Miss Universe 1979

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Miss Universe 1979 was held at Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia on July 19, 1979. Maritza Sayalero earned Venezuela's first Miss Universe crown. First runner-up Gina Swainson would go on to win the rival Miss World pageant later in the year. Seventy-five contestants competed in the 1979 Miss Universe Pageant.

Contents 1 Judges 2 Results 2.1 Special awards 3 Contestants 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Judges

The judges were:

• Julio Iglesias - singer
• Rossana Podestà - Italian actress
• Don Galloway - American actor
• Constance Towers - American singer/actress
• Yves Cornassiere
• Anne Marie Pohtamo - Miss Universe 1975
• Lana Cantrell - Australian singer
• Robin Moore - author/actor
• Ita Buttrose - Australian journalist/magazine editor
• Tony Martin - singer/actor
• Apasra Hongsakula - Miss Universe 1965

[edit] Results

• Miss Universe 1979: Maritza Sayalero Fernandez (Venezuela).
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson (Bermuda)
  • 2nd runner-up: Carolyn Ann Seaward (England)
  • 3rd runner-up: Martha Jussara da Costa (Brazil)
  • 4th runner-up: Annette Marie Ekström (Sweden)
• The delegates who made in the top twelve are: Adriana Virginia Alvarez (Argentina), Sarita Diana Acosta (Belize), Andrea Hontschik (Germany), Lorraine Davidson (Scotland), Veronika Wilson (South Africa), Mary Therese Friel (USA) and Janet Beverly Hobson (Wales).

[edit] Special awards

• Congeniality: Yurika Kuroda (Japan)
• Photogenic: Carolyn Ann Seaward (England)
• National Costume: Elizabeth Busti (Uruguay)

[edit] Contestants

Antigua – Elsie Maynard  Argentina – Adriana Virginia Alvarez  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 – Maria Luisa Rendon  Bophuthatswana – Alina Moeketse Brazil – Martha Jussara da Costa  British Virgin Islands – Eartha Ferdinand  Canada – Heidi Quiring  Chile – Maria Cecilia Serrano 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 Lopez 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 Dominguez 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 Kake  Northern Mariana Islands – Barbara Torres  Norway – Unni Margrethe Öglaend  Panama – Yahel Cecile Dolande  Papua New Guinea – Molly Misbut  Paraguay – Patricia Lohman Bernie  Peru – Jacqueline Brahm  Philippines – Criselda Flores Cecilio  Portugal – Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia Puerto Rico – Teresa Lopez  Réunion – Isabelle Jacquemart  Saint Kitts and Nevis – Terriette Teridsen  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – June de Nobriga  Scotland – Lorraine Davidson  Singapore – Elaine Tan Kim Lian  South Africa – Veronika Wilson Spain – Gloria Maria Valenciano Rijo  Sri Lanka – Vidyahari Vanigasooriya  Suriname – Sergine Lieuw-A-Len Sweden – Annette Marie Ekström  Switzerland – Birgit Krahl  Tahiti – Fabienne Tapare Thailand – Wongduan Kerdpoom  Transkei – Lindiwe Bam  Trinidad and Tobago – Marie Noelle Diaz  Turkey – Fusin Tahire Dermitan  Uruguay – Elizabeth Busti USA – Mary Therese Friel  United States Virgin Islands – Linda Torres Venezuela – Maritza Sayalero Fernandez  Wales – Janet Beverly Hobson

[edit] Trivia

• Bophuthatswana, Fiji, and Transkei competed in Miss Universe for the first time.
• Belize and Bermuda made the semi-finals for the first (and in Belize's case, only thus far) time. Bermuda placed 1st runner-up in Miss Universe and was also crowned as Miss World 1979 four months later.
• England, Scotland and Wales had made into the semi-finals in Miss Universe for the second time after 1976. England, however, placed as 2nd runner-up in Miss Universe. She also became the 1st runner-up in Miss World 1979 four months later, represented as Miss United Kingdom.
• Other than Bermuda and England, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mauritius also competed in Miss World four months later. Germany, Andrea Hontschik made into the semi-finals in both Miss Universe and Miss World at the same year. Austria's Karin Zorn made the semi-finals here and later the finals of Miss World that same year. She also won the award for Miss Photogenic in Miss World.
• 20 contestants involved in the collapse of part of the stage after contestants and news photographers rushed to the throne of the new Miss Universe. Costa Rica, Carla Facio Franco, and Philippines, Criselda Flores Cecilio, had suffered bruises. Malta, Dian Borg Bartolo, and Turkey, Fusin Tahire Dermitan, had leg injuries.

[edit] External links

• Pageantopolis Miss Universe 1979
• Jimmy's Pageant Page

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