Miss Universe 1980

Miss Universe 1980
Date July 8, 1980
Presenters Bob Barker, Helen O'Connell and Jayne Kennedy
Entertainment Donny Osmond
Venue Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants 69
Placements 12
Debuts Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos
Withdraws Antigua, Barbados, Bophuthatswana, El Salvador, Fiji, Mauritius, Portugal, South Africa, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Surinam, Transkei
Returns Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, St. Maarten
Winner Shawn Weatherly
United States USA
Congeniality Dealia Devon Walter
 Cayman Islands
Best National Costume Sangeeta Motilal Bijlani
 India
Photogenic Diana Delyse Nottle
 New Zealand
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1980, the 29th Miss Universe pageant was held at Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea on July 8, 1980. 20-year-old Shawn Weatherly of USA was crowned as Miss Universe 1980. She was crowned by Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela. Sixty-nine contestants competed in this year.

Results

Placements

Final ResultsContestant
Miss Universe 1980
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
  •  Sweden - Eva Birgitta Andersson
Top 12

Semifinal Scores

Country Preliminary Average Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Semifinal Average
 USA 8.480 (1) 8.317 (1) 8.718 (1) 8.883 (1) 8.640 (1)
 New Zealand 7.885 (2) 8.283 (2) 8.400 (2) 8.400 (3) 8.361 (2)
 Sweden 7.572 (8) 8.208 (3) 8.250 (4) 8.346 (4) 8.268 (3)
 Philippines 7.662 (5) 8.120 (4) 8.033 (6) 8.433 (2) 8.196 (4)
 Scotland 7.785 (3) 8.036 (5) 8.273 (3) 8.267 (5) 8.192 (5)
 Canada 7.711 (4) 7.992 (6) 8.200 (5) 8.100 (6) 8.097 (6)
 Puerto Rico 7.598 (7) 7.850 (7) 7.892 (8) 7.867 (10) 7.870 (7)
 Iceland 7.636 (6) 7.675 (10) 7.942 (7) 7.933 (9) 7.850 (8)
 South Korea 7.525 (11) 7.658 (11) 7.750 (10) 7.967 (8) 7.792 (9)
 Colombia 7.531 (10) 7.789 (8) 7.729 (12) 7.842 (11) 7.787 (10)
 Panama 7.514 (12) 7.713 (9) 7.742 (11) 7.825 (12) 7.760 (11)
 Tahiti 7.566 (9) 6.957 (12) 7.858 (9) 8.067 (7) 7.627 (12)
     Winner
     First Runner-up
     Second Runner-up
     Third Runner-up
     Fourth Runner-up
     Top 12 Semifinalist
(#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award Contestant
Best National Costume
  •  India - Sangeeta Motilal Bijlani
  •  France - Brigitte Choquet
  •  Japan - Hisae Hiyama
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic

Order of announcements

Top 12

  1. Scotland
  2. Sweden
  3. Puerto Rico
  4. New Zealand
  5. Panama
  6. Korea
  7. Canada
  8. Tahiti
  9. Colombia
  10. USA
  11. Philippines
  12. Iceland

Top 5

Sejong Center in Seoul.
  1. Sweden
  2. USA
  3. Philippines
  4. Scotland
  5. New Zealand

Contestants

Preliminary Swimsuit Scores

  • 8.359 USA
  • 7.750 New Zealand
  • 7.745 Scotland
  • 7.614 Canada
  • 7.608 Iceland
  • 7.602 Argentina
  • 7.572 Brazil
  • 7.554 Ireland
  • 7.554 Tahiti
  • 7.545 Germany
  • 7.473 Holland
  • 7.468 England
  • 7.468 Guatemala
  • 7.455 Venezuela
  • 7.453 Panama
  • 7.445 Puerto Rico
  • 7.443 Norway
  • 7.425 Colombia
  • 7.425 Wales
  • 7.408 Philippines
  • 7.354 Denmark
  • 7.322 Thailand
  • 7.314 India
  • 7.253 Sweden
  • 7.177 Korea
  • 7.149 Dominican Republic
  • 7.127 Greece
  • 7.089 Bermuda
  • 7.068 Uruguay
  • 7.066 Trinidad & Tobago
  • 7.036 Spain
  • 7.018 Japan
  • 7.003 Peru
  • 6.998 Austria
  • 6.924 Costa Rica
  • 6.921 Hong Kong
  • 6.918 Switzerland
  • 6.909 Australia
  • 6.902 Ecuador
  • 6.877 Mexico
  • 6.872 Israel
  • 6.866 Bolivia
  • 6.865 Guadeloupe
  • 6.838 Singapore
  • 6.818 Réunion
  • 6.817 Belgium
  • 6.759 U.S. Virgin Islands
  • 6.757 Paraguay
  • 6.750 Honduras
  • 6.749 Sri Lanka
  • 6.743 France
  • 6.740 Turkey
  • 6.736 Chile
  • 6.686 Italy
  • 6.684 Malta
  • 6.662 Indonesia
  • 6.659 Cayman Islands
  • 6.656 Aruba
  • 6.638 Finland
  • 6.618 Curaçao
  • 6.591 Turks & Caicos Islands
  • 6.584 Bahamas
  • 6.582 Northern Mariana Islands
  • 6.567 Malaysia
  • 6.557 Guam
  • 6.544 Belize
  • 6.538 St. Maarten
  • 6.466 Papua New Guinea
  • 6.401 British Virgin Islands

Panel of Judges

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