Miss Universe 1979

Miss Universe 1979 was held at Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia on 20 July 1979. 18-year-old Maritza Sayalero earned Venezuela's first Miss Universe crown. First runner-up Gina Swainson would go on to win the rival Miss World 1979 later in the year. Seventy-five contestants competed in the 1979 Miss Universe Pageant.

Results

Placements

Semifinal Scores

Winner

First Runner-up

Second Runner-up

Third Runner-up

Fourth Runner-up

Top 12 Semifinalist

(#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Contestants

• Antigua – Elsie Maynard
• – Adriana Virginia Álvarez
• – Lugina Liliana Margareta Vilchez
• – Kerry Dunderdale
• – Karin Zorn
• – Lolita Louise Ambrister
• – Barbara Bradshaw
• – Christine Linda Bernadette Cailliau
• – Sarita Diana Acosta
• – Gina Ann Cassandra Swainson
• – María Luisa Rendón
• – Alina Moeketse
• Brazil – Martha Jussara da Costa
• – Eartha Ferdinand
• – Heidi Quiring
• – María Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister
• Colombia – Ana Milena Parra Turbay
• – Carla Facio Franco
• – Lone Gladys Joergensen
• Dominican Republic – Viena Elizabeth García Javier
• – Margarita Plaza
• – Judith Ivette López Lagos
• – Carolyn Ann Seaward
• – Tanya Whiteside
• – Päivi Uitto
• France – Sylvie Hélène Marie Parera
• Germany – Andrea Hontschik
• – Katia Koukidou
• – Marie Cruz
• – Michelle Marie Domínguez Santos
• – Eunice Bharatsingh
• – Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves
• – Olivia Chang Man-Ai
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