Miss Universe 1975
| Miss Universe 1975 | |
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 Miss Universe 1975 participating nations and results | |
| Date | 19 July 1975 |
| Presenters | Bob Barker |
| Venue | National Gymnasium, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 71 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Debuts | Belize, Mauritius, Micronesia, Samoa |
| Withdrawals | Cyprus, Honduras, Portugal, Senegal, Surinam |
| Returns | Denmark, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Morocco, Peru, South Africa |
| Winner | Anne Marie Pohtamo  Finland |
| Congeniality | Christine Mary Jackson  Trinidad & Tobago |
| Best National Costume | Emy Elivia Abascal  Guatemala |
| Photogenic | Martha Echeverry  Colombia Summer Bartholomew  U.S.A. |
Miss Universe 1975 the 24th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1975 at the National Gymnasium in San Salvador, El Salvador. Anne Marie Pohtamo won the title for Finland, thus making her the second Finnish woman to win the Miss Universe crown after Armi Kuusela, who was the first Miss Universe winner, in 1952. After Spain's Amparo Munoz resigned the previous year, her successor was crowned by Miss Universe 1972, Kerry Anne Wells of Australia.
The political backdrop to the 1975 Miss Universe pageant was not a happy one, however. According to the New York Times, August 5, "while a worldwide television audience saw El Salvador’s sunny beaches before the “Miss Universe” finals July 19, off-camera heavily armed troops were called out to halt demonstrations by students protesting the Government’s expenditure of $1-million on the contest". Protests took place in Santa Ana and San Salvador. Again, from the NY Times: "According to the military Government, which contended that the march was part of a “Communist plot”, one person was killed, five wounded, and 11 arrested. But according to the students, at least 12 persons were killed, 20 wounded, and 40 arrested".[1]
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1975 | |
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| 4th runner-up |
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Contestants
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References
- ^ "Unrest Growing in El Salvador: Demonstrations Put Down After Protest Against Beauty Contest", New York Times, August 5, 1975.