Miss Universe 1979
Miss Universe 1979 | |
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Date | 20 July 1979[a] |
Presenters | |
Entertainment | Donny Osmond |
Venue | Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia |
Broadcaster | CBS (international) Seven Network (TVW-7) (official broadcaster) |
Entrants | 75 |
Placements | 12 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Maritza Sayalero Venezuela |
Congeniality | Yurika Kuroda Japan |
Best National Costume | Elizabeth Busti Uruguay |
Photogenic | Carolyn Seaward England |
Miss Universe 1979, the 28th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1979[a] at the Perth Entertainment Centre in Perth, Australia. Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela was crowned by Margaret Gardiner of South Africa. This is the first time Venezuela won the pageant.
Notably, a large piece of debris from Skylab, which had fallen 9 days earlier, was displayed on stage during coronation night.[1]
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 1979 | |
1st Runner-up | |
2nd Runner-up | |
3rd Runner-up |
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4th Runner-up |
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Top 12 |
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Contestants
- Antigua – Elsie Maynard
- Argentina – Adriana Virginia Álvarez
- Aruba – Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez
- Australia – Kerry Dunderdale
- Austria – Karin Zorn
- Bahamas – Lolita Louise Ambrister
- Barbados – Barbara Bradshaw
- Belgium – Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau
- Belize – Sarita Diana Acosta
- Bermuda – Gina Ann Swainson
- Bolivia – María Luisa Rendón
- Bophuthatswana – Alina Moeketse
- Brazil – Martha Jussara da Costa
- British Virgin Islands – Eartha Ferdinand
- Canada – Heidi Quiring
- Chile – María Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister
- Colombia – Ana Milena Parra Turbay
- Costa Rica – Carla Facio Franco
- Denmark – Lone Gladys Joergensen
- Dominican Republic – Viena Elizabeth García Javier
- Ecuador – Margarita Plaza
- El Salvador – Judith Ivette López Lagos
- England – Carolyn Ann Seaward
- Fiji – Tanya Whiteside
- Finland – Päivi Uitto
- France – Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera
- Germany – Andrea Hontschik
- Greece – Katia Koukidou
- Guam – Marie Cruz
- Guatemala – Michelle Marie Domínguez Santos
- Holland – Eunice Bharatsingh
- Honduras – Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves
- Hong Kong – Olivia Chang Man-Ai
- Iceland – Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir
- India – Swaroop Sampat
- Ireland – Lorraine Marion O'Conner
- Israel – Vered Polgar
- Italy – Elvira Puglisi
- Japan – Yurika Kuroda
- Korea – Jae-hwa Seo
- Malaysia – Irene Wong Sun Ching
- Malta – Dian Borg Bartolo
- Mauritius – Maria Lynda Allard
- Mexico – Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda
- New Zealand – Andrea Karke
- Northern Marianas – Barbara Torres
- Norway – Unni Margrethe Öglaend
- Panama – Yahel Cecile Dolande
- Papua New Guinea – Molly Misbut
- Paraguay – Patricia Lohman Bernie
- Peru – Jacqueline Brahm
- Philippines – Criselda "Dang" Flores Cecilio
- Portugal – Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia
- Puerto Rico – Teresa López
- Réunion – Isabelle Jacquemart
- St. Kitts – Cheryl Chaderton
- St. Vincent – June de Nobriga
- Scotland – Lorraine Davidson
- Singapore – Elaine Tan Kim Lian
- South Africa – Veronica Wilson
- Spain – Gloria María Valencia Rijo
- Sri Lanka – Vidyahari Vanigasooriya
- Surinam – Sergine Lieuw-A-Len
- Sweden – Annette Marie Ekström
- Switzerland – Birgit Krahl
- Tahiti – Fabienne Tapare
- Thailand – Wongduan Kerdpoom
- Transkei – Lindiwe Bam
- Trinidad and Tobago – Marie Noelle Diaz
- Turkey – Fusin Tahire Dermitan
- Uruguay – Elizabeth Busti
- United States – Mary Therese Friel
- U.S. Virgin Islands – Linda Torres
- Venezuela – Maritza Sayalero
- Wales – Janet Beverly Hobson
References
- ^ a b The event was held at 8:00 am Australia Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was July 19 in their local times including the United States.
- ^ "Venezuela Wins for the First Time: The Pageant Does Down Under". Critical Beauty. Archived from the original on December 21, 2004.