Miss Universe 1979

Miss Universe 1979
Date	20 July 1979
Presenters	Bob Barker, Helen O'Connell, Jayne Kennedy
Entertainment	Donny Osmond
Venue	Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	75
Placements	12
Debuts	Bophuthatswana, Fiji, Transkei
Withdrawals	Bonaire, Curaçao, Lebanon, Lesotho, New Hebrides, Nicaragua, Samoa
Returns	Antigua, British Virgin Islands, St. Kitts, Portugal
Winner	Maritza Sayalero  Venezuela
Congeniality	Yurika Kuroda  Japan
Best National Costume	Elizabeth Busti  Uruguay
Photogenic	Carolyn Seaward  England

Miss Universe 1979, the 28th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 20 July 1979 at the Perth Entertainment Centre in Perth, Australia. Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela crowned by Margaret Gardiner of South Africa. This is the first time Venezuela won the pageant.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 1979	Venezuela - Maritza Sayalero
1st runner-up	Bermuda - Gina Ann Swainson
2nd runner-up	England - Carolyn Ann Seaward
3rd runner-up	Brazil - Martha Jussara da Costa
4th runner-up	Sweden - Anette Marie Ekström
Semi-finalists	South Africa - Veronika Wilson  Belize - Sarita Diana Acosta  U.S.A. - Mary Therese Friel  Germany - Andrea Hontschik †  Scotland - Lorraine Davidson  Argentina - Adriana Virginia Álvarez  Wales - Janet Beverly Hobson

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Best National Costume	Uruguay - Elizabeth Busti  Brazil - Martha Jussara da Costa  South Africa - Veronica Wilson
Miss Congeniality	Japan - Yurika Kuroda
Miss Photogenic	England - Carolyn Seaward

Semi-final scores

Delegate Preliminary Average Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Semifinal Average  Venezuela 8.461 (1) 9.362 (1) 9.135 (1) 9.416 (1) 9.305 (1)  Bermuda 7.578 (9) 8.872 (2) 9.027 (2) 9.100 (2) 9.000 (2)  England 8.227 (2) 8.671 (3) 8.591 (4) 8.936 (3) 8.733 (3)  Brazil 7.715 (5) 8.509 (4) 8.764 (3) 8.818 (4) 8.697 (4)  Sweden 7.800 (4) 8.300 (5) 8.127 (7) 8.409 (6) 8.279 (5)  South Africa 8.103 (3) 7.918 (10) 8.330 (5) 8.454 (5) 8.234 (6)  Belize 7.654 (7) 8.118 (7) 8.279 (6) 8.118 (10) 8.172 (7)  U.S.A. 7.676 (6) 8.100 (8) 7.709 (12) 8.335 (7) 8.048 (8)  Germany 7.542 (10) 8.125 (6) 7.882 (10) 8.118 (10) 8.042 (9)  Scotland 7.609 (8) 7.764 (11) 8.118 (8) 8.218 (8) 8.033 (10)  Argentina 7.515 (11) 8.009 (9) 8.045 (9) 8.021 (12) 8.025 (11)  Wales 7.345 (12) 7.380 (12) 7.818 (11) 8.150 (9) 7.783 (12)

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Third runner-up      Fourth runner-up      Top 12 semi-finalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Preliminary swimsuit scores

8.673 Venezuela 8.382 England 8.218 South Africa 7.936 Belize 7.899 Sweden 7.791 Wales 7.773 Brazil 7.600 Uruguay 7.591 Singapore 7.582 Austria 7.564 Scotland 7.536 Germany 7.491 Holland 7.455 Portugal 7.445 Bermuda 7.418 Réunion 7.418 Spain 7.409 Peru 7.400 Switzerland

7.373 U.S.A. 7.173 France 7.141 Hong Kong 7.127 Australia 7.127 St. Vincent 7.077 Finland 6.991 Denmark 6.945 Colombia 6.936 Argentina 6.873 Costa Rica 6.845 Mexico 6.818 Canada 6.809 Bophuthatswana 6.800 Japan 6.736 Dominican Republic 6.727 New Zealand 6.718 Ireland 6.718 Sri Lanka 6.655 Malta

6.636 Norway 6.627 Chile 6.563 Trinidad & Tobago 6.555 Barbados 6.545 Israel 6.545 Puerto Rico 6.536 Honduras 6.518 Malaysia 6.473 Surinam 6.439 Korea 6.427 Philippines 6.409 Guatemala 6.309 Turkey 6.291 Thailand 6.286 Paraguay 6.209 Belgium 6.155 Bolivia 6.127 Greece 6.118 Iceland

6.109 Guam 6.091 El Salvador 6.082 India 6.068 Italy 6.064 Aruba 5.982 Bahamas 5.882 Tahiti 5.791 Ecuador 5.727 Panama 5.727 U.S. Virgin Islands 5.641 Northern Marianas 5.591 Transkei 5.582 Antigua 5.582 Fiji 5.545 Mauritius 5.364 British Virgin Islands 5.355 Papua New Guinea 5.328 St. Kitts

Order of announcements

Top 12 Wales Bermuda Brazil South Africa U.S.A. Belize Argentina England Germany Scotland Venezuela Sweden

Top 5 Venezuela Sweden Bermuda England Brazil

Judges

Ita Buttrose Lana Cantrell Yves Cornassiere Don Galloway Apasra Hongsakula - Miss Universe 1965 from Thailand Julio Iglesias

Tony Martin Robin Moore Rossana Podestà Anne Marie Pohtamo - Miss Universe 1975 from Finland Constance Towers

Contestants

Antigua – Elsie Maynard  Argentina – Adriana Virginia Álvarez  Aruba – Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez  Australia – Kerry Dunderdale  Austria – Karin Zorn  Bahamas – Lolita Louise Ambrister  Barbados – Barbara Bradshaw  Belgium – Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau  Belize – Sarita Diana Acosta  Bermuda – Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson  Bolivia – María Luisa Rendón  Bophuthatswana – Alina Moeketse  Brazil – Martha Jussara da Costa  British Virgin Islands – Eartha Ferdinand  Canada – Heidi Quiring  Chile – María Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister  Colombia – Ana Milena Parra Turbay  Costa Rica – Carla Facio Franco  Denmark – Lone Gladys Joergensen  Dominican Republic – Viena Elizabeth García Javier  Ecuador – Margarita Plaza  El Salvador – Judith Ivette López Lagos  England – Carolyn Ann Seaward  Fiji – Tanya Whiteside  Finland – Päivi Uitto  France – Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera  Germany – Andrea Hontschik †  Greece – Katia Koukidou  Guam – Marie Cruz  Guatemala – Michelle Marie Domínguez Santos  Holland – Eunice Bharatsingh  Honduras – Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves  Hong Kong – Olivia Chang Man-Ai  Iceland – Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir  India – Swaroop Sampat  Ireland – Lorraine Marion O'Conner  Israel – Vered Polgar  Italy – Elvira Puglisi

Japan – Yurika Kuroda  Korea – Jae-hwa Seo  Malaysia – Irene Wong Sun Ching  Malta – Dian Borg Bartolo  Mauritius – Marie Chanea Allard  Mexico – Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda  New Zealand – Andrea Karke  Northern Marianas – Barbara Torres  Norway – Unni Margrethe Öglaend  Panama – Yahel Cecile Dolande  Papua New Guinea – Molly Misbut  Paraguay – Patricia Lohman Bernie  Peru – Jacqueline Brahm  Philippines – Criselda "Dang" Flores Cecilio  Portugal – Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia  Puerto Rico – Teresa López  Réunion – Isabelle Jacquemart  St. Kitts – Cheryl Chaderton  St. Vincent – June de Nobriga  Scotland – Lorraine Davidson  Singapore – Elaine Tan Kim Lian  South Africa – Veronica Wilson  Spain – Gloria María Valenciano Rijo  Sri Lanka – Vidyahari Vanigasooriya  Surinam – Sergine Lieuw-A-Len  Sweden – Annette Marie Ekström   Switzerland – Birgit Krahl Tahiti – Fabienne Tapare  Thailand – Wongduan Kerdpoom  Transkei – Lindiwe Bam  Trinidad & Tobago – Marie Noelle Diaz  Turkey – Fusin Tahire Dermitan  Uruguay – Elizabeth Busti  U.S.A. – Mary Therese Friel  U.S. Virgin Islands – Linda Torres  Venezuela – Maritza Sayalero  Wales – Janet Beverly Hobson

Notes

Crossovers

Miss World 1975:  Iceland - Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir 1978:  Spain - Gloria María Valenciano Rijo (4th runner-up) 1978:  St. Vincent – June de Nobriga 1978:  Ireland - Lorraine Marion O'Conner 1979:  Bermuda - Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson (Winner) 1979:  England - Carolyn Ann Seaward (1st runner-up, as  United Kingdom) 1979:  Austria - Karin Zorn (6th runner-up, Miss Photogenic) 1979:  Germany - Andrea Hontschik (Semi-finalist) 1979:  Belgium - Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau 1979:  Denmark - Lone Gladys Joergensen 1979:  El Salvador - Judith Ivette López Lagos 1979:  France - Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera 1979:  Guatemala - Michelle Marie Domínguez Santos 1979:  Honduras - Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves 1979:  Mauritius - Marie Chanea Allard Miss International 1979:  Ireland - Lorraine Marion O'Conner 1979:  Norway - Unni Margrethe Öglaend 1980:  Scotland - Lorraine Davidson (as  Britain) 1980:  France - Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera (Semi-finalist, Miss Photogenic) Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1976:   Switzerland - Birgit Krahl (Miss Photogenic)

Miss Young International 1980:  Wales - Janet Beverly Hobson (as  Britain) Miss Europe 1980:  Austria - Karin Zorn (winner) 1980:  Belgium - Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau (1st runner-up) 1980:  Germany - Andrea Hontschik (Semi-finalist) 1980:  Denmark - Lone Gladys Joergensen 1980:  Finland - Päivi Uitto 1980:  France - Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera (Miss Elegance) 1980:  Scotland - Lorraine Davidson 1980:   Switzerland - Birgit Krahl 1980:  Wales - Janet Beverly Hobson Miss Scandinavia 1979:  Iceland - Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir 1980:  Sweden - Annette Marie Ekström (2nd runner-up) 1980:  Finland - Päivi Uitto (3rd runner-up) 1980:  Denmark - Lone Gladys Joergensen 1980:  Norway - Unni Margrethe Öglaend Maja Internacional 1979:  Dominican Republic - Viena Elizabeth García Javier (4th runner-up) Miss Asia 1979:  Papua New Guinea - Molly Misbut (Miss Friendship)

External links

• Pageantopolis - Miss Universe 1979
• Beauty pageants Worldwide