Miss International 1972

Miss International 1972
Date	October 6, 1972
Presenters	Byron Palmer
Venue	Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	47
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Bahamas, Bermuda, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Yugoslavia
Returns	Costa Rica, Greece, Hawaii, Malaysia, Singapore, Ceylon, Tahiti, Turkey
Winner	Linda Hooks  Britain
Congeniality	Miriam López  Puerto Rico

Miss International 1972, the 12th edition of Miss International, was held on October 6, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan. Delegates from 47 countries competed. Linda Hooks representing Britain won the country's second title by outgoing titleholder, Jane Cheryl Hansen from New Zealand.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1972	Britain - Linda Hooks
1st runner-up	Australia - Christine Nola Clark
2nd runner-up	Philippines - Yolanda Adriatico Dominguez
3rd runner-up	Brazil - Jane Vieira Macambira
4th runner-up	United States - Lindsay Diane Bloom
Semi-finalists	Argentina - Adriana Graciela Martin  Colombia - Lamia El Kouri Chaia  Finland - Tarja Annikki Leskinen  France - Suzanne Angly  Germany - Brigitte Burfino  Ireland - Katherine Talbot  Japan - Yuko Tamehisa  Portugal - Gilda Isabel Abreu  Turkey - Hulya Ercan  Venezuela - Marilyn Plessman Martínez

Contestants

Argentina - Adriana Graciela Martin  Australia - Christine Nola Clark  Austria - Brigitt Matzak Von Goricke  Belgium - Caroline A Devienne  Bolivia - Leticia Brunn Aguilera  Brazil - Jane Vieira Macambira  Britain - Linda Hooks  Canada - Bonny Brady  Chile - Pamela Virginia Santibáñez Berg  Colombia - Lamia El Kouri Chaia  Costa Rica - Isabel Amador Zamora  Denmark - Gitte Mogensen  Ecuador - Lucia del Carmen Fernández Avellaneda  Finland - Tarja Annikki Leskinen  France - Suzanne Angly  Germany - Brigitte Burfino  Greece - Neti Fasouli  Guam - Edna Maria Quintanilla  Hawaii - Allison John  Holland - Monica Strotmann  Iceland - Kolbrun Sveinsdóttir  India - Indira Muthanna  Ireland - Katherine Talbot  Italy - Rita Pistolozzi

Japan - Yuko Tamehisa  Korea - Suh Ae-ja  Luxembourg - Lydia Thilgen  Malaysia - Francesca Lee Mei Fung  Malta - Dolores Abdilla  Mexico - Margarita Julia Martinez  New Zealand - Janice Dawn Walker  Nicaragua - Connie Anne Ballantyne Sequeira  Norway - Vigdis Thire  Philippines - Yolanda "Yogi" Adriatico Dominguez  Portugal - Gilda Isabel Abreu  Puerto Rico - Miriam López  Singapore - May Tan  Spain - Gloria Puyol Toledo  Sri Lanka - Damayanthi Gunewardena  Sweden - Eva Andersson   Switzerland - Anneliese Weber  Tahiti - Moea Arapari  Thailand - Sarinya Thattavorn  Turkey - Hulya Ercan  Uruguay - Christina Moller  United States - Lindsay Diane Bloom  Venezuela - Marilyn Plessman Martínez

Notes

Did not compete

•  Israel - Ronit Gafni
•  Lebanon

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss International 1972