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.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Special awards 2 75 Contestants 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Results

• Miss Universe 1979: Maritza Sayalero Fernandez (Venezuela).
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson (Bermuda)
  • 2nd runner-up: Carolyn Ann Seaward (England)
  • 3rd runner-up: Martha Jussara da Costa (Brazil)
  • 4th runner-up: Annette Marie Ekstrom (Sweden)
• The delegates who made in the top twelve are: Adriana Virginia Alvarez (Argentina), Sarita Diana Acosta (Belize), Andrea Hontschik (Germany), Lorraine Davidson (Scotland), Veronika Wilson (South Africa), Mary Therese Friel (USA) and Janet Beverly Hobson (Wales).

[edit] Special awards

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

[edit] 75 Contestants

Antigua Elsie Maynard Argentina Adriana Virginia Alvarez TOP 12 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 TOP 12 Bermuda Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson 1st RUNNER-UP Bolivia Maria Luisa Rendon Bophuthatswana Alina Moeketse Brazil Martha Jussara da Costa 3rd RUNNER-UP British Virgin Islands Eartha Ferdinand Canada Heidi Quiring Chile Maria Cecilia Serrano 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 Lopez Lagos England Carolyn Ann Seaward 2nd RUNNER-UP Fiji Tanya Whiteside

Finland Päivi Uitto France Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera Germany Andrea Hontschik SEMI-FINALIST Greece Katia Koukidou Guam Marie Cruz Guatemala Michelle Marie Dominguez Santos Netherlands 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 Marie Chanea Allard Mexico Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda New Zealand Andrea Karke Northern Mariana Islands Barbara Torres Norway Unni Margrethe Öglaend Panama Yahel Cecile Dolande Papua New Guinea Molly Misbut Paraguay Patricia Lohman Bernie Peru Jacqueline Brahm

Philippines Criselda Flores Cecilio Portugal Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia Puerto Rico Teresa Lopez Réunion Isabelle Jacquemart Saint Kitts and Nevis Terriette Teridsen Saint Vincent and the Grenadines June de Nobriga Scotland Lorraine Davidson Singapore Elaine Tan Kim Lian South Africa Veronika Wilson SEMI-FINALIST Spain Gloria Maria Valenciano Rijo Sri Lanka Vidyahari Vanigasooriya Suriname Sergine Lieuw-A-Len Sweden Annette Maria Ekstrom 4th RUNNER-UP 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 USA Mary Therese Friel SEMI-FINALIST United States Virgin Islands Linda Torres Venezuela Maritza Sayalero Fernandez MISS UNIVERSE 1979 Wales Janet Beverly Hobson SEMI-FINALIST

[edit] Trivia

• Bophuthatswana, Fiji, and Transkei competed in Miss Universe for the first time.

• Belize and Bermuda made into the semi-finals for the first time. Bermuda, however, placed as 1st runner-up in Miss Universe. She is also crowned as Miss World 1979 four months later.

• England, Scotland and Wales had made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe for the second time after 1976. England, however, placed as 2nd runner-up in Miss Universe. She also became the 1st runner-up in Miss World 1979 four months later, represented as Miss United Kingdom.

• Other than Bermuda and England, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mauritius also competed in Miss World four months later. Germany, Andrea Hontschik made into the semi-finals in both Miss Universe and Miss World at the same year. Austria, Karin Zorn, finally made into the semi-finals and even in the finals of Miss World at that same year. She also won the award for Miss Photogenic in Miss World.

• This is the first time that the electronic voting for preliminary swimsuit scores, the average preliminary scores, and average semi-final scores were shown in Miss Universe.

• 20 contestants involved in the collapse of part of the stage after contestants and news photographers rushed to the throne of the new Miss Universe. Costa Rica, Carla Facio Franco, and Philippines, Criselda Flores Cecilio, had suffered bruises. Malta, Dian Borg Bartolo, and Turkey, Fusin Tahire Dermitan, had leg injuries.

[edit] External links

• Pageantopolis

• Jimmy's Pageant Page

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