Miss International 1979

Miss International 1979
Date	November 12, 1979
Venue	Mielparque, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	43
Withdrawals	Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Switzerland
Returns	Malta, Portugal, Thailand, Yugoslavia
Winner	Melanie Marquez Philippines

Miss International 1979 was held on November 12, 1979 at the Mielparque in Tokyo, Japan. The 15-year-old Melanie Marquez earned Philippines' third Miss International crown.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1979	Philippines - Melanie Marquez
1st runner-up	United States - Anna Maria Rapagna
2nd runner-up	Austria - Elisabeth Schmidt
3rd runner-up	Finland - Kate Elizabeth Nyberg
4th runner-up	Japan - Hideko Haba

Contestants

• Argentina - Ana Maria Soliman Iribarne
• Australia - Regina Reid
• Austria - Elisabeth Schmidt
• Belgium - Françoise Helene Julia Moens
• Bolivia - Sonia Beatriz Villarroel
• Brazil - Suzane Ferreira de Andrade
• United Kingdom - Beverly Isherwood
• Canada - Karen Vanderwoude
• Chile - Paulina Quiroga
• Colombia - Ivonne Margarita Guerra de la Espriella
• Costa Rica - Maria Lorena Acuña Karpinski
• Denmark - Eva Bjerre Johanssen
• Finland - Kate Elizabeth Nyberg
• France - Martine Juliette David
• Germany - Claudia Katharina Herzog
• Greece - Despina Triantafyllidou
• Guam - Vivian Elaine Indalecio
• Hawaii - Zoe Ann Roach
• Holland - Mary Maria Johanna Adriana Kruyssen
• Honduras - Lilian Anibeth Rivera
• Hong Kong - Maria Chung Wai-Ping
• Iceland - Sigrun Bjork Sverrisdóttir

• India - Neeta Pravin Painter
• Ireland - Lorraine Marion O'Conner
• Israel - Rachel "Helly" Ben-David
• Italy - Nives Bordignon
• Japan - Hideko Haba
• Korea - Kim Jin-sun
• Malta - Carmen Sue Asciak
• Mexico - Marcela Díaz Portilla
• Nicaragua - Maria Elena Amador
• Norway - Unni Margrethe Öglaend
• Philippines - Mimilanie "Melanie" Laurel Marquez
• Portugal - Maria Luisa da Silva
• Singapore - Annie Tan Chen Chiau Chuin
• Spain - Yolanda Maria Hoyos Vega
• Sweden - Anna Angela Bratt
• Thailand - Phattamavadee Ann Thanaputti
• Turkey - Serra Sengül
• Uruguay - Nidia Silvera
• United States - Anna Maria Rapagna
• Venezuela - Nilsa Josefina Moronta Sangronis
• Yugoslavia - Manuela Mitic

Notes

Withdrawals

• Malaysia - Nancie Foo---she collapsed on the finals night
• Switzerland - Gaby Bosshard (Europe '78)