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)

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 (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
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
Dominican Republic  Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar
Ecuador  Mabel Ceballos Sangster
El Salvador  Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro (World 78)
England  Beverly Isherwood (International 79)
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 (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; World 79)
Panama  Diana Leticia Conte Vergara
Papua-New Guinea  Angelyn Muta Tukana
Paraguay  Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo (World 71)
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 (5th RU World 78)

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