MISS UNIVERSE 1972

Miss Universe 1972

1972 July 29

Cerromar Beach Hotel, Dorado PUR

61 participants

Results

1  AUSTRALIA  Kerry Anne Wells

2  BRAZIL  Rejane Vieira da Costa

3  VENEZUELA  Maria Antonietta Cámpoli Prisco

4  ISRAEL  Ilana Goren

5  ENGLAND  Jennifer Mary McAdam (4th RU Europe '72, 6th RU World '72)

Top 12

• BELGIUM  Anne-Marie Roger (Europe '72, World '72)
• GERMANY  Heidemarie Renate Weber (World '72)
• INDIA  Roopa Satyan
• JAPAN  Harumi Maeda
• PERU  Carmen Amelia Ampuero Mosquetti
• PHILIPPINES  Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo
• USA  Tanya Denise Wilson

Awards

Miss Amity  ZAIRE

Miss Photogenic  BELGIUM

Best National Costume  PERU

Remainder

• ARGENTINA  Norma Elena Dudik
• ARUBA  Ivonne Dirksz
• AUSTRIA  Ursula "Uschi" Pacher (3rd RU Europe '72, 3rd RU World '72)
• BAHAMAS  Deborah Jane Taylor
• BERMUDA  Helen Brown (World '72)
• BOLIVIA  Mara Alicia Vargas Vásquez
• CANADA  Bonny Brady (International '72, World '72, Queen of the Pacific '73)
• CHILE  Consuelo Fernández de Olivares
• COLOMBIA  Maria Luisa Lignarolo Martínez-Aparicio
• COSTA RICA  María Victoria "Vicki" Ross González (World '72)
• CURACAO  Ingrid Prade
• DENMARK  Marianne Schmidt (Europe '72)
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Ivonne Lucia Butler de los Montellanos
• ECUADOR  Susana Castro Jaramillo
• EL SALVADOR  Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramírez (Coffee '73)
• FINLAND  Maj-Len Linnea Eriksson (Europe '72 3rd RU Scandinavia '73)
• FRANCE  Claudine Cassereau (World '72, Europe '72)
• GREECE  Nancy Kapetanaki
• GUAM  Patricia Alvarez
• HOLLAND  Jenny Ten Wolde (Europe '72)
• HONDURAS  Doris Alicia Roca Pagán
• HONG KONG  Rita Leung Suet-Ling
• ICELAND  Maria Johannesdóttir
• IRAQ  Wijdan Burham El-Deen Sulyman
• IRELAND  Maree McGlinchey
• ITALY  Isabella Specia
• JAMAICA  Grace Marilyn Wright
• KOREA  Park Yeon-joo
• LUXEMBOURG  Anita Heck
• MALAYSIA  Helen Looi (Asia '73)
• MALTA  Doris Abdilla (International '71, World '71)
• MEXICO  María del Carmen Orozco Quibriera
• NEW ZEALAND  Kristine Dayle Allen (World '72)
• NORWAY  Liv Hanche Olsen (Europe '72)
• PARAGUAY  Maria Stela Volpe Martínez
• PORTUGAL  Iris Maria Rosário dos Santos (Europe '72)
• PUERTO RICO  Bárbara Torres Viñolo
• SCOTLAND  Elizabeth Joan Stevely (Europe '72)
• SINGAPORE  Jacqueline Hong Han Ghim (Queen of the Pacific '73)
• SPAIN  María del Carmen Muñoz Castañón (Europe '72)
• SURINAM  Carmen Cerna Muntslag
• SWEDEN  Britt Marie Johansson
• SWITZERLAND  Anneliese Weber (International '72)
• THAILAND  Nipaphat Sudsiri
• TURKEY  Neslihan Sunay
• URUGUAY  Christina Moller (International '72)
• VIRGIN ISLANDS  Carol Krieger
• WALES  Eileen Darroch
• ZAIRE  Ombayi Mukuta

Did not compete

• CYPRUS  
• LEBANON  Christiane Accaoui (not sent to Puerto Rico because of the terrorist attack at the Lod airport in 1971. The guerrillas had been trained in Southern Lebanon and most of the people killed were Puerto Rican tourists. The Lebanese government feared reprisals)
• TUNISIA  
• YUGOSLAVIA  (sick)