MISS UNIVERSE 1978

1978 July 24
Acapulco, Mexico
75 entries

Results
1  South Africa  Margaret Gardiner
2  U.S.A.  Judi Lois Anderson
3  Spain  Guillermina Ruiz Doménech (SF World '77, Europe '78)
4  Colombia  Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes
5  Sweden  Cecilla Catharina Björnsdotter Rohde

Semi-finalists
Belgium  Françoise Helene Julia Moens (World '78, International '79)
Chile  Marianne 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)
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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
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Remainder
Argentina  Delia Stella Maria Muslo
Aruba  Margarita Marieta Tromp
Australia  Beverly 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 Yussuf
Malta  Pauline Lewise Farrugia (World '77)
Morocco  Majida Tazi
New 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 Duarte Melgarejo (World '71)
Philippines  Jennifer Mitcheck 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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