Miss Universe 1978

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Miss Universe 1978 was held at Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico on July 24, 1978. Margaret Gardiner earned South Africa's first Miss Universe crown. Seventy-five contestants competed in the 1979 Miss Universe Pageant.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Special awards 2 Contestants 3 External links

[edit] Results

• Miss Universe 1978: Margaret Gardiner (South Africa).
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Judi Lois Anderson (USA)
  • 2nd runner-up: Guillermina Ruiz Domenech (Spain)
  • 3rd runner-up: Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes (Colombia)
  • 4th runner-up: Cécilia Catharina Björnsdotter Rhode (Sweden)
• The delegates who made in the top twelve are: Françoise Helene Julia Moens (Belgium), Marianne Muller Prieto (Chile) Karen Ingrid Gustafsson (Holland), Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez (Ireland), Dorit Jellinek (Israel), Alba Margarita Cervera Labat (Mexico), and Olga Roxana Zumaran Burga (Peru).

[edit] Special awards

• Congeniality: Sophia Titus (Trinidad & Tobago)
• Photogenic: Maribel Fernandez Garcia (Costa Rica)
• National Costume: Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan (India)

[edit] Contestants

Argentina – Delia Stella Maria Muslo  Aruba – Mariana Margarita Tromp  Australia – Beverly Frances Pinder  Austria – Doris Elizabeth Anwander  Bahamas – Dulcie Louise Millings  Barbados – Judy Margot Miller  Belgium – Françoise Helene Julia Moens  Belize – Christina Margarita Ysaguirre  Bermuda – Madeline Francine Joell  Bolivia – Raquel Roca Kuikanaga Brazil – Suzana Araujo dos Santos  Canada – Andrea Leslie Eng  Chile – Marianne Muller Prieto Colombia – Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes  Costa Rica – Maribel Fernandez Garcia  Curaçao – Solange Abigail de Castro  Denmark – Anita Heske Dominican Republic – Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar  Ecuador – Mabel Ceballos Sangster  El Salvador – Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro  England – Beverly Isherwood  Finland – Seija Kaarina Paakkola France – Brigitte Konjovic Germany – Eva Marie Gabrielle Gottschalk  Greece – Marieta Kountouraki  Guam – Mary Lois Sampson  Guatemala – Claudia Maria Iriarte  Holland – Karen Ingrid Gustafsson  Honduras – Olimpia Velásquez Medina  Hong Kong – Winnie Chan Man-Yuk  Iceland – Anna Björk Edwards India – Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan  Ireland – Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez  Israel – Dorit Jellinek  Italy – Andreina Mazzoti  Japan – Hisako Manda  Korea – Jung-eun Shon

Lebanon – Reine Antoine Semaan  Lesotho – Joan Libuseng Khoali Malaysia – Yasmin Yussuf  Malta – Pauline Lewise Farrugia  Mexico – Alba Margarita Cervera Labat  Morocco – Majida Tazi  New Hebrides – Christine Spooner New Zealand – Jane Simmonds  Nicaragua – Claudia Herrera Cortes  Northern Mariana Islands – Julias Salas Concepcion  Norway – Jeanette Aarum  Panama – Diana Leticia Conte Vergara  Papua New Guinea – Angelyn Muta Tukana  Paraguay – Rosa Maria Duarte Melgarejo  Peru – Olga Roxana Zumaran Burga  Philippines – Jennifer Mitcheck Cortes Puerto Rico – Ada Cecilia Flores Perkins  Réunion – Evelyn Pongerand  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Gailene Collin  Samoa – Palepa Sio Tauliili  Scotland – Angela Mary Kate McLeod  Singapore – Annie Mei Ling Lee  South Africa – Margaret Gardiner Spain – Guillermina Ruiz Domenech  Sri Lanka – Dlirukshi Wimalasooriya  Suriname – Garrance Harriette Rustwijk Sweden – Cécilia Catharina Björnsdotter Rhode  Switzerland – Sylvia von Arx  Tahiti – Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo Thailand – Pornpit Sakornujit  Trinidad and Tobago – Sophia Titus  Turkey – Billur Lutfiye Bingol  Uruguay – Maria del Carmen da Rosa USA – Judi Lois Anderson Venezuela – Marisol Alfonso Marcano  Virgin Islands – Barbara Henderson  Wales – Elizabeth Ann Jones

[edit] External links

• Pageantopolis

• Jimmy's Pageant Page

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