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Queen of the Pacific Quest

The Melbourne Moomba Festival was Australia's largest festival, with an emphasis on cultural and sporting activities, entertainment and pageantry.  It held an annual event, Queen of the Pacific Quest, during March from 1967 to 1977.  It was not held in 1978, and probably not in 1979.  In 1980, it  was renamed Miss Moomba Tourism Quest, and in 1981 Miss International Tourism Quest.  It was discontinued after 1983.

 

1967 March 12 - 17 contestants
1  MALAYSIA - Betty Lim Saw Yim

Remainder
AUSTRALIA - Georgia Reilly
CANADA
CEYLON
FIJI
HAWAII - Nancy Amero 
HONG KONG - Gisella Ma Wai-Kit  (4th RU, International 67)
INDIA - Naqi Jahan
JAPAN - Hiroko Wakaume
KOREA
MEXICO
NEW ZEALAND - Heather Gettings  (Universe & World 66)
PHILIPPINES - Chiqui Somes
SINGAPORE
TAIWAN
THAILAND - Prapassorn Panichakul  (World 66)
USA

Awards
Miss Personality : New Zealand
Miss Photogenic : Hawaii
Miss Silhouette : Malaysia
Miss Crowning Glory : (no information)

 

1968 March 10 - 17 contestants
1  PHILIPPINES - Maria Rita (Baby) Lacson Santiago

Remainder
ARGENTINA - Viviana Rosa Dellavedova  (International 64)
AUSTRALIA
CALIFORNIA - Nancy Hoskins
CANADA - Donna Marie Barker  (Universe & World 67)
CEYLON
FIJI
HAWAII
HONG KONG - Ko King-Wai
JAPAN - Ritsuko Kai
MALAYSIA - Che Ramlah Alang
MEXICO - Cecelia Gonzalez (World 66)
NEW ZEALAND
OKINAWA
REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Shi Mei Chien
SINGAPORE
WESTERN SAMOA

Awards
Miss Personality :
Japan
Miss Photogenic : Argentina
Miss Crowning Glory : Philippines
Miss Silhouette : Republic of China

The winner was crowned by the 1967 titleholder, Betty Lim Saw Yim of Malaysia

Miss Crowning Glory
Philippines

 

1969 March 9 - 18 contestants
1  REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Patsy Wu  (did not complete her reign)
2  JAPAN - Hiroko Suzuki  (took over the title)
3  PHILIPPINES - Emma Ruth Yulo

Remainder
AUSTRALIA - Belinda Taubman
CALIFORNIA - Joan Valent 
CANADA - Nancy Wilson  (SF, Universe 68; World 68 & International 69)
CEYLON
FIJI
HAWAII - Gloria McCaffety
INDONESIA - Mani Hardjo
KOREA
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
THAILAND

Awards
Miss Personality : (tied) Indonesia & California
Miss Photogenic : Hawaii
Miss Crowning Glory : Australia
Miss Silhouette : Australia

Australia's Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Rossiter, escorted the contestants through the Parliament Buildings in Canberra

Indonesia & California (tied for Miss Personality), China (winner), Hawaii (Miss Photogenic) & Australia (Miss Crowning Glory)

 

1970 March 19 - 15 contestants
1 NEW ZEALAND - Deirdre Bruton  (SF, International 69)

Remainder

AUSTRALIA - Jennie King
CALIFORNIA - Misty Rowe
CANADA - Jacquie Perrin  (Universe & World 69, International 70)
CEYLON - Roma Wailes
HAWAII - Christine Weckert
HONG KONG - Barbara Tang
INDIA - Daisy Damania
INDONESIA - Louise Maengkom  (International 70)
JAPAN - Meiko Tokisue
KOREA - Hae-Joo Lim
MEXICO - Marisela Mateos
PHILIPPINES - Gloria Ramos Caraan
REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Linda Lee
SINGAPORE - Shariffah Fawziah Almashoor  (Asia 69) 
 


 Ceylon, Korea, Republic of China, New Zealand, Japan, Queen of the Pacific 1969 (Japan), Hong Kong, India (hidden), USA, Singapore, Canada, Philippines, Australia, Indonesia & Mexico.
Absent  Hawaii

 

1971 March 7 - 18 contestants
1 PHILIPPINES - Nelia de los Reyes Sancho
2  INDIA - Margaret James

Remainder
AUSTRALIA - Peta Maifland
CALIFORNIA - Sherry Cannon 
CANADA - Maria Kowalin
CEYLON - Sriyanthi Fernando
HAWAII - Lisa Petrovics
HONG KONG - Christina Hui Ling-Ling  (International 68)
INDONESIA - Louise Retno Sulistyowati 
JAPAN - Yutaka Nakajima
KOREA - Kyoung-soon Kim
MALAYSIA - Rosemary Wan Chow Mui
MEXICO - Carolina Cortazar 
NEW ZEALAND - Sheryl Raymond
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Susie Givere
REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Wenda Wang
SINGAPORE - Yasmin Saif  (Universe 68)
THAILAND - Vipa Muangsisan

Awards
Miss Personality : Papua New Guinea
Miss Photogenic : India
Miss Crowning Glory : Thailand
Miss Goodwill : Singapore

Thailand, Philippines & Indonesia

Queen of the Pacific 1970 (Deidre Bruton), Japan, India (Miss Photogenic) & Philippines (winner)

 

1972 March 12 - 15 contestants
1  HAWAII - Abigail Rose Banglos
2  INDIA - Prema Narayan  (World 71)

Among the remainder
AUSTRALIA - Christine Louise Cassebohm  
CALIFORNIA - Shannon Michelle Moore 
CANADA - Norma Joyce Hickey  (Universe & World 71; SF, International 71)
HONG KONG - Grace Karen Yeung 
INDONESIA - Herni Sunarya Azwar
JAPAN - Setsuko Momota 
KOREA - Ae-ja Cho
MALAYSIA - Kathleen Phuan Way Bee
NEW ZEALAND - Janine Patricia Marquis (Asia 71)
PHILIPPINES - Onelia Ison Jose 
SINGAPORE - Lucia Veronica Rasiah  (Asia 73) 
THAILAND - Sahri Phonpakpichara

Awards
Miss Personality : Japan
Miss Photogenic : Australia
Miss Crowning Glory : Philippines
Miss Goodwill : New Zealand

The 1971 titleholder is welcomed at the pageant


Philippines (Miss Crowning Glory), Australia (Miss Photogenic), Japan (Miss Personality) & New Zealand (Miss Goodwill)

 

1973 - 17 contestants
1 INDONESIA - Irene Rebecca Soetanto

Remainder
AUSTRALIA - Delvene Delaney
CALIFORNIA - Dorothy Lucas 
CANADA - Bonny Brady  (Universe & World 72)
HAWAII - Kanoe Kaumeheiwa 
HONG KONG - Jojo Cheung Man-Ying  (Universe 74)
INDIA - Firoza Cooper
JAPAN - Keiko Ichimura
KOREA - Oh Young-eun
MALAYSIA - Doris Chow Wai Fun
MEXICO - Edith Angela Díaz Mirón Iris
NEW ZEALAND - Vivienne Hamilton  (3rd RU Asia 73)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Theresa Alalu
PHILIPPINES - Maria Isabel Dacanay Seva
SINGAPORE - Jacqueline Hong Han Ghim  (Universe 72)
SRI LANKA - Silverene Don Paul
THAILAND - Rayathap Suwanmalai

Awards
Miss Personality : California
Miss Photogenic : India
Miss Crowning Glory : Thailand

Japan, Hong Kong & New Zealand

 

1974 - 15 contestants
1  CALIFORNIA - Doris Doge
2  (not known)
3  INDIA - Marilyn Theresa Ferreira  (Asia 74)

Remainder

AUSTRALIA - Karen Scholey
CANADA - Deborah Tone  (Universe 74)
HAWAII - Gail Andrews
HONG KONG - Shirley Yu
INDONESIA - Lydia Arlini Wahab  (International 74, Universe 75)
JAPAN - Yuriko Uawa
KOREA - Tae-hyun Lee
MALAYSIA - Lorna Dury
MEXICO - Rosalinda España
NEW ZEALAND - Susan Vickers
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Eva Regina Arni  (Asia 75, Universe 76)
THAILAND - Araya Khongmee
TONGA - Mesia Niu  (Asia 74)

Award
Miss Crowning Glory : Indonesia

Withdrew
PHILIPPINES - Ana Lisa Hilario  (daughter of first Miss Universe, Armi Kuusela.  Anna was visiting Australia at the time and agreed to represent the Philippines but was not able to compete, due to some misunderstanding with the Australian pageant organizers).


India, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Korea, California, Hawaii, Canada, Malaysia, Mayor of Melbourne (Alan Whalley), Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Tonga, Thailand & Hong Kong

 



1975
- 19 contestants
1  INDONESIA - Francisca Warastoeti
2  HONG KONG - Bonnie Gokson Kwok Chi Yee
3  MALAYSIA - Pamela Oo Ai See

Remainder
AMERICAN SAMOA - Darlene Schwenke (Universe 75)
AUSTRALIA - Julie Van Peype
CALIFORNIA - Tawny Lee August
CANADA - Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell  (International & World 74, Universe 75)
CHILE - Alicia Vicuna
HAWAII - Susan Yasak
INDIA - Ishrat Yusuf
JAPAN - Nanae Totoki
KOREA - Hee-young Lee
MEXICO - Mirta Dalia Liquidano
NEW ZEALAND - Christine Smith
PAPUA-NEW GUINEA - Eau Suve
PERU - Nancy Simon Rivera
PHILIPPINES - Elizabeth Vecino Perez
SINGAPORE - Debra De Souza (Universe & World 73)
THAILAND - Duangratana Thaweechokesubin (International 76)

Awards
Miss Personality : Canada
Miss Crowning Glory : Philippines


Melbourne's Herald of Saturday, March 1, 1975, printed a gallery of the contestants. Pictures of Misses Papua-New Guinea and Thailand were not received in time for publication


Hong Kong (2nd), Indonesia (winner) & Malaysia (3rd)


Miss Personality
Canada

 

1976 - 20 contestants
1 AUSTRALIA - Susan Cross
2 PHILIPPINES - Jocelyn Abraham Magistrado  
3 JAPAN - Mari Okasaki
 
Among the remainder
CALIFORNIA
INDONESIA
KOREA - Duck-ja Noh
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE - Felicia Pereira 

Awards
Miss Personality : Malaysia
Miss Photogenic : Philippines
Miss Crowning Glory : Korea
Miss Goodwill : Indonesia


2nd place & Miss Photogenic
Philippines

1977
1 HAWAII - Blanche Leialoha Maa 

Among the remainder
KOREA - Jang-ok Cha
THAILAND -
Cathariya Areekul-Eard











 

 

Re-named Miss Moomba Tourism Quest
1980
1  UNITED STATES - Stacy Gould

Awards
Miss Personality : Taiwan - Ying Shang Shan
Miss Crowning Glory : Philippines - Merlyn Gueco

Miss Personality
Taiwan

Miss Crowning Glory
Philippines

 

re-named Miss International Tourism Quest
1981 - 15 contestants
1 SWITZERLAND - Elizabeth Ryser
2 AUSTRALIA - Terri Mattison
3 PHILIPPINES - Maria Rosario Anson (Miss Photogenic)

Remainder
FIJI
GREECE
ITALY
MEXICO
NEW CALEDONIA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SINGAPORE
TAHITI
TAIWAN
TONGA
UNITED STATES
YUGOSLAVIA

Award
Miss Photogenic : Philippines


Australia (2nd) & Philippines (3rd)

 




Philippines

 

 

 

1982 - 30 contestants

Among the contestants
PHILIPPINES - Joanne Santos



 

3rd place
Philippines

 

 


 

1983
1  MALAYSIA - Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng  (World 83)
2  (not known)
3  PHILIPPINES - Socorro Grey