe '72)
HONDURAS Doris Alicia Roca Pagán
HONG KONG Rita Leung Suet-Ling
ICELAND Maria Johannesdóttir
IRAQ Wijdan Burham El-Deen Sulyman
IRELAND Maree McGlinchey
ITALY Isabella Specia
JAMAICA Grace Marilyn Wright
KOREA Park Yeon-joo
LUXEMBOURG Anita Heck
MALAYSIA Helen Looi (Asia '73)
MALTA Doris Abdilla (International '71, World '71)
MEXICO María del Carmen Orozco Quibriera
NEW ZEALAND Kristine Dayle Allen (World '72)
NORWAY Liv Hanche Olsen (Europe '72)
PARAGUAY Maria Stela Volpe Martínez
PORTUGAL Iris Maria Rosário dos Santos (Europe '72)
PUERTO RICO Bárbara Torres Viñolo
SCOTLAND Elizabeth Joan Stevely (Europe '72)
SINGAPORE Jacqueline Hong Han Ghim (Queen of the Pacific '73)
SPAIN María del Carmen Muñoz Castañón (Europe '72)
SURINAM Carmen Cerna Muntslag
SWEDEN Britt Marie Johansson
SWITZERLAND Anneliese Weber (International '72)
THAILAND Nipaphat Sudsiri
TURKEY Neslihan Sunay
URUGUAY Christina Moller (International '72)
VIRGIN ISLANDS Carol Krieger
WALES Eileen Darroch
ZAIRE Ombayi Mukuta
Did not compete
CYPRUS
LEBANON Christiane Accaoui (not sent to Puerto Rico because of the terrorist attack at the Lod airport in 1971. The guerrillas had been trained in Southern Lebanon and most of the people killed were Puerto Rican tourists. The Lebanese government feared reprisals)
TUNISIA
YUGOSLAVIA (sick)
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1973 program cover
Miss Universe 1973
1973 July 21
Theatre of Herod Atticus, Athens GRE
61 participants
Results
1 PHILIPPINES Maria Margarita Roxas Moran
2 USA Amanda Clara Jones
3 NORWAY Aina Walle (1st RU Scandinavia '74)
4 SPAIN María del Rocío Martín Madrigal (1st RU unofficial Europe '74)
5 ISRAEL Limor Schraibman
Top 12
ARGENTINA Susana Romero
BRAZIL Sandra Mara Ferreira
COLOMBIA Ana Lucía Agudelo Correa
GREECE Sicta Vana Papadaki (2nd RU Europe '73, winner Maja '74)
INDIA Farzana Habib
JAPAN Miyoko Sometani
LEBANON Marcelle Herro
Awards
Miss Amity CHILE
Miss Photogenic PHILIPPINES
Best National Costume SPAIN
Remainder
ARUBA Monica Etleen Oduber
AUSTRALIA Susan Mainwaring
AUSTRIA Roswitha Kobald (Europe '73, World '73)
BELGIUM Christiane Devisch (3rd RU Europe '73, World '73)
BERMUDA Judy Joy Richards (World '73)
BOLIVIA Roxana Sittic Harb
CANADA Deborah Anne Ducharme (World '73)
CEYLON Shiranthi Wickremesinghe (World '73)
CHILE Jeanette Gwendelyn Daisy Robertson Cleary
COSTA RICA María del Rosario "Rossy" Mora Badilla
CURACAO Ingerborg Zielinski
CYPRUS Joanna Melanidou (Europe '74)
DENMARK Anette Grankvist (International '73, Scandinavia '74)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Liliana Maritza Fernández González
EL SALVADOR Gloria Ivete Romero
ENGLAND Veronica Ann Cross (6th RU World '73)
FINLAND Raija Kaarina Stark (Europe '73, 2nd RU Scandinavia '74)
FRANCE Isabelle Nadia Krumacker (Europe '73, World '73, SF International '75)
GERMANY Dagmar-Gabrielle Winkler (1st RU International '77, 2nd RU World '77, 1st RU Europe '78)
GUAM Beatrice Benito
HOLLAND Monique Borgeld (World '72)
HONDURAS Nelly Suyapa González Mármol
HONG KONG Elaine Sung Wing-Yin
IRELAND Pauline Theresa Fitzsimons (World '72, Europe '73, International '73)
ITALY Antonella Barci
JAMAICA Rita Faye Chambers
KOREA Kim Young-joo
LUXEMBOURG Lydia Maes (Europe '73)
MALAYSIA Margaret "Maggie" Loo Tai-Tai
MALTA Marthese Vigar
MEXICO Rossana Villares Moreno (World '73)
NEW ZEALAND Pamela King (SF World '73)
NICARAGUA Ana Cecilia Saravia Lanzas
PANAMA Jeanine Lizuaín
PARAGUAY Teresita Maria Cano
PORTUGAL Carla Luisa dos Santos Paiva Barros (SF Europe '73)
PUERTO RICO Gladys Vanessa Colón Díaz
SCOTLAND Caroline Meade
SINGAPORE Debra Josephine de Souza (World '73, 4th RU Asia '74)
SURINAM Yvonne Ma Ajong
SWEDEN Monica Sundin (winner Scandinavia '74)
SWITZERLAND Barbara Schöttli (4th RU Europe '73)
THAILAND Kanok-orn Boonma
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Camella King
TURKEY Yildiz Arhan
URUGUAY Yolanda Ferrari
VENEZUELA Ana Paola Desirée Facchinei Rolando
VIRGIN ISLANDS Cindy Richards
WALES Deirdre Jennifer Greenland (Great Britain -Maja '75)
Withdrew
BAHAMAS Cyprianna Munnings
ICELAND Katrin Gisladóttir
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1974 program cover
Miss Universe 1974
1974 July 19
Folk Arts Theater, Manila PHI
65 participants
Results
1 SPAIN Amparo Muñoz Quesada (1st RU Europe '73)
2 WALES Helen Elizabeth Morgan (ex-winner World-United Kingdom '74)
3 FINLAND Riitta Johanna Raunio (2nd RU International '74, 2nd RU Europe '74)
4 COLOMBIA Ella Cecilia Escandón Palacios
5 ARUBA Maureen Ava Vieira
Top 12
AUSTRALIA Yasmin May Nagy
ENGLAND Kathleen Ann Celeste Anders (4th RU Europe '74)
INDIA Shailini Bhavnath Dholakia
PANAMA Jazmine Nereida Panay
PHILIPPINES Guadalupe Cuerva Sanchez
PUERTO RICO Sonia Maria Stege Chardón
USA Karen Jean Morrison
Awards
Miss Amity ICELAND
Miss Photogenic FINLAND
Best National Costume KOREA
Remainder
ARGENTINA Leonor Guggini Celmira
AUSTRIA Eveline Maria Engleder (World '74)
BAHAMAS Agatha Elizabeth Watson
BELGIUM Anne-Marie Sophie Sikorski (Europe '74, World '74)
BERMUDA Joyce Ann De Rosa (World '74)
BOLIVIA Teresa Isabel Callau
BRAZIL Sandra Guimarães de Oliveira
CANADA Deborah Stephanie Tone (Queen of the Pacific '74)
CHILE Jeannette Rebecca González
COSTA RICA Jeannette Rebeca Montagné
CURACAO Catherine Adelle de Jongh
CYPRUS Andri Tsangaridou (6th RU Europe '76, World '76)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Jacqueline María Cabrera Vargas
EL SALVADOR Ana Carlota Margarita Araújo
FRANCE Brigitte Marie Flayac
GERMANY Ursula Faustle
GREECE Lena Kleopa (2nd RU Young International '73)
GUAM Elizabeth Clara Tudela Tenorio (Young International '75, World '78)
HOLLAND Nicoline Cunera Maria Broeckx
HONDURAS Etelinda Mejía Velásquez (World '75)
HONG KONG Jojo Cheung Man-Ying (Queen of the Pacific '73)
ICELAND Anna Bjornsdóttir
INDONESIA Nia Kurniasi Ardikoesoema
IRELAND Yvonne Costelloe (World '73, Europe '74, International '74)
ISRAEL Edna Levy
ITALY Loretta Persichetti
JAMAICA Lennox Anne Black
JAPAN Eriko Tsuboi
KOREA Kim Eun-jung (real name: Kim Jae-kyu)
LEBANON Laudy Salim Ghabache
LIBERIA Maria Yatta Johnson
LUXEMBOURG Giselle Anita Nicole Azzeri (Young International '73, International '73, World '73, Europe '74)
MALAYSIA Lily Chong Swee Lian
MALTA Josette Pace
MEXICO Guadalupe del Carmen Elorriaga Valdéz (World '74)
NEW ZEALAND Dianne Sarah Winyard
NICARAGUA Francis "Fanny" Duarte de León Tapia (World '74)
PARAGUAY Maria Angela Zulema Medina Monjagata (3rd RU Maja '73)
PORTUGAL Ana Paula da Silva Freitas (1st RU Europe '74)
SCOTLAND Catherine Lesley Robertson
SENEGAL Thioro Thiam
SINGAPORE Angela Teo Bee Luang
SRI LANKA Melani Irene Devendra Wijendra (Asia-Ceylon '71)
SURINAM Detta Werners
SWEDEN Eva Christine Römpke
SWITZERLAND Christine Lavanchy
THAILAND Benjamas Ponpasvijan
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Stephanie Lee Pack
TURKEY Simiten Gakirgoz
URUGUAY Mirta Grazilla Rodríguez
VENEZUELA Neyla Chiquinquirá Moronta Sangronis
VIRGIN ISLANDS Thelma Yvonne Santiago
YUGOSLAVIA Nada Jovanovsky
Did not compete
DENMARK Jane Moller (underage)
NORWAY Wenche Steen (World '73, winner unofficial Europe '74)
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1975 program cover
Miss Universe 1975
1975 July 19
National Gymnasium, San Salvador ESA
71 participants
Results
1 FINLAND Anne-Marie Pohtamo
2 HAITI Gerthie David
3 USA Summer Robin Bartholomew
4 SWEDEN Catharina Sjödahl
5 PHILIPPINES Rose Marie Singson Brosas
Top 12
BRAZIL Ingrid Budag
COLOMBIA Martha Lucía Echeverri Trujillo
EL SALVADOR Carmen Elena Figueroa
ENGLAND Vicki Harris (2nd RU World-United Kingdom '75)
IRELAND Julie Ann Farnham (SF World '74)
ISRAEL Orit Cooper
JAPAN Sachiko Nakayama
Awards
Miss Amity TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Miss Photogenic (tied) COLOMBIA & USA
Best National Costume 1) GUATEMALA, 2) MEXICO
Remainder
ARGENTINA Rosa del Valle Santillán
ARUBA Martica Pamela Brown
AUSTRALIA Jennifer Matthews
AUSTRIA Rosemarie Holzschuh (International '75, World '75)
BAHAMAS Sonia Chipman
BELGIUM Christine Delmelle
BELIZE Pelisamay "Lisa" Longsworth
BERMUDA Donna Louise Wright (World '75)
BOLIVIA Jacqueline Gamarra Sckett
CANADA Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell (International '74, World '74, Queen of the Pacific '75)
CHILE Raquel Eliana Argandoña de la Fuente
COSTA RICA Maria de los Angeles Picado González (Maja International '74)
CURACAO Jasmin Fraites
DENMARK Berit Frederiksen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Milvia Troncoso Hernández
ECUADOR Ana Maria Wray Salas
FRANCE Sophie Sonia Perin (World '75, winner International '76)
GERMANY Sigrid Silke Klose (International '75)
GREECE Afrodite Katsouli
GUAM Deborah Lizama Nacke
GUATEMALA Emy Elivia Abascal
HOLLAND Lynda Adriana Snippe
HONG KONG Mary Cheung Ma-Lai
ICELAND Helga Eldon Jonsdóttir (2nd RU International '73)
INDIA Meenakshi Kurpad
INDONESIA Lydia Arlini Wahab (International '74, Queen of the Pacific '74)
ITALY Diana Salvador
JAMAICA Gillian Louise Annette King
KOREA Seo Young-ok (real name: Seo Ji-hye)
LEBANON Souad Nakhoul (World '76)
LIBERIA Aurelia Sancho
LUXEMBOURG Marie Thérèse Manderschied (World '75)
MALAYSIA Alice Cheong Yee Leng (Asia '76)
MALTA Frances Pace Ciantar
MAURITIUS Nirmala Sohun
MEXICO Delia Servín Nieto
MICRONESIA Elena Delunger Tomokane
MOROCCO Salhi Badia
NEW ZEALAND Barbara Ann Kirkley
NICARAGUA Alda Maritza Sánchez
PANAMA Anina Horta Torrijos (SF Ambar '77)
PARAGUAY Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira (Coffee '75)
PERU Olga Lourdes Berninzon Devéscovi
PUERTO RICO Lorell del Carmen Carmona Juan
SAMOA Darlene Jean Schwenke (3rd RU Asia '75, Queen of the Pacific '75)
SCOTLAND Mary Kirkwood (4th RU Europe '76)
SINGAPORE Sally Tan (Young International '74)
SOUTH AFRICA Gail Anthony
SPAIN Consuelo "Chelo" Martín López (SF International '74)
SRI LANKA Shyama Hiramya Algama
SWITZERLAND Beatrice Aschwanden (International '76)
THAILAND Wanlaya Tho-nawanik
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Christine Mary Jackson
TURKEY Sezin Topcuoglu
URUGUAY Evelyn Rodríguez
VENEZUELA Maritza Pineda Montoya
VIRGIN ISLANDS Julia Florencia Wallace
WALES Georgina Kerler
YUGOSLAVIA Lidija Vera Manic (winner International '75)
Did not compete
CAYMAN ISLANDS Dorothy Lamore McKoy
GUADELOUPE Eloise Jubienne
NORWAY Sissel Gulbrandsen (World '75)
SURINAME Mavis Slengard (sick)
SWAZILAND Vinah Thembi Mamba (World '75)
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1976 program cover
Miss Universe 1976
1976 July 10
Chinese Theatre, Hong Kong HKG
72 participants
Results
1 ISRAEL Rina Messinger
2 VENEZUELA Judith Josefina Castillo Uribe
3 WALES Sian Helen Adey-Jones (Europe '76, International-Britain '77)
4 SCOTLAND Carol Jean Grant (3rd RU World-United Kingdom '76)
5 AUSTRALIA Julie Anne Ismay
Top 12
ARGENTINA Lilian Noemí De Asti (World '75, SF Ambar '77)
CHILE María Verónica Sommer Mayer
COLOMBIA Maria Helena Reyes Abisambra
CURACAO Anneke Dijkhuizen
ENGLAND Pauline Davies (Europe '76)
HONG KONG Rowena Lam Leung-Wai
NORWAY Bente Lihaug (5th RU Europe '76, winner Scandinavia '77, International '77)
Awards
Miss Amity TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Miss Photogenic ENGLAND
Best National Costume PERU
Remainder
ARUBA Cynthia Marlene Bruin (World '75)
AUSTRIA Heidi-Marie Passian (Europe '76)
BAHAMAS Sharon Elaine Smith
BARBADOS Jewell Sharon Nightingale
BELGIUM Yvette Maria Aelbrecht (World '76, Europe '76, International '77)
BERMUDA Vivienne Anne Hollis (World '76)
BOLIVIA Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves
BRAZIL Katia Celestina Moretto
CANADA Normande Jacques (International '75, World '75)
COSTA RICA Silvia Jiménez Pacheco
DENMARK Brigitte Trolle
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Norma Eugenia Lora de Rosario del Río (Ambar '76)
ECUADOR Gilda Lucía de las Mercedes Plaza Guerra
EL SALVADOR Mireya Carolina Calderon Tovar
FINLAND Suvi Lukkarinen (2nd RU Scandinavia '77))
FRANCE Monique Uldaric (Europe '76, World '76)
GERMANY Birgit Margot Hamer
GREECE Melina Michailidou (3rd RU Europe '76)
GUAM Pilar Martha Laguana (Asia '77)
GUATEMALA Blanca Alicia Montenegro
HOLLAND Nannetje Johanna Nielen (SF International '75, World '79)
HONDURAS Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortín
ICELAND Gudmunda Hulda Johannesdóttir
INDIA Naina Sudhir Balsaver
INDONESIA Yuliarti Rahayun
IRELAND Elaine Rosemary O’Hara (World '75, Europe '76)
ITALY Diana Scapolan (winner unofficial Europe '73, SF Ambar '76)
JAPAN Miyako Iwakuni
KOREA Chung Kwang-hyun
LIBERIA Laurine Wede Johnson
LUXEMBOURG Monique Wilmes (Europe '76, World '76)
MALAYSIA Teh-Faridah Ahmad Norizan
MALTA Mary Grace Ciantar (World '75)
MAURITIUS Marielle Tse Sik-Sun (SF World '75)
MEXICO Carla Jean Evert Reguera (Young International '76, World '76, 3rd RU Ambar '77)
NEW ZEALAND Janey Kingscote
NICARAGUA Ivania Dolores Navarro Genie (winner Teenage Intercontinental '76)
NORTHERN MARIANAS Candelaria Flores Borja
PANAMA Carolina Maria Chiari
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Eva Regina Arni (winner Asia '75)
PARAGUAY Nidia Fatima Cardenas
PERU Rocío Rita Lazcano Mujica (World '76)
PHILIPPINES Elizabeth "Lizbeth" Samson de Padua
PUERTO RICO Elizabeth Zayas Ortíz (1st RU Ambar '76, winner Maja '77)
ST. MAARTEN Angela Huggins
SAMOA Taliilani Ellen Letuli
SINGAPORE Linda Tham
SOUTH AFRICA Cynthia Classen
SPAIN Olga Fernández Pérez (Europe '76)
SRI LANKA Genevieve Bernedette Parsons
SURINAM Peggy Van der Leuv
SWEDEN Caroline Westerberg (Europe '76, 4th RU Scandinavia '77)
SWITZERLAND Isabelle Fischbacher (2nd RU Europe '76)
THAILAND Katareeya Areekul
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane
TURKEY Manolya Onur
URUGUAY Lelia Luisa Vinas Martinez
USA Barbara Elaine Petersen
VIRGIN ISLANDS Lorraine Patricia Baa
YUGOSLAVIA Svetlana Radojcic
Did not compete
ANTIGUA Cleopatra Saunders
BELIZE Janet Joan Joseph
BONAIRE (no pageant)
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Irene Penn
GUADELOUPE Marie-Therese Preville
HAITI (no pageant)
JAMAICA Angela Ruddock
LEBANON Silvia Ghoui
MOROCCO Saida Lakhdar
ST. KITTS Jennifer Evelyn
TAHITI Moea Marie-Therese Amiot (withdrew during pageant, mother sick)
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1977 program cover
Miss Universe 1977
1977 July 16
National Palace, Santo Domingo DOM
80 participants
Results
1 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Janelle "Penny" Commissiong
2 AUSTRIA Eva Maria Düringer (SF World '77, winner Europe '78)
3 SCOTLAND Sandra Bell (1st RU Young International-Britain '76)
4 COLOMBIA Aura Maria Mojica Salcedo
5 GERMANY Marie-Luise Gassen
Top 12
ARGENTINA Maritza Elizabet Jurad
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Blanca Aurora Sardiñas
HOLLAND Ineke Berends (1st RU World '77)
NICARAGUA Beatriz Obregón Lacayo (World '77)
SPAIN Luz María Polegre Hernández (World '76)
USA Kimberly "Kim" Louise Tomes
VENEZUELA Cristal del Mar Montañez Arocha
Awards
Miss Amity CANADA
Miss Photogenic TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Best National Costume 1) KOREA, 2) URUGUAY, 3) LEBANON
Remainder
ANTIGUA Sheryl Ann Gibbons
ARUBA Margaret Eldrid Oduber
AUSTRALIA Jill Maree Minahan
BAHAMAS Paulette Rosetta Ogylvie Borghardt
BARBADOS Margaret Sonia Rouse
BELGIUM Claudine Marie Vasseur (World '77)
BELIZE Dora Maria Phillips
BERMUDA Connie Marie Frith (World '77)
BOLIVIA Liliana Gutiérrez Paz
BRAZIL Cássia Janys Moraes Silveira
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Andria Dolores Norman
CANADA Pamela Mercer (World '76)
CHILE Priscilla Raquel Brenner Conrads
COSTA RICA Claudia Maria Garnier Arias
CURACAO Regine Charlotte Tromp
DENMARK Inge Eline Erlandsen (Scandinavia '78)
ECUADOR Lucia del Carmen Hernández Quiñones (World '77)
EL SALVADOR Altagracia Arévalo (1st RU Teenage Intercontinental '77)
ENGLAND Sarah Louise Long (2nd RU Europe '78)
FINLAND Armi Anja Orvokki Aavikko (2nd RU Scandinavia '78)
FRANCE Véronique Fagot (World '77, Europe '78, International '78)
FRENCH GUIANA Evelyne Randel
GREECE Maria Spantidaki (Europe '78)
GUADELOUPE Catherine Reinette
GUAM Lisa Ann Caso
HAITI Françoise Elie
HONDURAS Carolina Rosa Rauscher Sierra
HONG KONG Loletta Chu Ling-Ling
ICELAND Kristjana Thrainsdóttir (Scandinavia '77)
INDIA Bineeta Bose
INDONESIA Siti Mirza Nuria Arifin (withdrew World '77)
IRELAND jakki mari moore (SF World '76, Young International '77)
ISRAEL Zehava Vardi
ITALY Paola Biasini
JAPAN Kyoko Satoh
KOREA Kim Sung-hee
LEBANON Hyam Saadé
LIBERIA Welma Albertine Wani Campbell (withdrew World '77)
MALAYSIA Leong Li Ping
MALTA Jane Benedicta Saliba (World '76)
MAURITIUS Danielle Marie Françoise Bouic
MEXICO Felicia Mercado Aguado
NEW ZEALAND Donna Anne Schultze
NORTHERN MARIANAS Margarita Benavente Camacho
NORWAY Åshild Jenny Ottesen (World '77, 1st RU Scandinavia '78, Europe '78)
PANAMA Marina Valenciano
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Sayah Karakuru (Asia '77, World '77)
PARAGUAY Maria Leticia Zarza Perriet
PERU Maria Isabel Frias Zavala (SF Ambar '76, SF World '77)
PHILIPPINES Anna Lorraine Tomas Kier
PUERTO RICO María del Mar Rivera Veglio
REUNION Yolaine Morel
ST. KITTS Annette Emelda Frank
ST. LUCIA Iva Lua Mendes
ST. MAARTEN Marie Madeleine Boirard
SAMOA Virginia Caroline Suka
SINGAPORE Marilyn Choon May Sim
SOUTH AFRICA Glynis Dorothea Fester
SRI LANKA Sobodhini Nagesan (World '77)
SURINAM Marlene Roesmienten Saimo
SWEDEN Birgitta Lindvall (winner Scandinavia '78)
SWITZERLAND Anja Kristin Terji
TAHITI Donna Aunoa
THAILAND Laddawan In-yah
URUGUAY Adriana María Umpierre Escudero (Young International '75, World '77)
VIRGIN ISLANDS Denise Naomi George
WALES Christine Anne Murphy
YUGOSLAVIA Ljiljana Sobajic
Disqualified
MARTINIQUE Patricia Vatble (too young by 2 days before her 17th birthday)
TURKEY Manolya Onur (not allowed to compete twice)
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1978 program cover
Miss Universe 1978
1978 July 24
Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco MEX
75 participants
Results
1 SOUTH AFRICA Margaret Gardiner
2 USA Judi Lois Andersen
3 SPAIN Guillermina Ruiz Doménech (SF World '77, Europe '78)
4 COLOMBIA Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes
5 SWEDEN Cecilla Catharina Björnsdotter Rohde
Top 12
BELGIUM Françoise Helene Julia Moens (World '78, International '79)
CHILE Mary Anne Müller Prieto
HOLLAND Karin Ingrid Gustafsson (International '78)
IRELAND Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez (World '77, Europe '78, 4th RU International '78)
ISRAEL Dorit Jellinek
MEXICO Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat
PERU Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga (World '81)
Awards
Miss Amity TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Miss Photogenic COSTA RICA
Best National Costume 1) INDIA, 2) KOREA, 3) MALAYSIA
Miss Press ARUBA
Remainder
ARGENTINA Delia Stella Maris Muñoz
ARUBA Margarita Marieta Tromp
AUSTRALIA Beverley Frances Pinder
AUSTRIA Doris Elizabeth Anwander (SF World '78)
BAHAMAS Dulcie Louise Mullings
BARBADOS Judy Margot Miller
BELIZE Christina Margarita Ysaguirre
BERMUDA Madeline Francine Joell (World '78)
BOLIVIA Raquel Roca Kuikunaga (Coffee '79)
BONAIRE Corinne Rosseley Hernandez
BRAZIL Suzana Araújo dos Santos
CANADA Andrea Leslie Eng
COSTA RICA Maribel Fernández García (SF World '78)
CURACAO Solange Abigail de Castro
DENMARK Anita Heske (Scandinavia '79)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar (Coffee '79)
ECUADOR Mabel Ceballos Sangster (Teenage Intercontinental '77)
EL SALVADOR Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro (Teenage Intercontinental '78, SF Ambar '78, World '78)
ENGLAND Beverly Isherwood (International-Britain '79)
FINLAND Seija Kaarin Paakkola (2nd RU Scandinavia '79)
FRANCE Brigitte Konjovic
GERMANY Eva Marie Gabriele Gottschalk
GREECE Marieta Kountouraki
GUAM Mary Lois Sampson
GUATEMALA Claudia Maria Iriarte (2nd RU Coffee '79)
HONDURAS Olimpia Velásquez Medina (Coffee '79)
HONG KONG Winnie Chan Man-Yuk
ICELAND Anna Björk Edwards
INDIA Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan
ITALY Andreina Mazzotti
JAPAN Hisako Manda
KOREA Shon Jung-eun (real name: Shon Young-eun)
LEBANON Reine Antoine Semaan
LESOTHO Joan Libuseng Khoali
MALAYSIA Yasmin Yusuff
MALTA Pauline Lewise Farrugia (World '77)
MOROCCO Majida Tazi
NEW HEBRIDES Hebrides Christine Spooner
NEW ZEALAND Jane Simmonds
NICARAGUA Claudia Herrera Cortés
NORTHERN MARIANAS Julias Salas Concepcion
NORWAY Jeanette Aarum (1st RU International '78, 4th RU Scandinavia '79, World '79)
PANAMA Diana Leticia Conte Vergara (SF Ambar '78)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Angelyn Muta Tukana (Asia '78)
PARAGUAY Rosa María Naumann
PHILIPPINES Jennifer Mitschek Cortes
PUERTO RICO Ada Cecille Perkins Flores (2nd RU Teenage Intercontinental '78)
REUNION Evelyn Pongerard
SAMOA Palepa Sio Tauiliili
SCOTLAND Angela Mary Kate Macleod
SINGAPORE Annie Mei Ling Lee
SRI LANKA Dilrukshi Wimalasoonya
ST. VINCENT Gailene Collin
SURINAM Garance Harriette Rustwijk
SWITZERLAND Sylvia Von Arx
TAHITI Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo
THAILAND Pornpit Sakornvijit
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Sophia Titus
TURKEY Billur Lutfiye Bingol
URUGUAY Maria del Carmen da Rosa
VENEZUELA Marisol Alfonso Marcano (Coffee '79)
VIRGIN ISLANDS Barbara M. Henderson
WALES Elizabeth Ann Jones (winner Teenage Intercontinental '77, 5th RU World-United Kingdom '78)
Did not compete
ANTIGUA Nadine Defraites
GRENADA Margaret Prudome
GUADELOUPE Mlue Debor
MARTINIQUE Catherine Marlin
MAURITIUS Maria Ingrid Desmarais
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1979 program cover
Miss Universe 1979
1979 July 19
Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth AUS
75 participants
Results
1 VENEZUELA Maritza Sayalero Fernández
2 BERMUDA Gina Ann Casandra Swainson (winner World '79)
3 ENGLAND Carolyn Ann Seaward (1st RU World-United Kingdom '79)
4 BRAZIL Martha Jussara da Costa
5 SWEDEN Anette Marie Ekström (2nd RU Scandinavia '80)
Top 12
ARGENTINA Adriana Virginia Alvarez
BELIZE Sarita Diana Acosta
GERMANY Andrea Hontschik (SF World '79 , SF Europe '80)
SCOTLAND Lorraine Davidson (International-Britain '80, Europe '80)
SOUTH AFRICA Veronika Wilson
USA Mary Therese Friel
WALES Janet Beverly Hobson (Young International-Britain '80, Europe '80)
Awards
Miss Amity JAPAN
Miss Photogenic ENGLAND
Best National Costume 1) URUGUAY, 2) BRAZIL, 3) SOUTH AFRICA
Remainder
ANTIGUA Elsie Maynard
ARUBA Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez
AUSTRALIA Kerrie Dunderdale
AUSTRIA Karin Zorn (6th RU World '79, winner Europe '80)
BAHAMAS Lolita Louise Ambrister
BARBADOS Barbara Bradshaw
BELGIUM Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau (World '79, 1st RU Europe '80)
BOLIVIA Maria Luisa Rendón
BOPHUTHATSWANA Alina Moeketse
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Eartha Ferdinand
CANADA Heidi Quiring
CHILE María Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister
COLOMBIA Ana Milena Parra Turbay
COSTA RICA Carla Facio Franco
DENMARK Lone Gladys Jörgensen (World '79, Scandinavia '80, Europe '80)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Elizabeth García Javier (4th RU Maja '79)
ECUADOR Margarita Plaza
EL SALVADOR Judith Ivette Lopez Lagos (World '79)
FIJI Tanya Whiteside
FINLAND Päivi Maarit Kristiina Uitto (3rd RU Scandinavia '80, Europe '80)
FRANCE Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera (World '79, Europe '80, International '80)
GREECE Katia Koukidou
GUAM Marie Cruz
GUATEMALA Michele Marie Domínguez Santos (World '79)
HOLLAND Eunice Bharatsingh
HONDURAS Gina Marie Weidner Cleaves (World '79)
HONG KONG Olivia Chang Man-Ai
ICELAND Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir (World '75, Scandinavia '79)
INDIA Swaroop Sampat
IRELAND Lorraine Marion O’Conner (World '78, International '79)
ISRAEL Vered Polgar
ITALY Elvira Puglisi
JAPAN Yurika Kuroda
KOREA Seo Jae-hwa
MALAYSIA Irene Wong Sun Ching
MALTA Dian Borg Bartolo
MAURITIUS Maria Chanea Allard (World '79)
MEXICO Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda
NEW ZEALAND Andrea Karke
NORTHERN MARIANAS Barbara Torres
NORWAY Unni Margrethe Öglaend (International '79, Scandinavia '80)
PANAMA Yahel Cecilia Dolande de Gracia
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Molly Misbut
PARAGUAY Patricia Lourdes Lohman Bernie
PERU Jacqueline Brahm
PHILIPPINES Criselda Flores Cecilio
PORTUGAL Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia
PUERTO RICO Audrey Teresa "Tere" López Fernández
REUNION Isabelle Jacquemart
ST. KITTS Cheryl Chaderton
ST. VINCENT June de Nobriga (World '78)
SINGAPORE Elaine Tan Kim Lian
SPAIN Gloria María Valenciano Rijo (4th RU World '78)
SRI LANKA Vidyahari Vanigasooriyar
SURINAM Sergine Lieuw-A-Len
SWITZERLAND Birgit Krahl (Europe '80)
TAHITI Fabienne Tiare Tapare
THAILAND Wongduan Kerd-poom
TRANSKEI Lindiwe Bam
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Marie Noelle Diaz
TURKEY Füsan Tahire Dermitas
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Linda Torres
URUGUAY Elizabeth Busti
Did not compete
NICARAGUA Patricia Pineda Chamorro (withdrew July 13 due to death threats to her family during Nicaragua's civil war)
TURKS & CAICOS Rosemary Forbes