Miss Universe 1979

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Miss Universe 1979 was held at Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia on July 19, 1979. Maritza Sayalero earned Venezuela's first Miss Universe crown. First runner-up Gina Swainson would go on to win the rival Miss World pageant later in the year. Seventy-five contestants competed in the 1979 Miss Universe Pageant.

[edit] Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

[edit] Special awards

  • Congeniality: Yurika Kuroda (Japan)
  • Photogenic: Carolyn Ann Seaward (England)
  • National Costume: Elizabeth Busti (Uruguay)

[edit] 1979 Contestants

Antigua

  • Elsie Maynard

Flag of Argentina Argentina

  • Adriana Virginia Alvarez
  • TOP 12

Flag of Aruba Aruba

  • Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez

Flag of Australia Australia

  • Kerry Dunderdale

Flag of Austria Austria

  • Karin Zorn

Flag of The Bahamas Bahamas

  • Lolita Louise Ambrister

Flag of Barbados Barbados

  • Barbara Bradshaw

Flag of Belgium Belgium

  • Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau

Flag of Belize Belize

  • Sarita Diana Acosta
  • TOP 12

Flag of Bermuda Bermuda

Flag of Bolivia Bolivia

  • Maria Luisa Rendon

Bophuthatswana

  • Alina Moeketse

Brazil

  • Martha Jussara da Costa
  • 3rd RUNNER-UP

Flag of British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands

  • Eartha Ferdinand

Flag of Canada Canada

  • Heidi Quiring

Flag of Chile Chile

  • Maria Cecilia Serrano

Colombia

  • Ana Milena Parra Turbay

Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica

  • Carla Facio Franco

Flag of Denmark Denmark

  • Lone Gladys Joergensen

Flag of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

  • Viena Elizabeth García Javier

Flag of Ecuador Ecuador

  • Margarita Plaza

Flag of El Salvador El Salvador

  • Judith Ivette Lopez Lagos

Flag of England England

  • Carolyn Ann Seaward
  • 2nd RUNNER-UP

Flag of Fiji Fiji

  • Tanya Whiteside

Flag of Finland Finland

  • Päivi Uitto

France

  • Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera

Germany

  • Andrea Hontschik
  • SEMI-FINALIST

Flag of Greece Greece

  • Katia Koukidou

Flag of Guam Guam

  • Marie Cruz

Flag of Guatemala Guatemala

  • Michelle Marie Dominguez Santos

Holland

  • Eunice Bharatsingh

Flag of Honduras Honduras

  • Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves

Hong Kong

  • Olivia Chang Man-Ai

Flag of Iceland Iceland

  • Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir

India

Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland

  • Lorraine Marion O'Conner

Flag of Israel Israel

  • Vered Polgar

Flag of Italy Italy

  • Elvira Puglisi

Flag of Japan Japan

  • Yurika Kuroda

Korea

  • Jae-hwa Seo

Malaysia

  • Irene Wong Sun Ching

Flag of Malta Malta

  • Dian Borg Bartolo

Flag of Mauritius Mauritius

  • Marie Chanea Allard

Flag of Mexico Mexico

  • Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda

Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

  • Andrea Karke

Flag of Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands

  • Barbara Torres

Flag of Norway Norway

  • Unni Margrethe Öglaend

Flag of Panama Panama

  • Yahel Cecile Dolande

Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

  • Molly Misbut

Flag of Paraguay Paraguay

  • Patricia Lohman Bernie

Flag of Peru Peru

  • Jacqueline Brahm

Flag of Philippines Philippines

  • Criselda Flores Cecilio

Flag of Portugal Portugal

  • Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia

Puerto Rico

  • Teresa Lopez

Réunion

  • Isabelle Jacquemart

Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Terriette Teridsen

Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • June de Nobriga

Flag of Scotland Scotland

  • Lorraine Davidson

Flag of Singapore Singapore

  • Elaine Tan Kim Lian

South Africa

  • Veronika Wilson
  • SEMI-FINALIST

Spain

  • Gloria Maria Valenciano Rijo

Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

  • Vidyahari Vanigasooriya

Flag of Suriname Suriname

  • Sergine Lieuw-A-Len

Sweden

  • Annette Maria Ekstrom
  • 4th RUNNER-UP

Flag of Switzerland Switzerland

  • Birgit Krahl

Tahiti

  • Fabienne Tapare

Thailand

  • Wongduan Kerdpoom

Transkei

  • Lindiwe Bam

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

  • Marie Noelle Diaz

Flag of Turkey Turkey

  • Fusin Tahire Dermitan

Flag of Uruguay Uruguay

  • Elizabeth Busti

USA

  • Mary Therese Friel
  • SEMI-FINALIST

Flag of United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands

  • Linda Torres

Venezuela

Flag of Wales Wales

  • Janet Beverly Hobson
  • SEMI-FINALIST


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