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Bottom
Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas,
Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Curacao, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Rep., Ecuador, El
Salvador, Finland, France &
Germany
Middle Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong,
Iceland, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey,
Korea, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand,
Nigeria & Norway
Top Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint
Vincent, Samoa, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tahiti, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, United
Kingdom, USA, Uruguay,
Venezuela & Virgin Islands
Disqualified at the time of the session Tunisia
(she refused to unveil her
traditional Moslem yashmak for the T-shirt and shorts. After her disqualification, she
changed her mind the next day, wore the outfit and was allowed to
participate - 2 photos, bottom)
 
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20 of the contestants
competed for the Miss Talent award, won by Miss Philippines.
Those in the picture may be Finland, United Kingdom, Jamaica,
USA, Thailand, Sweden, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Belgium,
Switzerland, Philippines, Bermuda, Tahiti, Dominican Rep., Israel,
Singapore, Cyprus, Trinidad/Tobago, Dominica & India |

Semi-finalists Venezuela,
USA, U.K., Switzerland, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Spain, Puerto Rico, Mexico,
India, Finland, Costa Rica, Austria, Australia & Argentina |
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1978 November 16
London, England 68 entries
Results
1 Argentina Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence 2
Sweden Ossie Margaretha Carlsson 3
Australia Denise Ellen Coward 4
Mexico Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gómez 5
Spain Gloria María Valenciano Rijo (Universe 79)
Finalists
6 United Kingdom Elizabeth Ann Jones (Universe 78) 7
Switzerland Jeanette Keller
Semi-finalists
Austria Doris Elizabeth Anwander (Universe 78)
Costa Rica Maribel Fernández García (Miss Photogenic at Universe 78)
Finland Eija
Hillevi Laaksonen India Kalpana Iyer
Puerto Rico Maria Jesus Cañizares Sri Lanka Manohori Vanigasooriya
USA Debra Jean Freeze Venezuela Katy Patricia Toffoli
Andrade
Remainder
Aruba Rose Anne Marie Lejuez Bahamas Donna Marie McCook
Belgium Françoise
Helene Julia Moens (SF Universe 78; International 79)
Bermuda Madeline Francine Joell (Universe 78) Brazil
Laura Angélica Viana de Oliveira Pereira
Canada Brigitte June Hofmann
Cayman Islands Wendy Lorraine Daykin Chile Maria Trinidad Sepulveda Pavón
Colombia Denise de Castro Santiago Curacao Silvana Angely Trinidad
Cyprus Mary Adamou Denmark Birgit Stefansen
Dominica Mona Jno-Lewis Dominican Rep. Jenny Polanco
Ecuador Antonieta Cecilia Campodonico
Aguirre El Salvador Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro (Universe
78) France Kelly Hoarau Germany Monika Greis
Gibraltar Rosanna Bonfante Greece Ariana Dimitropoulou
Guam Elizabeth Clara Tenorio (Universe 74) Holland
Ans Van Haaster Honduras Maria Elena Bodadilla
Hong Kong Fiona Lin Wai-Ling Iceland Asdis Loftsdóttir
Ireland Lorraine Marion O'Conner (Universe & International 79)
Isle of Man Carol Ann Kneale Israel Sari Alon
Italy Loren Cristina Mai Jamaica Joan Marcia McDonald
Japan Yuko Yamaguchi (Universe 83) Jersey Chantal Angeline Gosselin
Korea Je Eun-jin Malaysia Kartina Osir Malta
Mary Cumbo Mauritius Geneviève Chanea New
Zealand Lorian Dawn Tangney Nigeria Irene Omagbemi
Norway Elisabet Klaeboe Paraguay
Susana Del Pilar Galli Peru Karen Ines Noeth Haupt
Philippines Louvette Monzon Hammond Samoa Rosalina Sapolu
Singapore Rosie Tan
St. Vincent June de Nobriga (Universe 79) Swaziland
Nyamalele Nilovu Tahiti Moeata Schmouker Thailand
Orasa Panichapan Trinidad/Tobago Kathleen Thomas
Tunisia Malek Nemlaghi Turkey Sevil Ozgultekin
Uruguay Mabel Rua Virgin Islands Enid D'Lores Francis
Awards
Miss Personality Cayman
Islands
Miss Photogenic Mexico
Miss Talent Philippines
Did
not compete
Bolivia Liliana Gutiérrez Paz
Guatemala Claudia María Iriarte
Lebanon Graziella abu Fadel
Yugoslavia Ljiljana Bjogovic
Replaced
Argentina Margarita Heydricks (underage)
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Photographers' choices
Top Spain, Australia, India, USA & Finland
Bottom Costa Rica, Holland, Mexico & U.K. |

Finland & France |

Yugoslavia arrived in London the day
before the contest, too late to participate
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Iceland, Hong Kong, Honduras, Holland & Guam |

Virgin Islands, Venezuela, Tunisia, Turkey,
Uruguay, USA & U.K. |

Mexico (4th), Sweden (2nd),
Argentina (winner), Australia (3rd)
& Spain (5th) |
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