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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) |
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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 |
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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)
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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
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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
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