Miss Universe 1978
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| Miss Universe 1978 | |
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| File:Margaret Gardiner, Miss Universe 1978, TV Magazine.jpg | |
| Date | 24 July 1978 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment |
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| Venue | Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico |
| Broadcaster | CBS (international) Televisa (official broadcaster) |
| Entrants | 75 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Margaret Gardiner South Africa |
| Congeniality | Sophia Titus (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| Best National Costume | Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan (India) |
| Photogenic | Maribel Fernández (Costa Rica) |
Miss Universe 1978 was the 27th Miss Universe pageant, held on 24 July 1978 at the Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco in Acapulco, Mexico. It was the first time in the pageant's history that the event was held in Mexico. Margaret Gardiner of South Africa was crowned by Janelle Commissiong of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event. This is the first time South Africa won the pageant.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1978 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 12 |
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Judges
The following celebrities judged the final competition:[1]
- Christiane Martel – Miss Universe 1953 from France
- Dewi Sukarno – Japanese socialite and former first lady of Indonesia
- David Merrick – Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer
- Line Renaud – French singer and actress
- Miloš Forman – Film director from Czechoslovakia
- Ursula Andress – Swiss actress and sex symbol of the 1960s
- Melba Moore – American singer
- Roberto Cavalli – Italian fashion designer
- Wilhelmina Cooper – Founder of Wilhelmina Models
- Anna Moffo – American opera singer
- Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" – Mexican comedian and stage and film actor
Contestants
- File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa – Palepa Sio Tauliili
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina – Delia Stella Maris Muñoz
- File:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba – Margarita Marieta Tromp
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia – Beverly Frances Pinder
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria – Doris Elizabeth Anwander
- File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas – Dulcie Louise Millings
- File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados – Judy Margot Miller
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium – Françoise Hélène Julia Moens
- File:Flag of British Honduras (1919–1981).svg Belize – Christina Margarita Ysaguirre
- File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda – Madeline Francine Joell
- File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia – Raquel Roca Kuikanaga
- File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Bonaire – Corinne Rosseley Hernandez
- File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil – Suzana Araújo dos Santos
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada – Andrea Leslie Eng
- File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile – Marianne Müller Prieto
- File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia – Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes
- File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica – Maribel Fernández García
- File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Curaçao – Solange Abigail de Castro
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark – Anita Heske
- File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic – Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar
- File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador – Mabel Ceballos Sangster
- File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador – Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro
- File:Flag of England.svg England – Beverly Isherwood
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland – Seija Kaarina Paakkola
- File:Flag of France.svg France – Brigitte Konjovic
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany – Eva Marie Gabrielle Gottschalk
- File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece – Marieta Kountouraki
- File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam – Mary Lois Sampson
- File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala – Claudia María Iriarte
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland – Karen Ingrid Gustafsson
- File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras – Olimpia Velásquez Medina
- File:Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997).svg Hong Kong – Winnie Chan Man-Yuk
- File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland – Anna Björk Edwards
- File:Flag of India.svg India – Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan
- File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland – Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel – Dorit Jellinek
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy – Andreina Mazzoti
- File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan – Hisako Manda
- File:Flag of South Korea (1948–1949).svg Korea – Jung-eun Shon
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon – Reine Antoine Semaan
- File:Flag of Lesotho (1966–1987).svg Lesotho – Joan Libuseng Khoali
- File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia – Yasmin Yusoff
- File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta – Pauline Lewise Farrugia
- File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico – Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco – Majida Tazi
- File:Flag of New Hebrides.svg New Hebrides – Christine Spooner
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand – Jane Simmonds
- File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua – Claudia Herrera Cortés
- File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands – Julias Salas Concepción
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway – Jeanette Aarum
- File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama – Diana Leticia Conte Vergara
- File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea – Angelyn Muta Tukana
- File:Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay – Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo
- File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru – Olga Roxana Zumarán Tapullima
- File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines – Jennifer Mitschek Cortez
- File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico – Ada Cecilia Flores Perkins †
- File:Flag of France.svg Réunion – Evelyn Pongerand
- File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland – Angela Mary Kate McLeod
- File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore – Annie Mei Ling Lee
- File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa – Margaret Gardiner
- File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg Spain – Guillermina Ruiz Domenech
- File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka – Dlirukshi Wimalasooriya
- File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1907-1979).svg Saint Vincent – Gailene Collin
- File:Flag of Suriname.svg Surinam – Garrance Harriette Rustwijk
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden – Cécilia Rodhe
- File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland – Sylvia von Arx
- France Tahiti – Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo
- File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand – Pornpit Sakornvijit
- File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago – Sophia Titus
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey – Billur Lutfiye Bingol
- File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay – María del Carmen da Rosa
- File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States – Judi Lois Andersen
- File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg Venezuela – Marisol Alfonzo Marcano
- File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands – Barbara Henderson
- File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales – Elizabeth Ann Jones
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References
- ↑ "Once More... Who's the Fairest". Los Angeles Times. July 24, 1978. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2011.