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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.
| Miss Universe 1978 | |
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| 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) |
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 |
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
American Samoa – Palepa Sio Tauliili
Argentina – Delia Stella Maris Muñoz
Aruba – Margarita Marieta Tromp
Australia – Beverly Frances Pinder
Austria – Doris Elizabeth Anwander
Bahamas – Dulcie Louise Millings
Barbados – Judy Margot Miller
Belgium – Françoise Hélène Julia Moens
Belize – Christina Margarita Ysaguirre
Bermuda – Madeline Francine Joell
Bolivia – Raquel Roca Kuikanaga
Bonaire – Corinne Rosseley Hernandez
Brazil – Suzana Araújo dos Santos
Canada – Andrea Leslie Eng
Chile – Marianne Müller Prieto
Colombia – Mary Shirley Sáenz Starnes
Costa Rica – Maribel Fernández García- Curaçao – Solange Abigail de Castro
Denmark – Anita Heske
Dominican Republic – Raquel Josefina Jacobo Jaar
Ecuador – Mabel Ceballos Sangster
El Salvador – Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro
England – Beverly Isherwood
Finland – Seija Kaarina Paakkola
France – Brigitte Konjovic
Germany – Eva Marie Gabrielle Gottschalk
Greece – Marieta Kountouraki
Guam – Mary Lois Sampson
Guatemala – Claudia María Iriarte
Holland – Karen Ingrid Gustafsson
Honduras – Olimpia Velásquez Medina
Hong Kong – Winnie Chan Man-Yuk
Iceland – Anna Björk Edwards
India – Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan
Ireland – Lorraine Bernadette Enriquez
Israel – Dorit Jellinek
Italy – Andreina Mazzoti
Japan – Hisako Manda
Korea – Jung-eun Shon
Lebanon – Reine Antoine Semaan
Lesotho – Joan Libuseng Khoali
Malaysia – Yasmin Yusoff
Malta – Pauline Lewise Farrugia
Mexico – Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat
Morocco – Majida Tazi
New Hebrides – Christine Spooner
New Zealand – Jane Simmonds
Nicaragua – Claudia Herrera Cortés
Northern Mariana Islands – Julias Salas Concepción
Norway – Jeanette Aarum
Panama – Diana Leticia Conte Vergara
Papua New Guinea – Angelyn Muta Tukana
Paraguay – Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo
Peru – Olga Roxana Zumarán Tapullima
Philippines – Jennifer Mitschek Cortez
Puerto Rico – Ada Cecilia Flores Perkins †- Réunion – Evelyn Pongerand
Scotland – Angela Mary Kate McLeod
Singapore – Annie Mei Ling Lee
South Africa – Margaret Gardiner
Spain – Guillermina Ruiz Domenech
Sri Lanka – Dlirukshi Wimalasooriya
Saint Vincent – Gailene Collin
Surinam – Garrance Harriette Rustwijk
Sweden – Cécilia Rodhe
Switzerland – Sylvia von Arx- Tahiti – Pascaline Tumia Teriireoo
Thailand – Pornpit Sakornvijit
Trinidad and Tobago – Sophia Titus
Turkey – Billur Lutfiye Bingol
Uruguay – María del Carmen da Rosa
United States – Judi Lois Andersen
Venezuela – Marisol Alfonzo Marcano
Virgin Islands – Barbara Henderson
Wales – Elizabeth Ann Jones
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.