Miss Universe 1970

Miss Universe 1970
Marisol Malaret, Miss Universe 1970
Date	11 July 1970
Presenters	Bob Barker June Lockhart
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	64
Placements	15
Debuts	Czechoslovakia
Withdrawals	Bonaire Thailand
Returns	Lebanon Panama Paraguay Portugal
Winner	Marisol Malaret Puerto Rico
Congeniality	Hilary Best Guam
Best National Costume	Roxana Brown Trigo Bolivia
Photogenic	Margaret Hill Bermuda
Expo Queen	Josephine Wong Malaysia

Miss Universe 1970 was the 19th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on 11 July 1970.

At the end of the event, Gloria Diaz of the Philippines crowned Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico as Miss Universe 1970. It is the first victory of Puerto Rico in the competition.

Contestants from 64 countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker in his fourth consecutive year, while June Lockhart provided commentary and analysis throughout the event.

Results

Miss Universe 1970 participating nations and results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1970	Puerto Rico – Marisol Malaret
1st Runner-up	United States – Deborah Shelton
2nd Runner-up	Australia – Joan Zealand
3rd Runner-up	Japan – Jun Shimada
4th Runner-up	Argentina – Beatriz Gross
Top 15	Brazil – Eliane Thompson Czechoslovakia – Kristina Hanzalová Greece – Angelique Bourlessa Guam – Hilary Best Hong Kong – Mabel Hawkett Italy – Anna Zamboni Malaysia – Josephine Lena Wong Sweden – Britt-Inger Johansson Switzerland – Diane Jane Roth Venezuela – Bella La Rosa

Special Awards

Awards	Winners
Miss Amity	Guam – Hillary Best
Miss Photogenic	Bermuda – Margaret Hill
Best National Costume	Bolivia – Roxana Brown Trigo
Queen of Expo	Malaysia – Josephine Wong
Top 10 Best in Swimsuit Competition	Argentina – Beatriz Gross Australia – Joan Zealand Brazil – Eliane Thompson Czechoslovakia – Kristina Hanzalová Holland – Maureen Joan Renzen Japan – Jun Shimada Malaysia – Josephine Wong Puerto Rico – Marisol Malaret Sweden – Britt-Inger Johansson United States – Deborah Shelton

Contestants

64 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Hometown
Argentina	Beatriz Gross	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Linda Richmon	Oranjestad
Australia	Joan Zealand	Sydney
Austria	Evi Kurz	Styria
Bahamas	Antoinette DeGregory	Nassau
Belgium	Francine Martin	Liège
Bermuda	Margaret Hill	Hamilton
Bolivia	Roxana Brown	La Paz
Brazil	Eliane Thompson	Piraí
Canada	Norma Hickey	Prince Edward Island
Ceylon	Yolanda Ahlip	Colombo
Chile	Soledad Errázuriz	Santiago
Colombia	María Luisa Riascos	Antioquia
Congo-Kinshasa	Marie-Josee Basoko	Kinshasa
Costa Rica	Lillian Berrocal	Cartago
Curaçao	Nilva Maduro	Willemstad
Czechoslovakia	Kristina Hanzalová	Bratislava
Denmark	Winnie Hollmann	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Sobeida Fernández	Valverde
Ecuador	Zoila Montesinos	Portoviejo
England	Yvonne Ormes	Nantwich
Finland	Ursula Rainio	Rovaniemi
France	Francoise Durand-Behot	Paris
Germany	Irene Neumann	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Greece	Angelique Bourlessa	Athens
Guam	Hilary Best	Yigo
Holland	Maureen Renzen	The Hague
Honduras	Francis Van Tuyl	Cortés
Hong Kong	Mabel Hawkett	Hong Kong
Iceland	Erna Jóhannesdottir	Reykjavík
India	Veena Sajnani	Bombay
Ireland	Rita Doherty	Fermanagh
Israel	Moshit Tsiporin	Ramat Gan
Italy	Anna Zamboni	Turin
Jamaica	Sheila Lorna Neil	Kingston
Japan	Jun Shimada	Tokyo
Lebanon	Georgette Gero	Beirut
Luxembourg	Josee Reinert	Esch-sur-Alzette
Malaysia	Josephine Wong	Ipoh
Malta	Tessie Pisani	Birkirkara
Mexico	Libia López	Sinaloa
New Zealand	Glenys Treweek	Auckland
Nicaragua	Graciela Salazar	León
Norway	Vibeke Steineger	Bergen
Panama	Berta López	Santiago
Paraguay	Teresa Brítez	Paraguarí
Peru	Cristina Málaga	Arequipa
Philippines	Simonette de Los Reyes	Pasay
Portugal	Ana Maria Lucas	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Marisol Malaret	Santurce
Scotland	Lee Marshall	Wishaw
Singapore	Cecilia Undasan	Singapore
South Korea	Yoo Young-ae	Seoul
Spain	Noelia Afonso	Canary Islands
Surinam	Ingrid Mamadeus	Paramaribo
Sweden	Britt-Inger Johansson	Kalmar
Switzerland	Diane Roth	Geneva
Tunisia	Zohra Tabania	Tunis
Turkey	Asuman Tugberk	Istanbul
Uruguay	Renee Buncristiand	Montevideo
United States	Deborah Shelton	Norfolk
Venezuela	Bella La Rosa	Carabobo
Wales	Sandra Cater	Carmarthen
Yugoslavia	Snezana Dzambas	Belgrade

Notes

Debuts

• Czechoslovakia

Returns

Last competed in 1965:

• Portugal

Last competed in 1967:

• Panama
• Paraguay

Last competed in 1968:

• Lebanon

Withdrawals

• Bonaire - No national contest held.
• Thailand - Warunee Sangsirinavin, the winner of Miss Thailand 1969 was underage before February 1. But she competed in 1971 instead.