Miss Universe 1970

Miss Universe 1970
File:Miss Universe 1970 opening titles.jpg
Date	11 July 1970
Presenters	Bob Barker
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

Miss Universe 1970, the 19th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 11 July 1970 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico was crowned by Gloria Diaz of the Philippines at the end of the event.

Results

Miss Universe 1970 participating nations and results

Placements

Final results	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

Special Awards	Winners
Best National Costume	Bolivia – Roxana Brown Trigo
Miss Photogenic	Bermuda – Margaret Hill
Miss Amity	Guam – Hillary Best

Contestants

• Argentina - Beatriz Marta Gross
• Aruba - Linda Annette Richmon
• Australia - Joan Lydia Zealand
• Austria - Evi Ilfriede Kurz
• Bahamas - Antoinette Patrice DeGregory
• Belgium - Francine Martin
• Bermuda - Margaret Hill
• Bolivia - Roxana Brown Trigo
• Brazil - Eliane Fialho Thompson
• Canada - Norma Joyce Hickey
• Ceylon - Yolanda Shahzadi Ahlip
• Chile - Soledad Errázuriz García-Moreno
• Colombia - María Luisa Riascos Velásquez
• Congo-Kinshasa - Marie-Josee Basoko
• Costa Rica - Lillian Berrocal
• Curaçao - Nilva Maduro
• Czechoslovakia - Kristina Hanzalová
• Denmark - Winnie Hollmann
• Dominican Republic - Sobeida Fernández Reyes
• Ecuador - Zoila Montesinos Rivera
• England - Yvonne Anne Ormes
• Finland - Ursula Rainio
• France - Francoise Durand-Behot
• Germany - Irene Neumann
• Greece - Angelique Bourlessa
• Guam - Hilary Ann Best
• Holland - Maureen Joan Renzen
• Honduras - Francis Irene Van Tuyl
• Hong Kong - Mabel Hawkett
• Iceland - Erna Jóhannesdottir
• India - Veena Sajnani
• Ireland - Rita Doherty
• Israel - Moshit Tsiporin
• Italy - Anna Zamboni
• Jamaica - Sheila Lorna Neil
• Japan - Jun Shimada
• Korea - Yoo Young-ae
• Lebanon - Georgette Gero
• Luxembourg - Josee Reinert
• Malaysia - Josephine Lena Wong
• Malta - Tessie Pisani
• Mexico - Libia Zulerna López Montemayor †
• New Zealand - Glenys Elizabeth Treweek
• Nicaragua - Graciela Salazar Lanzas
• Norway - Vibeke Steineger
• Panama - Berta López Herrera
• Paraguay - Teresa Mercedez Brítez Sullow
• Peru - Cristina Málaga Butrón
• Philippines - Simonette Berenguer de Los Reyes
• Portugal - Ana Maria Diozo Lucas
• Puerto Rico - Marisol Malaret Contreras
• Scotland - Lee Hamilton Marshall
• Singapore - Cecilia Undasan
• Spain - Noelia Afonso Cabrera
• Surinam - Ingrid Mamadeus
• Sweden - Britt Johansson
• Switzerland - Diane Jane Roth
• Tunisia - Zohra Tabania
• Turkey - Asuman Tugberk
• Uruguay - Renee Buncristiand
• United States - Debbie Dale Shelton
• Venezuela - Bella La Rosa
• Wales - Sandra Cater
• Yugoslavia - Snezana Dzambas

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.

General References

• West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 1970". pageantopolis.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)