Miss International 1972

Miss International 1972
Date	October 6, 1972
Presenters	Byron Palmer
Venue	Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	47
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Bahamas, Bermuda, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Yugoslavia
Returns	Costa Rica, Greece, Hawaii, Malaysia, Singapore, Ceylon, Tahiti, Turkey
Winner	Linda Hooks United Kingdom
Congeniality	Miriam López Puerto Rico

Miss International 1972, the 12th edition of Miss International, was held on October 6, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan. Delegates from 47 countries competed. Linda Hooks representing Britain won the country's second title by outgoing titleholder, Jane Cheryl Hansen from New Zealand.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1972	United Kingdom - Linda Hooks
1st runner-up	Australia - Christine Nola Clark
2nd runner-up	Philippines - Yolanda Adriatico Dominguez
3rd runner-up	Brazil - Jane Vieira Macambira
4th runner-up	United States - Lindsay Diane Bloom
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Adriana Graciela Martin Colombia - Lamia El Kouri Chaia Finland - Tarja Annikki Leskinen France - Suzanne Angly Germany - Brigitte Burfino Ireland - Katherine Talbot Japan - Yuko Tamehisa Portugal - Gilda Isabel Abreu Turkey - Hulya Ercan Venezuela - Marilyn Plessman Martínez

Contestants

• Argentina - Adriana Graciela Martin
• Australia - Christine Nola Clark
• Austria - Brigitt Matzak Von Goricke
• Belgium - Caroline A Devienne
• Bolivia - Leticia Brunn Aguilera
• Brazil - Jane Vieira Macambira
• United Kingdom - Linda Hooks
• Canada - Bonny Brady
• Chile - Pamela Virginia Santibáñez Berg
• Colombia - Lamia El Kouri Chaia
• Costa Rica - Isabel Amador Zamora
• Denmark - Gitte Mogensen
• Ecuador - Lucia del Carmen Fernández Avellaneda
• Finland - Tarja Annikki Leskinen
• France - Suzanne Angly
• Germany - Brigitte Burfino
• Greece - Neti Fasouli
• Guam - Edna Maria Quintanilla
• Hawaii - Allison John
• Holland - Monica Strotmann
• Iceland - Kolbrun Sveinsdóttir
• India - Indira Muthanna
• Ireland - Katherine Talbot
• Italy - Rita Pistolozzi

• Japan - Yuko Tamehisa
• Korea - Suh Ae-ja
• Luxembourg - Lydia Thilgen
• Malaysia - Francesca Lee Mei Fung
• Malta - Dolores Abdilla
• Mexico - Margarita Julia Martinez
• New Zealand - Janice Dawn Walker
• Nicaragua - Connie Anne Ballantyne Sequeira
• Norway - Vigdis Thire
• Philippines - Yolanda "Yogi" Adriatico Dominguez
• Portugal - Gilda Isabel Abreu
• Puerto Rico - Miriam López
• Singapore - May Tan
• Spain - Gloria Puyol Toledo
• Sri Lanka - Damayanthi Gunewardena
• Sweden - Eva Andersson
• Switzerland - Anneliese Weber
• Tahiti - Moea Arapari
• Thailand - Sarinya Thattavorn
• Turkey - Hulya Ercan
• Uruguay - Christina Moller
• United States - Lindsay Diane Bloom
• Venezuela - Marilyn Plessman Martínez

Notes

Did not compete

• Israel - Ronit Gafni
• Lebanon

External links

• Pageantopolis - 1972 Miss International