MISS UNIVERSE 1975
saturday, july 19, 1975
National Gymnasium, San Salvador, El Salvador
71 contestants
PRESENTERS: bob barker & helen o'connell
entertainment: El Salvador´s Folkloric Dance Group & Orquesta Juvenil Don Bosco.
Results
1 FINLAND Anne-Marie Pohtamo
2 HAITI Gerthie David
3 USA Summer Robin Bartholomew
4 SWEDEN Catharina Sjödahl
5 PHILIPPINES Rose Marie Singson Brosas
Top 12
BRAZIL Ingrid Budag
COLOMBIA Martha Lucía Echeverri Trujillo
EL SALVADOR Carmen Elena Figueroa
ENGLAND Vicki Harris (2nd RU World-United Kingdom '75)
IRELAND Julie Ann Farnham (SF World '74)
ISRAEL Orit Cooper
JAPAN Sachiko Nakayama
Awards
Miss Amity TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Miss Photogenic (tied) COLOMBIA & USA
Best National Costume 1) GUATEMALA, 2) MEXICO
Remainder
ARGENTINA Rosa del Valle Santillán
ARUBA Martica Pamela Brown
AUSTRALIA Jennifer Matthews
AUSTRIA Rosemarie Holzschuh (International '75, World '75)
BAHAMAS Sonia Chipman
BELGIUM Christine Delmelle
BELIZE Pelisamay "Lisa" Longsworth
BERMUDA Donna Louise Wright (World '75)
BOLIVIA Jacqueline Gamarra Sckett
CANADA Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell (International '74, World '74, Queen of the Pacific '75)
CHILE Raquel Eliana Argandoña de la Fuente
COSTA RICA Maria de los Angeles Picado González (Maja International '74)
CURACAO Jasmin Fraites
DENMARK Berit Frederiksen
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Milvia Troncoso Hernández
ECUADOR Ana Maria Wray Salas
FRANCE Sophie Sonia Perin (World '75, winner International '76)
GERMANY Sigrid Silke Klose (International '75)
GREECE Afrodite Katsouli
GUAM Deborah Lizama Nacke
GUATEMALA Emy Elivia Abascal
HOLLAND Lynda Adriana Snippe
HONG KONG Mary Cheung Ma-Lai
ICELAND Helga Eldon Jonsdóttir (2nd RU International '73)
INDIA Meenakshi Kurpad
INDONESIA Lydia Arlini Wahab (International '74, Queen of the Pacific '74)
ITALY Diana Salvador
JAMAICA Gillian Louise Annette King
KOREA Young-ok Seo (real name: Ji-hye Seo)
LEBANON Souad Nakhoul (World '76)
LIBERIA Aurelia Sancho
LUXEMBOURG Marie Thérèse Manderschied (World '75)
MALAYSIA Alice Cheong Yee Leng (Asia '76)
MALTA Frances Pace Ciantar
MAURITIUS Nirmala Sohun
MEXICO Delia Servín Nieto
MICRONESIA Elena Delunger Tomokane
MOROCCO Salhi Badia
NEW ZEALAND Barbara Ann Kirkley
NICARAGUA Alda Maritza Sánchez
PANAMA Anina Horta Torrijos (SF Ambar '77)
PARAGUAY Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira (Coffee '75)
PERU Olga Lourdes Berninzon Devéscovi
PUERTO RICO Lorell del Carmen Carmona Juan
SAMOA Darlene Jean Schwenke (3rd RU Asia '75, Queen of the Pacific '75)
SCOTLAND Mary Kirkwood (4th RU Europe '76)
SINGAPORE Sally Tan (Young International '74)
SOUTH AFRICA Gail Anthony
SPAIN Consuelo "Chelo" Martín López (SF International '74)
SRI LANKA Shyama Hiramya Algama
SWITZERLAND Beatrice Aschwanden (International '76)
THAILAND Wanlaya Tho-nawanik
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Christine Mary Jackson
TURKEY Sezin Topcuoglu
URUGUAY Evelyn Rodríguez
VENEZUELA Maritza Pineda Montoya
VIRGIN ISLANDS Julia Florencia Wallace
WALES Georgina Kerler
YUGOSLAVIA Lidija Vera Manic (winner International '75)
NO SHOWS:
BONAIRE Judith Antonia Evertsz
CAYMAN ISLANDS Dorothy Lamore McKoy
GUADELOUPE Eloise Jubienne
NORWAY Sissel Gulbrandsen
SURINAME Mavis Slengard
SWAZILAND Vinah Thembi Mamba
REPLACED:
SPAIN Nelly "Natividad" Rodriguez (resigned as Miss Spain)
LEBANON Silvia Ghaoui
DEBUTS: American Samoa, Belize, Mauritius, Micronesia
WITHDRAWALS: Cyprus, Honduras, Portugal, Senegal, Suriname
RETURNS: Denmark, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Morocco, Peru, South Africa
JUDGES:
1- Luz Marina Zuluaga - Miss Universe 1958 from Colombia.
2- Maribel Arrieta de Thuret - Miss El Salvador 1955 and 1st runner-up Miss Universe 1955.
3- Sarah Vaughan - American jazz singer.
4- Susan Strasberg - American actress.
5- Aline Griffith - American socialite and Countess of Romanones.
6- Leon Uris - American novelist.
7- Ernest Borgnine - American actor.
8- Peter Lawford - English-born actor.
9- Max Lerner - American journalist.
10- Jean Claude Killy - French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion.
11- Kiyoshi Hara - President of the Asahi Broadcasting company of Japan.