Miss Universe 1975

Miss Universe 1975
Date 19 July 1975
Presenters Bob Barker
Venue National Gymnasium, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants 71
Placements 12
Debuts Belize, Mauritius, Micronesia, Samoa
Withdrawals Cyprus, Honduras, Portugal, Senegal, Surinam
Returns Denmark, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Morocco, Peru, South Africa
Winner Anne Marie Pohtamo
 Finland
Congeniality Christine Mary Jackson
 Trinidad & Tobago
Best National Costume Emy Elivia Abascal
 Guatemala
Photogenic Martha Echeverry
 Colombia
Summer Bartholomew
 U.S.A.

Miss Universe 1975 the 24th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1975 at the National Gymnasium in San Salvador, El Salvador. Anne Marie Pohtamo won the title for Finland, thus making her the second Finnish woman to win the Miss Universe crown after Armi Kuusela, who was the first Miss Universe winner, in 1952. After Spain's Amparo Munoz resigned the previous year, her successor was crowned by Miss Universe 1972, Kerry Anne Wells of Australia.

The political backdrop to the 1975 Miss Universe pageant was not a happy one, however. According to the New York Times, August 5, "while a worldwide television audience saw El Salvador’s sunny beaches before the “Miss Universe” finals July 19, off-camera heavily armed troops were called out to halt demonstrations by students protesting the Government’s expenditure of $1-million on the contest". Protests took place in Santa Ana and San Salvador. Again, from the NY Times: "According to the military Government, which contended that the march was part of a “Communist plot”, one person was killed, five wounded, and 11 arrested. But according to the students, at least 12 persons were killed, 20 wounded, and 40 arrested".[1]

Results

Participating Nations and Results

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1975
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
  •  Sweden - Catharina Sjödahl
4th runner-up
Semi-finalists

Special awards

Awards Contestant
Best National Costume
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic

Order of announcements

Top 12

  1. Haiti
  2. Finland
  3. El Salvador
  4. Colombia
  5. Philippines
  6. England
  7. Japan
  8. Israel
  9. Ireland
  10. Brazil
  11. Sweden
  12. U.S.A.

Top 5

  1. Finland
  2. Haiti
  3. U.S.A.
  4. Philippines
  5. Sweden

Judges

Contestants

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World
Miss International
Miss Teenage Intercontinental
  • 1975:  Samoa - Darlene Schwenke (Best National Costume)
Miss Young International
  • 1971:  Iceland - Helga Eldon Jonsdóttir (Semi-finalist)
  • 1974:  Singapore - Sally Tan
Reinado Internacional del Café
  • 1975:  Paraguay - Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira
Maja Internacional
  • 1974:  Costa Rica - Maria De Los Angeles Picado Gonzalez
Miss Ambar del Mundo
  • 1977:  Panama - Anina Horta Torrijos (Semi-finalist)
Miss Europe
  • 1976:  Scotland - Mary Kirkwood (4th runner-up, Miss Photogenic, Miss Elegance)
Miss Asia
  • 1975:  Samoa - Darlene Schwenke (3rd runner-up)
  • 1976:  Malaysia - Alice Cheong
Queen of the Pacific
  • 1974:  Indonesia - Lydia Arlini Wahab (Miss Crowning Glory)
  • 1975:  Canada - Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell (Miss Personality)
  • 1975:  Samoa - Darlene Schwenke
Miss Oktoberfest

Other notes

References

  1. ↑ "Unrest Growing in El Salvador: Demonstrations Put Down After Protest Against Beauty Contest", New York Times, August 5, 1975.
  2. ↑ Asamblea Legislitiva: Carmen Elena Figueroa
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