Miss Universe 1972

Miss Universe 1972
Date	29 July 1972
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Cerromar Beach Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	61
Placements	12
Debuts	Iraq, Zaire
Withdrawals	Lebanon, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia
Returns	Chile, Denmark, El Salvador, Hong Kong, Paraguay
Winner	Kerry Anne Wells  Australia

Miss Universe 1972, the 21st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 29 July 1972 at the Cerromar Beach Hotel in Dorado, Puerto Rico. Kerry Anne Wells earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown. Georgina Rizk of Lebanon, was not allowed to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attack. Such fears were triggered when, two months prior to the pageant, bombings occurred outside the hotel in which Miss USA, Tanya Wilson, was then staying. In addition, a group of Japanese hired by Arab terrorists, attacked the international airport in Tel Aviv and killed twenty-two Puerto Rican tourists. The Puerto Ricans were en route to the Holy Land when the massacre occurred. Lebanon did not compete in 1972 and Georgina could not be there to crown Miss Universe 1972. Wells was crowned by Miss Universe 1970, Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico and Miss Universe 1971 1st Runner-Up Toni Rayward. The Host was Bob Barker who would begin a 35 Year run as host of The Price Is Right more than 5 weeks later on CBS.

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1972	Australia - Kerry Anne Wells
1st runner-up	Brazil - Rejane Costa †
2nd runner-up	Venezuela - María Antonieta Cámpoli
3rd runner-up	Israel - Ilana Goren
4th runner-up	England - Jennifer McAdam
Semi-finalists	Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger  Germany - Heidemarie Weber  India - Roopa Satyan  Japan - Harumi Maeda  Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero  Philippines - Armi Barbara Crespo  USA - Tanya Wilson

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Zaire - Ombayi Mukuta
Miss Photogenic	Belgium - Anne Marie Roger
Best National Costume	Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti

Order of announcements

Top 12 England Brazil Japan Venezuela Australia Peru Belgium U.S.A. Israel Germany Philippines India

Top 5 Australia England Venezuela Israel Brazil

Judges

Edilson Cid Varela Mapita Cortez Kiyoshi Hara Sylvia Hitchcock - Miss Universe 1967 from USA Kurt Jurgen Jean-Louis Lindican

Lynn Redgrave Line Renaud Arnold Scaasi Fred Williamson Earl Wilson

Contestants

Argentina - Norma Elena Dudik  Aruba - Ivonne Dirksz  Australia - Kerry Anne Wells  Austria - Uschi Pacher  Bahamas - Deborah Jane Taylor  Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger  Bermuda - Helen Brown  Bolivia - María Alicia Vargas Vásquez  Brazil - Rejane Vieira Costa †  Canada - Bonny Brady  Chile - Consuelo Fernández de Olivares  Colombia - María Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio  Costa Rica - Vicki Ross González  Curaçao - Ingrid Prade  Denmark - Marianne Schmidt  Dominican Republic - Ivonne Butler  Ecuador - Susana Castro Jaramillo  El Salvador - Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramírez  England - Jennifer Mary McAdam  Finland - Maj-Len Eriksson †  France - Claudine Cassereau  Germany - Heidemarie Renate Weber  Greece - Nansy Kapetanaki  Guam - Patricia Alvarez  Holland - Jenny Ten Wolde  Honduras - Doris Alicia Roca Pagan  Hong Kong - Rita Leung  Iceland - María Kristín Jóhannesdóttir  India - Roopa Satyan  Iraq - Wijdan Burhan El-Deen Sulyman  Ireland - Maree McGlinchey

Israel - Ilana Goren  Italy - Isabela Specia  Jamaica - Grace Marilyn Wright  Japan - Harumi Maeda  Korea - Park Yeon-joo  Luxembourg - Anita Heck  Malaysia - Helen Looi  Malta - Doris Abdilla  Mexico - María del Carmen Orozco Quibriera  New Zealand - Kristine Dayle Allen  Norway - Liv Hanche Olsen  Paraguay - María Stela Volpe Martínez  Peru - Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti  Philippines - Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo  Portugal - Iris Maria Rosario Dos Santos  Puerto Rico - Bárbara Torres  Scotland - Elizabeth Joan Stevely  Singapore - Jacqueline Hong  Spain - María del Carmen Muñoz Castañón  Surinam - Carmen Cerna Muntslag  Sweden - Britt Marie Johansson   Switzerland - Anneliese Weber  Thailand - Nipapat Sudsiri  Turkey - Neslihan Sunay  Uruguay - Christina Moller  USA - Tanya Wilson  Venezuela - María Antonieta Cámpoli Prisco  Virgin Islands - Carol Krieger  Wales - Eileen Darroch  Zaire - Ombayi Mukuta

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1971:  Malta - Doris Abdilla 1972:  Austria - Uschi Pacher (3rd runner-up) 1972:  England - Jennifer Mary McAdam (6th runner-up, as  United Kingdom) 1972:  Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger 1972:  Germany - Heidemarie Renate Weber 1972:  Bermuda - Helen Brown 1972:  Canada - Bonny Brady 1972:  Costa Rica - Vicki Ross González 1972:  France - Claudine Cassereau 1972:  New Zealand - Kristine Dayle Allen Miss International 1971:  Malta - Doris Abdilla 1972:  Canada - Bonny Brady 1972:   Switzerland - Anneliese Weber 1972:  Uruguay - Christina Moller Reinado Internacional del Café 1973:  El Salvador - Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramírez Miss Asia 1973:  Malaysia - Helen Looi

Miss Europe 1972:  Austria - Uschi Pacher (2nd runner-up) 1972:  England - Jennifer Mary McAdam (4th runner-up) 1972:  Belgium - Anne-Marie Roger 1972:  Denmark - Marianne Schmidt 1972:  Finland - Maj-Len Eriksson 1972:  France - Claudine Cassereau 1972:  Holland - Jenny Ten Wolde 1972:  Norway - Liv Hanche Olsen 1972:  Portugal - Iris Maria Rosario Dos Santos 1972:  Scotland - Elizabeth Joan Stevely 1972:  Spain - María del Carmen Muñoz Castañón Miss Scandinavia 1973:  Finland - Maj-Len Eriksson (3rd runner-up) 1973:  Denmark - Marianne Schmidt (4th runner-up) 1973:  Norway - Liv Hanche Olsen Queen of the Pacific 1973:  Canada - Bonny Brady 1973:  Singapore - Jacqueline Hong

External links

• Miss Universe official website
• Judges