MISS UNIVERSE 1979

Miss Universe 1979

1979 July 19

Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth AUS

75 participants

Results

1  VENEZUELA  Maritza Sayalero Fernández

2  BERMUDA  Gina Ann Casandra Swainson (winner World '79)

3  ENGLAND  Carolyn Ann Seaward (1st RU World-United Kingdom  '79)

4  BRAZIL  Martha Jussara da Costa

5  SWEDEN  Anette Marie Ekström (2nd RU Scandinavia '80)

Top 12

• ARGENTINA  Adriana Virginia Alvarez
• BELIZE  Sarita Diana Acosta
• GERMANY  Andrea Hontschik (SF World '79 , SF Europe '80)
• SCOTLAND  Lorraine Davidson (International-Britain '80, Europe '80)
• SOUTH AFRICA  Veronika Wilson
• USA  Mary Therese Friel
• WALES  Janet Beverly Hobson (Young International-Britain '80, Europe '80)

Awards

Miss Amity JAPAN

Miss Photogenic  ENGLAND

Best National Costume  1) URUGUAY, 2) BRAZIL, 3) SOUTH AFRICA

Remainder

• ANTIGUA  Elsie Maynard
• ARUBA  Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez
• AUSTRALIA  Kerrie Dunderdale
• AUSTRIA  Karin Zorn (6th RU World '79, winner Europe '80)
• BAHAMAS  Lolita Louise Ambrister
• BARBADOS  Barbara Bradshaw
• BELGIUM  Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau (World '79, 1st RU Europe '80)
• BOLIVIA  Maria Luisa Rendón
• BOPHUTHATSWANA  Alina Moeketse
• 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 Jörgensen (World '79, Scandinavia '80, Europe '80)
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Elizabeth García Javier (4th RU Maja '79)
• ECUADOR  Margarita Plaza
• EL SALVADOR  Judith Ivette Lopez Lagos (World '79)
• FIJI   Tanya Whiteside
• FINLAND  Päivi Maarit Kristiina Uitto (3rd RU Scandinavia '80, Europe '80)
• FRANCE  Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera (World '79, Europe '80, International '80)
• GREECE  Katia Koukidou
• GUAM  Marie Cruz
• GUATEMALA  Michele Marie Domínguez Santos (World '79)
• HOLLAND  Eunice Bharatsingh
• HONDURAS  Gina Marie Weidner Cleaves (World '79)
• HONG KONG  Olivia Chang Man-Ai
• ICELAND  Halldora Björk Jonsdóttir (World '75, Scandinavia '79)
• INDIA  Swaroop Sampat
• IRELAND  Lorraine Marion O’Conner (World '78, International '79)
• ISRAEL  Vered Polgar
• ITALY  Elvira Puglisi
• JAPAN  Yurika Kuroda
• KOREA  Seo Jae-hwa
• MALAYSIA  Irene Wong Sun Ching
• MALTA  Dian Borg Bartolo
• MAURITIUS  Maria Chanea Allard (World '79)
• MEXICO  Blanca María Luisa Díaz Tejeda
• NEW ZEALAND  Andrea Karke
• NORTHERN MARIANAS  Barbara Torres
• NORWAY  Unni Margrethe Öglaend (International '79, Scandinavia '80)
• PANAMA  Yahel Cecilia Dolande de Gracia
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Molly Misbut
• PARAGUAY  Patricia Lourdes Lohman Bernie
• PERU  Jacqueline Brahm
• PHILIPPINES  Criselda Flores Cecilio
• PORTUGAL  Marta Maria Mendoça de Gouveia
• PUERTO RICO  Audrey Teresa "Tere" López Fernández
• REUNION  Isabelle Jacquemart
• ST. KITTS  Cheryl Chaderton
• ST. VINCENT  June de Nobriga (World '78)
• SINGAPORE  Elaine Tan Kim Lian
• SPAIN  Gloria María Valenciano Rijo (4th RU World '78)  
• SRI LANKA  Vidyahari Vanigasooriyar
• SURINAM  Sergine Lieuw-A-Len
• SWITZERLAND  Birgit Krahl (Europe '80)
• TAHITI  Fabienne Tiare Tapare
• THAILAND  Wongduan Kerd-poom
• TRANSKEI  Lindiwe Bam
• TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Marie Noelle Diaz
• TURKEY  Füsan Tahire Dermitas
• U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  Linda Torres
• URUGUAY   Elizabeth Busti

Did not compete

NICARAGUA  Patricia Pineda Chamorro (withdrew July 13 due to death threats to her family during Nicaragua's civil war)

TURKS & CAICOS  Rosemary Forbes