MISS UNIVERSE 1978

Miss Universe 1978

1978 July 24

Centro de Convenciones de Acapulco, Acapulco MEX

75 participants

Results

1  SOUTH AFRICA  Margaret Gardiner

2  USA  Judi Lois Andersen

3  SPAIN  Guillermina Ruiz Doménech (SF World '77, Europe '78)

4  COLOMBIA  Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes

5  SWEDEN  Cecilla Catharina Björnsdotter Rohde

Top 12

• BELGIUM  Françoise Helene Julia Moens (World '78, International '79)
• CHILE  Mary Anne Müller Prieto
• HOLLAND  Karin Ingrid Gustafsson (International '78)
• IRELAND  Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez (World '77, Europe '78, 4th RU International '78)
• ISRAEL  Dorit Jellinek
• MEXICO  Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat
• PERU  Olga Roxana Zumarán Burga (World '81)

Awards

Miss Amity  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  

Miss Photogenic  COSTA RICA  

Best National Costume  1) INDIA, 2) KOREA, 3) MALAYSIA

Miss Press  ARUBA

Remainder

• ARGENTINA  Delia Stella Maris Muñoz
• ARUBA  Margarita Marieta Tromp
• AUSTRALIA  Beverley Frances Pinder
• AUSTRIA  Doris Elizabeth Anwander (SF World '78)
• BAHAMAS  Dulcie Louise Mullings
• BARBADOS  Judy Margot Miller
• BELIZE  Christina Margarita Ysaguirre
• BERMUDA  Madeline Francine Joell (World '78)
• BOLIVIA  Raquel Roca Kuikunaga (Coffee '79)
• BONAIRE  Corinne Rosseley Hernandez
• BRAZIL  Suzana Araújo dos Santos
• CANADA  Andrea Leslie Eng
• COSTA RICA  Maribel Fernández García (SF World '78)
• CURACAO  Solange Abigail de Castro
• DENMARK  Anita Heske (Scandinavia '79)
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar (Coffee '79)
• ECUADOR  Mabel Ceballos Sangster (Teenage Intercontinental '77)
• EL SALVADOR  Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro (Teenage Intercontinental '78, SF Ambar '78, World '78)
• ENGLAND  Beverly Isherwood (International-Britain '79)
• FINLAND  Seija Kaarin Paakkola (2nd RU Scandinavia '79)
• FRANCE  Brigitte Konjovic
• GERMANY  Eva Marie Gabriele Gottschalk
• GREECE  Marieta Kountouraki
• GUAM  Mary Lois Sampson
• GUATEMALA  Claudia Maria Iriarte (2nd RU Coffee '79)
• HONDURAS  Olimpia Velásquez Medina (Coffee '79)
• HONG KONG  Winnie Chan Man-Yuk
• ICELAND  Anna Björk Edwards
• INDIA  Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan
• ITALY  Andreina Mazzotti
• JAPAN  Hisako Manda
• KOREA  Shon Jung-eun (real name: Shon Young-eun)
• LEBANON  Reine Antoine Semaan
• LESOTHO  Joan Libuseng Khoali
• MALAYSIA  Yasmin Yusuff
• MALTA  Pauline Lewise Farrugia (World '77)
• MOROCCO  Majida Tazi
• NEW HEBRIDES   Christine Spooner
• NEW ZEALAND  Jane Simmonds
• NICARAGUA  Claudia Herrera Cortés
• NORTHERN MARIANAS  Julias Salas Concepcion
• NORWAY  Jeanette Aarum (1st RU International '78, 4th RU Scandinavia '79, World '79)
• PANAMA  Diana Leticia Conte Vergara (SF Ambar '78)
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Angelyn Muta Tukana (Asia '78)
• PARAGUAY  Rosa María Naumann
• PHILIPPINES  Jennifer Mitschek Cortes
• PUERTO RICO  Ada Cecille Perkins Flores (2nd RU Teenage Intercontinental '78)
• REUNION  Evelyn Pongerard
• SAMOA  Palepa Sio Tauiliili
• SCOTLAND  Angela Mary Kate Macleod
• SINGAPORE  Annie Mei Ling Lee
• SRI LANKA  Dilrukshi Wimalasoonya
• ST. VINCENT  Gailene Collin
• SURINAM  Garance Harriette Rustwijk
• SWITZERLAND  Sylvia Von Arx
• TAHITI  Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo
• THAILAND  Pornpit Sakornvijit
• TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Sophia Titus
• TURKEY  Billur Lutfiye Bingol
• URUGUAY   Maria del Carmen da Rosa
• VENEZUELA  Marisol Coromoto Alfonzo Marcano (Coffee '79)
• VIRGIN ISLANDS  Barbara M. Henderson
• WALES  Elizabeth Ann Jones (winner Teenage Intercontinental '77, 5th RU World-United Kingdom '78)

Did not compete

• ANTIGUA  Nadine Defraites
• GRENADA  Margaret Prudome
• GUADELOUPE  Mlue Debor
• MARTINIQUE  Catherine Marlin
• MAURITIUS  Maria Ingrid Desmarais