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Miss Ambar del Mundo / Miss World Amber

This pageant began in 1975 and lasted four years until 1978.  It was resumed in 1995 with the name Miss Ambar Mundial.  These pageants have always been held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

This page deals with the 1975 to 1978 pageants only.

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 1977
Haiti (2nd runner-up), Puerto Rico (1st runner-up), Bolivia (winner) & Miss Ambar 1976

 

1975
17 entries		 1976 May
23 entries
Results
1  France  Virginie Pegis
2  Italy  Cristina Germano

Remainder
Argentina  Carmen Guidim
Canada  Annette Legrand
Ecuador  Isabel Macías
England  Robine Sharp
Finland  Marja Polanco
Germany  Irene Pollner
Holland  Patricia Noordermeer
Honduras  Margarita Rosa Carbajal
Norway
Peru  Mary Ann Franco
Poland
Spain  Guadalupe Gerdá
Switzerland  Silvia Ciozlli
U.S.A.  Debby Ryan
Uruguay  Sara Alaga Valega (World 76 & International 78)
 







 

 Results
1  U.S.A.  Sandra Kurdas
2  Puerto Rico  Elizabeth Zayas Ortíz (Universe 76)
3  Uruguay  Sandra Texeira
4  Nicaragua  Morena Guadalupe Cuadra Mora
5  Australia  Yvette Marcovich

Semi-finalists
Costa Rica  Ligia Maria Ramos Quesada (World 76)
England  Karen Palmer
France  Brigitte Aube
Italy  Diana Scapolan (Universe 76)
Peru  Maria Isabel Frias Zavala (Universe 77; SF World 77)

Remainder
Austria  Ulrike Hoffman
Brazil
Colombia  Sonia Giraldo Ramírez
Cuba
Finland  Anne-Elisabeth Schäfer
Germany  Agatha Suss
Guatemala
Holland  Betty Thowhauser
Honduras  Gloria Guzmán
Mexico  María del Rosario Díaz Rodas
Portugal  Maria Roa
Switzerland
Venezuela  Judith Vera
Awards
Miss Amity: Canada
Miss Photogenic: (unknown)
Best National Costume: (unknown) 		Awards
Miss Amity: Honduras
Miss Photogenic: United States
Best National Costume: Austria

 

1977 June 10
37 entries		 1978 December
35 entries
Results
1  Bolivia  Elizabeth Ianonne Morón (World 77)
2  Puerto Rico  Maria Teresa Fernández
3  Haiti  Lominy Yoleñe
4  Mexico  Carla Jean Evert Reguera (Universe & World 76)
5  Holland  Barbara Ann Neefs (World 75)

Semi-finalists
Argentina  Lilian Noemí Deasti (World 75; SF Universe 76)
Aruba  Helene Maria Croes (World 77)
Colombia  Elsa Maria Springtube Ramírez (World 73)
Cuba  Ana Maria Trabanco
Curacao  Ilse Teresa de Windt
Ecuador  Elizabeth Lucas
Panama  Anina Horta Torrijos (Universe 75)
Spain  Maribel Prieto
U.S.A.
Venezuela  Hilda Elvira Carrero García (SF International 73)

Among the remainder
Andorra
Bahamas
Brazil  Sandra Martínez
Canada  Diane Rouleau
Costa Rica  Maria Mayela Bolaños Ugalde (World 75)
Denmark  Gleen Christensen
El Salvador
Finland  Anne-Elisabeth Schäfer
France  Chantal Exbrayat
Germany
Honduras  Blanca Zoila Coto
Nicaragua
Norway  Mary Britt Fillstad
Peru
Sweden
Trinidad & Tobago		 Results
1  India  Mala Rai Singhani
2  Peru  Karen Von Gordon
3  Australia  Deanna DeBona
4  Philippines  Ana Melissa Ofilada Veneracion
5  Curacao  Mijanou Lodewijks

Semi-finalists
Bermuda  Pearl Sambe
Colombia  Lucina Herrera Mosquera
El Salvador  Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro (Universe & World 78)
France  Danielle Borchio
Haiti  Faymy Hakime
Israel  Lea Levy
Panama  Diana Leticia Conte Vergara (Universe 78)
Puerto Rico  Ida Regina
U.S.A.  Dianne Wann
Venezuela  Milagros Reyes

Among the remainder
 Holland  Netty Brania
Honduras  Sandra Suyapa Casco
Hungary  Ilona Tetz Bakoc
Trinidad & Tobago

 

 

 

 

 
Awards
Miss Amity: Mexico
Miss Photogenic: (unknown)
Best National Costume: Argentina
Miss Popularity: Holland 		Awards
Miss Amity: Puerto Rico
Miss Photogenic: Panama
Best National Costume: India
Miss Popularity: Haiti