Results
1  South Africa  Margaret Gardiner
2  U.S.A.  Judi Lois Anderson
3  Spain  Guillermina Ruiz Doménech*
4  Colombia  Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes
5  Sweden  Cecilla Catharina Björnsdotter Rohde  

Semi-finalists
Belgium  Françoise Helene Julia Moens*
Chile  Marianne Müller Prieto
Holland  Karin Ingrid Gustafsson*
Ireland  Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez*
Israel  Dorit Jellinek
Mexico  Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat
Peru  Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga*

Order of announcement of semi-finalists
Ireland, South Africa, Israel, Spain, Holland, Mexico, Sweden, U.S.A., Colombia, Belgium, Peru & Chile

Order of announcement of finalists
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, U.S.A. & Colombia

Remainder
Argentina  Delia Stella Maria Muslo
Aruba  Margarita Marieta Tromp
Australia  Beverly Frances Pinder
Austria  Doris Elizabeth Anwander*
Bahamas  Dulcie Louise Mullings
Barbados  Judy Margot Miller
Belize  Christina Margarita Ysaguirre
Bermuda  Madeline Francine Joell*
Bolivia  Raquel Roca Kuikunaga*
Bonaire  Corinne Rosseley Hernandez
Brazil  Suzana Araújo dos Santos
Canada  Andrea Leslie Eng
Costa Rica  Maribel Fernández García*
Curacao  Solange Abigail de Castro
Denmark  Anita Heske*
Dominican Republic  Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar*
Ecuador  Mabel Ceballos Sangster*
El Salvador  Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro*
England  Beverly Isherwood*
Finland  Seija Kaarina Paakkola*
France  Brigitte Konjovic
Germany  Eva Marie Gabriele Gottschalk
Greece  Marieta Kountouraki
Guam  Mary Lois Sampson
Guatemala  Claudia Maria Iriarte*
Honduras  Olimpia Velásquez Medina*
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 Yussuf
Malta  Pauline Lewise Farrugia*
Morocco  Majida Tazi
New Hebrides  Christine Spooner
New Zealand  Jane Simmonds
Nicaragua  Claudia Herrera Cortés
Northern Marianas  Julias Salas Concepcion
Norway  Jeanette Aarum*
Panama  Diana Leticia Conte Vergara*
Papua-New Guinea  Angelyn Muta Tukana*
Paraguay  Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo*
Philippines  Jennifer Mitcheck Cortes
Puerto Rico  Ada Cecille Flores Perkins*
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*
Virgin Islands  Barbara M. Henderson
Wales  Elizabeth Ann Jones*

Awards
Miss Amity  Trinidad & Tobago
Miss Photogenic  Costa Rica
Best National Costume
1 India
2 Korea
3 Malaysia
Miss Press  Aruba

Did not compete
Antigua  Nadine Defraites
Grenada  Margaret Prudome
Guadeloupe  Mlue Debor
Martinique  Catherine Marlin
Mauritius  Maria Ingrid Desmarais

Austria  World 1978 (semi-finalist)
Belgium  World 1978 & International 1979
Bolivia  Coffee 1979
Ireland  World 1977, Europe 1978 & International 1978 (4th runner-up)
Bermuda  World 1978
Costa Rica  World 1978 (semi-finalist)
Denmark  Scandinavia 1979
Dominican Republic  Coffee 1979
Ecuador  Teenage Intercontinental 1977
El Salvador  Teenage Intercontinental 1978, Ambar 1978 (semi-finalist) & World 1978
England  International-Britain 1979
Finland  Scandinavia 1979 (2nd runner-up)
Guatemala  Coffee 1979 (2nd runner-up)
Holland  International 1978
Honduras  Coffee 1979
Malta  World 1977
Norway  International 1978 (1st runner-up), Scandinavia 1979 (4th runner-up) & World 1979
Panama  Ambar 1978 (semi-finalist)
Papua-New Guinea  Asia 1978
Paraguay  World 1971
Puerto Rico  Teenage Intercontinental 1978 (2nd runner-up)
Peru  World 1981
Spain  World 1977 (semi-finalist) & Europe 1978
Venezuela  Coffee 1979
Wales  Teenage Intercontinental 1977 (winner) & World-United Kingdom 1978 (5th runner-up)