miss INTERNATIONAL 1979

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1979

Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, japan

45 ENTRANTS

Results

1  PHILIPPINES  Mimilanie "Nene" Laurel Marquez

2  USA  Anna Maria Rapagna

3  AUSTRIA  Elisabeth Schmidt

4  FINLAND  Kate Elizabeth Nyberg

5  JAPAN  Hideko Haba

 

Semi-finalists

(none were called)

 

Awards

Friendship  GUAM

Photogenic  GERMANY

Best National Costume  PHILIPPINES

Miss Kimono  GREECE

 

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Ana Maria Soliman Iribarne

AUSTRALIA  Regina Reid

BELGIUM  Françoise Helene Julia Moens (SF Universe '78, World '78)

BOLIVIA  Sonia Beatriz Villarroel

BRAZIL  Suzane Ferreira de Andrade

BRITAIN  Beverly Isherwood (Universe '78)

CANADA  Karen Vanderwoude

CHILE  Paulina Quiroga

COLOMBIA  Ivonne Margarita Guerra de la Espriella

COSTA RICA  Maria Lorena Acuña Karpinski

DENMARK  Eva Bjerre Johanssen

FRANCE  Martine Juliette David

GERMANY  Claudia Katharina Herzog

GREECE  Despina Triantafyllidou

GUAM  Vivian Elaine Indalecio

HAWAII  Zoe Ann Roach

HOLLAND  Mary Maria Johanna Adriana Kruyssen

HONDURAS  Lilian Anibeth Rivera

HONG KONG  Maria Chung Wai-Ping

ICELAND  Sigrun Bjork Sverrisdóttir

INDIA  Neeta Pravin Painter

IRELAND  Lorraine Marion O'Conner (World '78, Universe '79)

ISRAEL  Rachel "Helly" Ben-David

ITALY  Nives Bordignon

KOREA  Jin-sun Kim 

MALAYSIA  Nancie Foo Chee-Chuan * (She fainted during the final show)

MALTA  Carmen Sue Asciak

MEXICO  Marcela Díaz Portilla

NICARAGUA  Maria Elena Amador

NORWAY  Unni Margrethe Öglaend (Universe '79)

PORTUGAL  Maria Luisa da Silva

SINGAPORE  Annie Tan Chen Chiau Chuin (Asia Pacific '80)

SPAIN  Yolanda Maria Hoyos Vega (Universe '80)

SWEDEN  Anna Angela Bratt

SWITZERLAND  Gaby Bosshard (Europe '78)

THAILAND  Phattamavadee Ann Thanaputti

TURKEY  Serra Sengül

URUGUAY  Nidia Silvera

VENEZUELA  Nilsa Josefina Moronta Sangronis

YUGOSLAVIA  Manuela Mitic


DEBUTS:  -

WITHDRAWALSNew Caledonia, New Zealand

RETURNSMalta, Portugal, Thailand, Yugoslavia